And by "hit" I really mean "played a drum solo on it". So then why are their weird rules against things like prostitution? Who gets to decide what is morally good and bad? Which leads me to my biggest problem with this series.
What do the angels base their code of morals on? There is no God present and in the bible it is only God who can judge so we must assume that this is removed from Christianity. It's an interesting idea, the whole angel judgment thing, except that it falls apart if you think too hard about it. So our characters are unlikable and too inhuman to relate to. I mean it's not like marriage is meant to be a lifetime commitment over which you will mature and grow and change into different people and it's almost impossible to know if someone will be compatible for that in barely more time than you get as a free trial for World of Warcraft. Because proposing to someone you've known a month and a half is certainly a good idea. Nothing supernatural about him, he's just an average guy willing to go to insane lengths to keep someone he barely knows happy. I spent the first book expecting him to be an angel because of how inhumanly perfect he seemed. Like this man literally saves your life at the cost of his own and your response is "waaaaah I know you're dead and not permanent on Earth but marry me or I'm going to pick fights constantly and emotionally shut down".
Then came the second book and every shred of sympathy or likability was stripped away at lightning speed as she spent the entire book moaning about not getting married.
In the first book Jessica was pretty sympathetic, what with not being able to sleep without literal torture. Because I really, *really* genuinely hope that I never read another series where I am stuck in the head of such an unlikable creature. I am pleased that my first book series of the year has taken the initiative and already found me my most unlikable protagonist of 2016.
I hate this series almost too much to joke about.
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