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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
I loved this. Even guessing a few of the twists, I don’t think the story could have played out any other way. I loved that the main character decides that it’s okay to be corny and unashamedly herself. I liked that it was so standard a romance but entirely not at the same time. And I like that I spent the majority of my reading with a goofy grin on my face. Because romance isn’t just chick-lit or light fare. Any book or song or piece of art that can make you feel is important. And necessary. Also how can we not love a male lead willing to discuss fanfiction tropes with complete sincerity? All I can say is that I’m dying to read more of Poston’s work (did you see what I did there?).
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The book was very slow. Decent but not what I was expecting after reading the seven year slip.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-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
This was delightful. Such a unique premise. I did kind of see the end coming, but it was still lovely to read and a satisfying conclusion. Loved it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent
This book ripped out my heart, stepped on it, then picked it up, put a big bandaid on it, kissed it, then held it while it healed.
I loved every second of it, even the painful bits.
I loved every second of it, even the painful bits.
delicious scrumptious enemies to lovers but very much one sided and oh also the main love interest is a ghost that only the mc can see. tootles!
#OUABC 2023 Reading Challenge: 40 Prompts (27. A Book about found family)
#StoryGraph: fiction contemporary romance emotional funny hopeful books-about-books supernatural
344 pages • first pub 2022
I am not going to write my own review of this book, because the author said it best herself. That’s why she’s an author. “I didn’t start writing The Dead Romantics to explore my feelings on an author’s legacy and what the dead end up leaving behind. I just wanted to write a fun ghost story! A chaotic gremlin of a woman meets the stern ghost of a man (who, secretly, has a cinnamon roll-flavored heart of gold)! They have sexy high jinks! Everything turns out fine in the end!
DESCRIPTION
Florence Day is the ghostwriter for one of the most prolific romance authors in the industry, and she has a problem--after a terrible breakup, she no longer believes in love. It's as good as dead.
When her new editor, a too-handsome mountain of a man, won't give her an extension on her book deadline, Florence prepares to kiss her career goodbye. But then she gets a phone call she never wanted to receive, and she must return home for the first time in a decade to help her family bury her beloved father.
For ten years, she's run from the town that never understood her, and even though she misses the sound of a warm Southern night and her eccentric, loving family and their funeral parlor, she can't bring herself to stay. Even with her father gone, it feels like nothing in this town has changed. And she hates it.
Until she finds a ghost standing at the funeral parlor's front door, just as broad and infuriatingly handsome as ever, and he's just as confused about why he's there as she is.
Romance is most certainly dead . . . but so is her new editor, and his unfinished business will have her second-guessing everything she's ever known about love stories.
#StoryGraph: fiction contemporary romance emotional funny hopeful books-about-books supernatural
344 pages • first pub 2022
I am not going to write my own review of this book, because the author said it best herself. That’s why she’s an author. “I didn’t start writing The Dead Romantics to explore my feelings on an author’s legacy and what the dead end up leaving behind. I just wanted to write a fun ghost story! A chaotic gremlin of a woman meets the stern ghost of a man (who, secretly, has a cinnamon roll-flavored heart of gold)! They have sexy high jinks! Everything turns out fine in the end!
DESCRIPTION
Florence Day is the ghostwriter for one of the most prolific romance authors in the industry, and she has a problem--after a terrible breakup, she no longer believes in love. It's as good as dead.
When her new editor, a too-handsome mountain of a man, won't give her an extension on her book deadline, Florence prepares to kiss her career goodbye. But then she gets a phone call she never wanted to receive, and she must return home for the first time in a decade to help her family bury her beloved father.
For ten years, she's run from the town that never understood her, and even though she misses the sound of a warm Southern night and her eccentric, loving family and their funeral parlor, she can't bring herself to stay. Even with her father gone, it feels like nothing in this town has changed. And she hates it.
Until she finds a ghost standing at the funeral parlor's front door, just as broad and infuriatingly handsome as ever, and he's just as confused about why he's there as she is.
Romance is most certainly dead . . . but so is her new editor, and his unfinished business will have her second-guessing everything she's ever known about love stories.
Predicted the ending at 70% be ause I had seen a movie with similar concept when I was a child and spoiled the book for myself, lol.