Molly Molloy and the Angel of Death

by Maria Vale

Overview

“A weird, adorable stunner of a romance.” — The New York Times

Death needs a do-over.

Azrael—Grim Reaper, Destroyer, Angel of Death—has messed up. Instead of taking Molly Molloy's soul, he accidentally saves her from choking on a chicken wing.

Molly has been visited by Death before. He took her parents, her grandparents. Her first love.

But now this utterly unexceptional waitress at a breastaurant in New York can see him. Touch him. Talk to him. Say 'no' to him. Make him doubt.

The Powers that Be are waiting for Death to fix his mistake but before he can, he makes one more...

He falls in love.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798987832134
Publisher:	Sungrazer Publishing
Publication date:	08/01/2023
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	37,835
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Maria Vale is a logophile and a bibliovore and a worrier about the world. Trained as a medievalist, she tries to shoehorn dead languages into things that don't really need them. She lives in New York with her husband, two kids and a long line of dead plants. No one will let her have a pet.

Her first book, The Last Wolf, was chosen by Library Journal and Amazon as a Best Book of 2018 and was a Rita finalist in the Paranormal Romance and Best Debut categories.

A Wolf Apart was chosen by Publishers Weekly as a Best Book of 2018,  Forever Wolf was  chosen by Booklist and Kirkus as a Best Book of 2019 and Season of the Wolf was named a Best Book of 2020 by Book Page, and Kirkus. 

Editorial Reviews

★ 11/06/2023

Vale (Season of the Wolf) steps away from the world of shifters to deliver a moving, multilayered love story between Death incarnate and his favorite mistake. Stubborn New Yorker Molly Molloy, who lives surrounded by the ashes of all her loved ones who have ever died, unable to move on, works a demeaning job she hates while studying to be an EMT. Meanwhile immortal Azrael, aka Death, spends his time circumnavigating the world reaping people’s souls, but he’s grown tired of the grind and of trying to fit in with the supernatural community. Then he meets Molly. Though he’s sent to collect her soul, he accidentally saves her life instead, leaving her able to see and interact with him, unprecedented for a human. The pair form an unlikely bond, with Molly teaching Death how to be human, and Death showing Molly what it is to be loved. Together they learn to navigate and accept the immutable passage of time. Tongue-in-cheek humor and raw characterization enhance this thought-provoking, wonder-filled celebration of the circle of life. Readers will feel the triumphs and tragedies as if in real time as they’re drawn along on this richly imagined tale of love from its beginning to the bitter end. Agent: Heather Jackson, Heather Jackson Literary. (Self-published)

Publishers Weekly

A New York Times Best Romance of 2023

"In a year full of very funny books, Maria Vale’s Molly Molloy and the Angel of Death was hands down the funniest, as sharp and stunning as a bracing slap to the face." — Olivia Waite, New York Times Book Review

"A thought-provoking, wonder-filled celebration of the circle of life." — Publisher's Weekly starred review

"Molly Molloy is a quiet masterpiece, an otherworldly story that feels intimate and strange and real all at once. One read isn't enough." —Adriana Anders, Award-winning author of Whiteout. 

"Heartbreaking and humorous, Molly Molloy is as unexpected as it is gorgeous. I adored this book." — Josephine Angelini, bestselling author of the Starcrossed series.

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