I know it would give away the plot but books should come with a warning if the main character's significant other dies. Particularly if it is billed as being a comedy. I suspected it at the start of the book but it wasn't confirmed until 207 pages in. I have 385 more to go. I will no longer be reading it during my lunch hour. Because crying at work is no good.

"I hate all this past tense stuff. And it is not about me, it's him I'm worried about. I'm so afraid he'll freak out when he discovers what's happened. He'll be so pissed-off and scared and I can't help him. Rachel,' I said, and suddenly I couldn't bear it, 'Aidan's going to hate being dead.'"