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A review by vynexareads
The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
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? It's complicated
5.0
"Love wasn't a whisper in the quiet night.
It was a yelp into the void, screaming that you were here."
Oh. My. God.
You'd think I would learn by now, since I've gone through this a good amount of times, but I had no idea I would love this book the way that I do.
I was not planning on reading this book, bought it on a whim 'cause it was on sale. then picked it up to read when my friend Becs picked it up during her 24hr reading sprint.
And... wow.
I'd like to think I'm a romantic, as my sun is in Libra, it's natural for me to love love and the thought of love and just love. However, my personal life has been as dry any meat that I've cooked in the past.
So, I tend to think that maybe I'm the exception when it comes to love and romance.
Florence has gone through so much pain, from the people in her childhood town, the man she thought she would spend her life with and her father, but not in the way you may think. Experiencing the worst betrayal and break up of her life, she has not been able to write stories about love anymore. Which truly fucks her over. Until Ben comes along in the most inconvenient way...
Poston's writing and descriptions, along with chemistry between characters is just A plus plus PLUS. There were moments I giggled, laughed, cringed, cried (yes....like, legit boohoo 'shut-the-book-and-sob' cry) and felt the love growing between Florence and Ben along with Florence and her work.
Another thing I appreciated about this story is that there is Non-Binary rep and Queer rep, which as a Non-Binary Lesbian, I have no choice but to smile and feel warm at. Keeping my fingers crossed at Poston giving us a Sapphic romance or a MLM romance or a NB+F/M/NB romance– I just want more written by this author.
Though it took me some time, I loved damn near every second and I cannot wait to reread and annotate my copy. Sorry to my bestie who I told I would send her my copy to read, she'll just have to get her own, 'cause I'm not letting this go.
⭐️ 5 STARS⭐️
It was a yelp into the void, screaming that you were here."
Oh. My. God.
You'd think I would learn by now, since I've gone through this a good amount of times, but I had no idea I would love this book the way that I do.
I was not planning on reading this book, bought it on a whim 'cause it was on sale. then picked it up to read when my friend Becs picked it up during her 24hr reading sprint.
And... wow.
I'd like to think I'm a romantic, as my sun is in Libra, it's natural for me to love love and the thought of love and just love. However, my personal life has been as dry any meat that I've cooked in the past.
So, I tend to think that maybe I'm the exception when it comes to love and romance.
Florence has gone through so much pain, from the people in her childhood town, the man she thought she would spend her life with and her father, but not in the way you may think. Experiencing the worst betrayal and break up of her life, she has not been able to write stories about love anymore. Which truly fucks her over. Until Ben comes along in the most inconvenient way...
Poston's writing and descriptions, along with chemistry between characters is just A plus plus PLUS. There were moments I giggled, laughed, cringed, cried (yes....like, legit boohoo 'shut-the-book-and-sob' cry) and felt the love growing between Florence and Ben along with Florence and her work.
Another thing I appreciated about this story is that there is Non-Binary rep and Queer rep, which as a Non-Binary Lesbian, I have no choice but to smile and feel warm at. Keeping my fingers crossed at Poston giving us a Sapphic romance or a MLM romance or a NB+F/M/NB romance– I just want more written by this author.
Though it took me some time, I loved damn near every second and I cannot wait to reread and annotate my copy. Sorry to my bestie who I told I would send her my copy to read, she'll just have to get her own, 'cause I'm not letting this go.
⭐️ 5 STARS⭐️