2.51k reviews for:

Afterlove

Tanya Byrne

3.98 AVERAGE

sm_ash_ed's review against another edition

3.0

emotional

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It's cute but the story felt rushed. There were so many great ideas and possibilities to extend the plot. Still enjoyed it.

bookish_sage's review against another edition

3.5

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

spaceman_paninis's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional lighthearted tense 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: Complicated

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the ultimate “we’ll find each other in every universe” trope 

kevinscorner's review against another edition

3.5

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Afterlove is a contemporary sapphic YA paranormal romance/urban fantasy about a teenage girl who becomes a grim reaper. Ash is sixteen, just found her first love, and said “I love you” to her for the first time when she dies in a car accident. Instead of moving on, she is offered the role of a grim reaper to help ferry the dead to the afterlife. But when she learns her girlfriend Poppy is destined to die soon, she must make a choice.

The book started off as a teen romance—a swoony story of first love between two young women from their first meeting to their first ILYs on New Year’s Eve. A sapphic relationship between a mixed race girl from a working class immigrant family and a rich girl with absent parents already made for a romance worth reading, and we do get great moments between Ash and her family that really drew me in. Then Ash dies, and I just thought the book never reached the full potential of its premise. The grim reaper aspect felt perfunctory. Instead of the family dynamics I liked so much from the first third, it was replaced by a mentor and her fellow grim reapers that never felt more than a casual shallow friendships. The social and cultural differences between Ash and Poppy was never explored further too because of the time limit set by the story.

Afterlife is a sapphic YA paranormal romance that had a premise that got in its way.

finnfrye11's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

elu2936's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: Complicated

aliciaxmugford's review against another edition

4.0

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i love love love Poppy and Ash, and love the cover for having two gals kissing - but the characters felt a bit two dimensional at points. would still recommend though !

maybeamy's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

crysjnkns's review against another edition

4.75

emotional reflective sad medium-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: No

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this elicited such profound emotions in me no i don’t want to talk about it and when do i get dev and esens book tanya?

bethany_19's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes