Done well, such an outsider ethic can produce really entertaining farcical prose. Less than that and the reader is left bewildered and dissatisfied. Unfortunately, Bit at Large falls toward the latter end of the spectrum. Bit does what she can to make Tiffany's lot more tolerable, when Tester visits the young angel with a change in plans. In the process, Bit is reborn as the human couple's daughter, putting in her in the oddly opposing positions of custodian and custodial responsibility.
War changes everything, as war does.
Bit becomes a pirate, her parents are killed, her parents are resurrected, she loses Fluff to an Elven princess, she battles a Scandivat ship and gains an alien Hunter as a friend and first mate. An ambitious Elven prince has allied with the Scandivat and hopes to annihilate all other races, including human and angelic. Only Bit can stop him, and she'll get no other help, for she has become the last angel. Bit at Large as a narrative exhibits serious attention-deficit disorder. The illustrations by Christy A. Moeller-Maisel sprinkled throughout are perfect.