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Dead Romantics: Roman by Ashley Poston

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amateur_bookworm's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

My summary: Florence is the ghostwriter for a popular romance novelist and she’s on a deadline for her newest book. The problem is that she no longer believes in love and can’t finish her manuscript with a happy ending. Her new editor won’t give her another extension, leaving her in a predicament that no longer is very important once she receives the news that her father has died. After having left her hometown for being ostracized for her ability to see and talk with ghosts, this will be her first trip back since leaving. To her surprise, the ghost that appears on her doorstep is not her father—it’s her new editor. As she grapples with regrets and what is really important in life, this unexpected ghost may just convince her that love can exist.

My thoughts: Overall, I liked it. It was cute but also pretty slow. I thought it touched on some difficult topics really well: grief, love, loss, infidelity, broken trust, self-confidence, being unique, family drama, self-fulfillment. My initial reaction to the paranormal/ghost element was annoyance but it actually all pulled together well. I enjoyed the narrator and thought she did a great job with it. I do feel like I lost some bits of the story as it went along because I’m terrible with focusing on audiobooks, so I may ultimately read this one as well.

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emotional funny inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This was so sappy and I really enjoy it. However the middle part almost made me dnf it if not for the fact that I was Buddy reading it.

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heytherekaity's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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royalwaves's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

My thoughts while reading: Well, fuck another book that’s gotten me tearing up.

I swear if there isn’t a twist at the end where the editor isn’t dead but is just in a coma I’m gonna be pissed.

Also, fuck Lee the thing he did is one of my biggest fears as a writer. I Love Mayor 10/10 best boy. What’s with people's fascination with big hands? Like seriously why? Also, the climbing him like a tree comment. I could never answer the question of who my book boyfriend was but Ben might fit that for me. I just love Florence’s family I feel like I could easily fit in and breathe. Smiles all around because of this man. This is 100% going to be my first 5-star romance of the year and possibly the only one of the year. This low-key made me believe in love again. I didn’t think I lost my belief in it until I read this and shit. Blinking away tears constantly and need to go out and buy a physical copy. I don’t care for sex scenes so I was kind of happy that there was only kind of one and the… I honestly don’t know how to describe it. But, it not actually being physical and it just being Ben telling Florence what he wanted to do didn’t bother me. Called the twist. Happy tears.

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