For Whom The Belle Tolls

*Libro.FM ALC Copy*

For Whom The Belle Tolls is an absolute delight—sharp, hilarious, emotional, and unexpectedly profound. I went in knowing nothing (which is how I prefer to experience books), and I’m so glad I did. I’d heard whispers of its TikTok origins, but hadn’t seen any of the clips, so I had no real expectations—just a few bookish besties hyping it up. I picked it up cautiously (hello, nearly 700 pages!), expecting a dark rom-com. What I got was so much more.

Jaysea Lynn crafts a story that defies easy categorization. Sure, there’s romance and humor, but there’s also trauma, healing, existential exploration, and a beautifully weird slice-of-life pacing that somehow works perfectly. Lily, our human-turned-Hell-helpdesk-worker, is a charming, complicated protagonist. Her journey through the afterlife—navigating bureaucracy, trauma, grief, friendship, and love—is rich with emotional depth and unexpected heart.

The book seamlessly shifts tones, moving from laugh-out-loud moments to gut-punch emotional beats. And yes, the heat is there too (and very well done!). Lynn handles it all with a deft hand, creating a world that’s bizarrely grounded for being set in Hell. There’s found family, a slow-burn romance with a demon, and even tender moments of helping lost souls (literal and metaphorical) find peace.

This book surprised me in the best ways. I devoured it. It’s not perfect—no book is—but I honestly have no notes. It hit every emotional note I crave as a reader, and it made me laugh, cry, and swoon. I don’t give out five stars easily, but For Whom The Belle Tolls earned every one of them.

If you love fantasy, romantasy, rom-coms with depth, or just plain fun with heart, pick this one up. It looks like we’re getting more in this world, and I already can’t wait to follow the next soul down.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Spice Level: 🌶️🌶️

Blurb:

They told her to go to Hell.
She’ll go on her own terms.

Lily is less than thrilled about her arrival to the Afterlife, but what awaits her is more fantastical than she ever could have imagined. Deities wait in line at the coffee shop. Fae flit between realms. Souls find ways to make death a beginning.

As Lily explores everything the Afterlife has to offer, she finds herself drawn to a place most people would rather avoid at all Hell.

What she discovers there subverts everything she’s ever learned, and Lily realizes the demons working at the gate to guide souls need help—badly. Armed with years of customer service experience and pent-up sarcasm, Lily carves out a place for herself among the demons, confronting, sassing, and aiding the spectrum of humanity to redefine justice and redemption.

A chance meeting with Bel, a demon general with a distractingly sexy voice, sparks an immediate and deeply healing friendship. However, the undeniable heat between them simmers, and it’s only a matter of time before it combusts.

Meanwhile, something stirs beyond the boundaries of their world, threatening to destroy everything they’ve ever known and everything that could be… unless they fight like Hell to stop it.

Xoxo, Melissa