Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

The blurb I read touted this as “Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in a defiantly joyful adventure”, which is not how I’d describe it. Though I quite liked the prose itself, I was either annoyed or irritated by every single character, I hated the Faustian/sci-fi crossover, found the endless descriptions of music and food tedious after a time, and thought the ending was obvious and then silly. If this is your type of thing, you’ll like it. I’m not overly sentimental and found it mawkish. Not for me. ★★☆☆☆