A review by maryandherlibrary
Fools in Love by Ashley Herring Blake, Rebecca Podos

3.0

Fools in Love is an adorable collection of short stories centered around different romance tropes and I ended up quite enjoying it! I really loved the diversity and how there were so many LGBTQIAP+, BIPOC and even Jewish main characters. Some stories were incredible and I couldn't get enough of them and others unfortunately fell a little flat or just weren't very memorable. I ended up giving Fools in Love 3.5 stars as I overall enjoyed this short story collection but there were just too many stories that I wasn't the biggest fan of. I also would've liked to see more elements that tied all of the stories together. There are so many different genres, writing styles, settings and themes that the selection sometimes almost felt random. I loved the idea of every story having a different trope but they weren't always the focus of the stories so I would've liked for them to be a bit more interwoven.

Thank you to Running Press Kids for the eARC!