A review by offbalance80
A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend by Emily Horner

4.0

This is a genuinely fun, sweet story about a young woman coming to terms with life, loss, and herself. Sounds trite, but I assure you that there are some genuine laughs, and some great moments of honesty and growth for the characters. I hate how the term "coming of age" has become a trope unto itself, but this is what a coming-of-age book should be - you meet a character at one stage, then sigh, facepalm and cheer as they work to figure things out. It was also refreshing to have the story be about not a gay character coming out, but about them figuring out what to do when they are there, and how and who to have a relationship with. While not perfect (there are some threads that I wished hadn't been dropped, and a few things are a bit neat), it's an extremely sweet story and a solid first effort.