Thomas Sniegoski: A Kiss Before the Apocalypse
See I do read some male centered and male author stuff. Just not that often, the sci-fi/fantasy books seem to be dominated with male writers who portray females as decorations or useless so I tend to stear clear of them. But this one was interesting but not terribly memorable.
Remy is an angel, really. He fought the Devil and decided he had enough killing so he came to Earth. God will let him back in Heaven but he wants none of it. He has love, although she is old and dying, and family, a dog and a dying wife, and work, PI. He is pretty happy, that is until the Angel of Death walks off the job. His wife cant die even though she is ready and neither can anyone else. He eventually finds the Angel of Death who decided to take a holiday in a human body (flashbacks to Meet Joe Black?) and was having trouble dealing with the human emotions. By the skin of his teeth Remy stops the apocalypse and gets Death back on the job. While he looses his wife he still want to stay on Earth and with his dog so he turns down a position at Gods side.
Dont know if this is a series or trilogoy or stand alone. Looks like a stand alone which is good and bad. I kinda do and kinda dont want to know more. The characters never really got off the page for me but the story was generally good.
