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Honestly, there might be another chapter tomorrow or Monday because it's a holiday weekend and I live in a vacation town, so it's absolutely bonkers out there and I don't want to leave the house. Plus, I have PLANS for Lily and Bel. 

I hope you all are ready to meet Bel's massive, lovingly chaotic family, Lily and Sharkie sure are!

As always, thank you so much for your critiques and advice, I will never be mad about ways to make the story better, and I appreciate those of you who take the time to educate me, and help better not only the story, but myself. 

Comments

Sandra Mitchell

I haven’t had a chance to read, but in the middle of cross state moving madness, this chapter is just what I need.

Daniel

Oh stawwwwp, you spoil us 💅💅

Meredyth Costa

This posted as I was listening to Cody Fry’s “I hear a symphony” at the peak around the 2:10/2:20ish mark and was perhaps the best most dramatic notification I’ve ever clicked on 😭

Amanda W

Omg off work in two hrs!!!! So gonna read before driving home! Ty so much for the story

Peyton Stanley

I know it's just my impatience to know everything all at once, but I can't wait for the big conversation or lily's realization that "you're it for me" please excuse me while I blubber all over myself

Kristiane Laucht

I can decide between freaking out over how adorable every part of this was, with Sharkie, Lily and Bel being Lily and Bel (those little bites need to be a thing from now on), and the small horde of adorable demon kids. Or freaking out over how much of a simp I am for Lady Lilith.

?Eli?

AWWWW I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!! ITS SO WHOLESOME!! you're truly spoiling us this week. I can't wait to see what happens next!!

Peter Psareas

I cannot tell you how much I love this. Lily is slowly accepting herself. I cannot wait to see her reaction when she learns she and Bel can have kids. As usual I cannot wait for the next chapter. Have a great Memorial Day

Amanda Carr

I swear. When I have kids I am going to make them read this when they get up to the age where they are really looking for a partner. That way our motto can be "find your Bel". The way he just adores her on a soul deep level is something I hope everyone can find.

JustSurvibing

The cut-off their flight scene is gonna be so wholesome I can't wait 😭

Kaylie

That cliffhanger!!! This is such a great story! Once Orin opened his mouth, I had a feeling Lily wouldn’t let it slide 😂

Makayla

I get so excited every time we get a new chapter 😍

Melissa Thiemann

Loved it. I loved how Lilly opened up to Sariah!

love-bookswillbetheendofme

You've got me crying over how sad Lily is she never got kids, when I don't even want my own! I loved how Bel's family included Lily and Sharkie!

Kat 💜

I love the name you gave Bel's little sister. The little hidden remarks alluding of things to come (good and not so good) have us all with our hearts in our throats. The way you ended this one was perfect. "Your turn Princess." That flight ride is going to be something to read! Sweet Sharkie has everyone wrapped around her little finger 💜

Van Brewer

Love Bel’s family, and I really really loved this chapter. Wonderful job managing the complex dynamics of a big family reunion. Now I can go re-read it a few times to stay the anticipation of the next chapter. The deepening relationship between Bel and Lily is a joy to watch unfold. Also, let me say your idea of another chapter on the holiday weekend is just a most excellent notion. You just keep getting better!

C Williams

Loved it as always but it ended so suddenly. I was caught off guard. Still good

Aj Holder

I cannot wait for the flight ride. When I read the last line I swear I squealed with happiness. I’m so excited for the “plans” you have for Lily and Bel. In the first chapter of page 12 we’re you said they’re different did you mean how the differ.

Kristiane Laucht

I'm picturing the demon version of Katie McGrath, the black sclera is absolutely sending me. I ✨️swoon✨️

Chef Jeff

I have questions but am way to tired to ask, otherwise a great read, as always. I have been up for 22 hours and need sleep thanks for the visual cues to dream on.

Ashley Poindexter

That cliffhanger! Jaysea, that was cruel! 😂 I cannot wait for Lily’s flight ride! And the plans you have for Lily and Bel have me dying in suspense!

Rayna Kenawell

I love each chapter more and more! Thank you for this!

Lisa Babich

What a great chapter! I sat here and grinned through the whole thing! Fantastic!

Thomas Forrest

Another amazing chapter! I love the glimpses into what each character is thinking, let alone what they think of each other! And that ending? The next chapter can’t come soon enough!

Ann Sullivan

Bawling, the description of feelings for someone who didn't have children made me feel so seen. As someone with infertility that struck a chord with me. Sending you a million hugs of thanks. No one has understood it this well when I have talked about it.

Emma Southwell

Awsome as usual. I was giggling so much at the end.

Ari Finnie

Omg, I love waking up to a new chapter, I squealed at the fact lily is gonna get a ride from Bel (probably in multiple ways lol).

Phil Mangefrida

Not gonna lie. When Bel said “Your Turn Princess.” all I could think of was the song “a whole new world” from Aladdin.

HillArias

Your world building is setting such high expectations for my afterlife!

MzDivaShay

I came here to say the same thing. It doesn’t matter how many times the pregnancy announcement comes through, there’s always that ache in the chest and the feeling of being….I want to say defective. Then the looks and questions. *big hug* You’re not alone.

Samantha Johnson

The joy of opening the new chapter! The absolute sad extra swipes to make SURE there is not another page to be read. Love this so, so very much.

Regina Winter

Favourite sentence: "Here, have a baby" Simple as that.

Yael

Appreciate the font change! Is it possible to make the font a little bit bigger?

Ty Mixon

That cliffhanger!!! I went from laughing out loud at the window reveal to gasping in frustration! Well done!

Kassie

I read through your chapters way to fast. I love your story!!!! You’re an amazing writer!!!!

C Williams

Love this chapter, but reading a second time I did have one critique. On about page 10 tue paragraph "She took advantage of Bel’s distraction to have her moment of self understanding, of acceptance, of grief, and then, with a deep breath, she moved on. Focusing on the laughter, on all the wonderful new people she would get to know better, they headed into the middle of the party." The 2nd sentence is lacking something. Im not an English major so I can't put my finger on it, but it just seems off. Maybe Im off. Anyways. Love it as always.

Chandra

I feel like (secretly hoping) some intense emotions are going to be shared during the flight ride. A moment of privacy between them set in a vulnerable place for Lily, I hope we get to learn more deep stuff about the both of them; I’m on the edge of my seat with that cliffhanger. This was such a joy to read, I’m absolutely in love with Bel’s family. Great job!

Judy Sullivan

That. Was. AWESOME! Seriously, I can picture the whole thing, hear the conversations, feel the giggles over Lily spilling the beans about Orin....I love how she's accepted right in and made to feel welcome! Couple edit notes (all really minor): Though the twinkle in her eyes when she’d said (no comma) had grown up in hidden from any passers-by (hyphenated) picked out maybe every third word from each (remove “s” from word) but also how wildly they differed from each other too. (differed instead of different) lawn and setting Sariah down (remove “a”) Sharkie one of the first to reach them. (add period)

AD

Wheeee!!!!!

Embeth Arreyn

Oooh that was diabolical, and just a tad cruel, on behalf of Bel's mom. "Here have a baby," while a time honored test lol, is a little brutal for a soul that by definition can't have children. I know she's looking out for her son first (presumably 'is this woman going to leave him?'), but still, oof. I'm not criticizing, just, damn Lilith. I did really love the joy in this chapter, and as someone struggling with whether or not more children are going to be a thing in my life, very much felt the punch in the gut of wanting a child and being handed one who isn't yours. I'm really, really looking forward to Lily flying with Bel!!! One quick editing note: on page 8, "were immaculately tailored, hinting at a lush, figure." Those damn sneaky commas, jumping in where they're not needed (after 'lush').

Jan

The Almighty Baby Grenade must be the little sister who called Lucifer an “itchy bottom platypus.”

UxorAnima

❤️ Every chapter! ❤️ I just want more! ❤️ This book makes me so happy when so little does. I love your work.

Kelly Semon

So cute! Love how visual everything is, also love the brief overlap of the perspective shifts this time so we actually get Bell’s perspective of the initial intros and his mum’s “test” and then it jumps back in time just a bit when we switch to Lily’s perspective.

Kelly Semon

Idk if you’re still seeking one-shot recommendations but I think a story of the assorted siblings/cousins attempting to babysit Aynaet & the resulting chaos would be cute! You could even frame it as Lilith interviewing a new nanny and recalling each of the attempted family sitters going terribly wrong 😂

Kelly Semon

Last comment- not sure if this impacts anyone but me- but the format change has been lovely for folks wanting to make text larger but as someone who relies on “smart invert” to create contrast - this new doc viewer doesn’t work at all🙂🙃

Ben Preheim

Yeeessss!! Romantic flight time!

Jennie

The way you wrote this family reunion brought back so many memories of being an only child with over 20 cousins! The initial fear of the noise in comparison to my “regular” noise levels, the excitement to play with cousins. And the way all the kids run to Bel and Asmodeus just reminded me of a couple of my uncles. The flight rides are the afterlife version of golf cart rides with my uncle Dave! He would always take us on crazy adventures in the golf cart, but could only take a few kids at a time, so it was always a rush to be first! Thank you for bringing back memories I hadn’t quite forgotten, but also kinda did! This was a beautiful chapter and I can’t wait to see how sharkie and Lily adapt to this new big family! As always, you are a phenomenal writer! I’m excited to see what you come up with! And if you need story ideas for crazy big family hijinks, I can tell you quite a few 😂❤️❤️❤️

Marloes

"Here, have a baby." I WAS WHEEZING 😂❤️

Anij Walker

Do you have an update schedule? Or a rough update schedule? I am obsessed with everything that you post, so I don't want to miss anything!

Sorkabeth

Right? The blank page at the end of the chapter gets me every time. I love this so much :)

Sorkabeth

Ooh, I love how insightful Sariah is. Wonder if she's the one who's going to tell Lily that it IS possible for her to have kids with Bel and how. And thank you for the warm fuzzy family memories...I went to picnics and family events that felt like that as a kid but not anymore for reasons that would require trigger warnings...but it's nice, sometimes, to remember that there was a before and that those memories are not entirely invalid just because one of my relatives turned out to be a terrible person who belongs in jail.

Stormy

I absolutely love everything about this! This story is so wonderful & I can’t wait to have a paper copy someday to love well because it is becoming one of my very favourite stories!

Rhonda Harmond

I really cannot express how talented you are and how much I enjoy your work.

Sorkabeth

Ooh! I would love that! I definitely think when the main Lily/Bel/Sharkie based prequel is finished (however many books that takes up) or just whenever the inspiration strikes our excellent author, there's definitely a place for a series of short stories (perhaps a whole book of them?) from other characters perspectives. I'd also like Sharkie's perspective on their first flight ride and on the mid-air conversation that must have happened with Asmodeus

?Eli?

Typically on Saturdays at midnight est However if her week is super hectic then she may skip or post late or if she has extra time then we may get multiple chapters in one week

Magik Bus

“Almighty Baby Grenade” I laughed so hard I startled my dog and he peed on my slipper lmao. Also, I loved this SO much. I adore getting to see Bel’s family and the environment he grew up in, also the peek at potential dad tension. I know that Lily will find out it’s possible to have kids with Bel, and the anticipation is KILLING me. You’re good at writing that tension, hot damn.

Calie Herman

Can one of the chapters explain how the different levels of hell work, and how a soul can move up? Aside from that idea, I want to say how much I love your story and videos. It has been a great way to destress and take my self of the world for a moment!

Kat

This is wonderful!! I really hope we get into when the trap door shows up. Also I look forward to Greg and Lily’s friendship growing!! I love their interactions on the TikTok scenes!!

Jada treglown

I’m always so glad to read the comments I’ve been trying to get my friends into this and so far haven’t so I’m glad there is all of y’all

Jared

Almighty baby grenade!!

Ruby Fox

There's an episode that explains it! Part 170 (yes I went and found it, it was bugging me!)

Sorkabeth

Largely unrelated to the book, more related to the tiktok series (but tiktoks character limits are a bitch), but I wanted to thank you, I've been watching selected bits of the tiktok series with my 13 year old (he LOVES Sharkie and Dante especially, and is always excited to watch with me) and it's started a lot of good conversations about alcohol, and consent, and respect, and how to treat service workers, and some current (or were current at the time of filming) events (we don't watch the news when the kids might see or hear it because my 9 year old trans child's mental health is rocky enough without adding *that* but it does mean our older child is pretty darn sheltered) and how to treat women, and that talking about sex doesn't have to be this uncomfortable thing, and also about how some denominations of christianity result in very different experiences (we're not very frequent church goers but my parents are heavily involved in their Episcopal church, where both priests are gay and married & the junior priest who just left to be the senior priest somewhere else was a woman and when my daughter transitioned she was *celebrated* for figuring that out about herself so young) ...basically it's been REALLY good for helping broach topics that it would be awkward for me to just pull him aside to tell him about...it's been a really useful tool to help get him ready for his eventual (but all too rapidly approaching) entry into the social media world. For example: the episode where Sharkie talks to Judy about how not to be the ignorant one (you can't) and Judy talks about how to handle it when someone calls you in on something you didn't know you shouldn't do or say...an EXCELLENT conversation starter.

Felicity Shields

Awesome. Amazing. I'm sad I'm all caught up. You have so much talent ❤️❤️❤️

Abigail Buchmiller

Just finally got to read everything from this wonderful book, I love it so much, I've cried, and laughed my ass off. Now to rewatch all the Tick Tock's from the beginning!

Veronica Gordon

I have not studied for exams since Tuesday because I found these, why did I not know this sooner. I LOVE Hells Belles but loving this so much more. So much talent, I’m THERE watching it happen!!! I need to read Lily’s flight experience!! Truely a gifted writer ❤️

BaconVader

Love it. Cannot wait till the next chapter

Hel M

Yeah, I get headaches if I read dark text on light background, I need light text on dark background.

Jessica Tanner

I am of two minds about being so late in reading the latest chapter. I am in love with the storyline (both written and the videos on the clock app) that I devour them as soon as I can after being released. Lately, though my work and home life has been crazy I missed the release. So I feel regret that I am just NOW reading it. But, I am glad I waited so I could tear up without my kids asking if I was ok. What I mean to say is that through your writing I am able to place myself in Lilly's (or Bell's) shoes and feel what they feel. When Lilly was talking about how she wanted a child but had not been able to have one until she had died had me crying for her. I can already imagine the cute little ones she and Bell will make.

Kortney Parker

Going stir crazy waiting for the next chapter, that I had to reread the last few updates! Reading these and the clock app is my little sunshine with all the other stressers.

BaconVader

Not to be pushy, but I was just wondering when the next chapter will be out. Want to know how the story continues to where we are at now with ⏰⏰ story. I have no fingernails left waiting. Just enjoy that much. Thank you.

ava

reading this while stalking patreon waiting for the notif 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

GlitchyFirefly

Page 8, there's a rouge comma in the first paragraph, "lush, figure". And god help me my mum did the babygranade on my partner on their first meeting. Only she requested one... your writing makes my heart sing and break at the same time, you're a frigging goddess of storytelling

Sean Boyd

So I just signed up recently, because having reading AO3, I just _had_ to get more of the story as soon as possible! (Sorry for the following wall o'text!) A note for feedback: I do not know what your plans are entirely for the re-write for publication, but because you are trying to be mindful of the cultures the stories come from, I would note that one should avoid using a Name of God. I know this isn't an issue within Christianity generally, but it is a point within Jewish traditions that Christianity draws from. (You'd have to talk to actual Jewish people of faith to get the nuance of this idea right. I just follow a lot of Jewish people on social media who talk about things like this) A thought (that you can take or leave) for a revision would be an honorific like The Old Man, or some other honorific that is not deferential (as say 'sir') but works to be both respectful in setting (because they do not have the same tensions in the current time) and out of setting for readers. (Not quite sure how to wrap this thought up, since I don't want to come across as throwing unsolicited ideas at you for your own story, when my brain is trying to think of ways to connect things such that the idea comes across naturally.) Once again I enjoyed all your work and look forward for the next installment!

DndGoblin

This one had me in tears 😭

Jordan Yeager

Lilith has 7 kids including bel so shouldn’t it be 6 fathers not 7 instead of 5 not 6? I’ve read it a couple times so I don’t think I missed something but maybe I did… incredible story though! Maybe you could just clear up that one part

Chrysty Hendrick

Thank you for such an endearing story! I’m really enjoying learning more about Bel, Lily, and especially Sharkie. One small note, I recently learned that niggly and the other n-word have the same etymology so you might wish to choose something a heartwarming as the rest of your story.

Rayna Gasser

That was such a heartwarming story I absolutely loved it can not wait to read more I am excited for the book.