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A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston
4.0
medium-paced
A Storybook Romance 🩷 
Thank you, PRH Audio, for the gifted copy of A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston {partner} 
 
Genre: Romance 
Format: 🎧 
Pub Date: 6.25.2024 
Pages: 384 
Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆ 
 
“That was what loss was in the end - breaking of a piece off yourself, that you’d never get back. There were people who tried to fill that hole with work, and there were people, like me, who tried to fill it with stories. People filled it with whatever could fit.” 
 
For the last three years, I have counted the days until the next Ashley Poston book was published. She has to be one of my top romance writers because her stories include one of my favorite tropes, magical realism, and they always make my heart happy. She also has a talent for creating perfectly flawed characters, making them feel so real to me. 
 
While A Novel Love Story is not my favorite from Poston, I still enjoyed the book. Countless times, I wished I could crawl into my favorite fiction novel or TV show because they bring me so much comfort. Poston hit this fiction-loving girlie right in the heart. 
 
Audiobook Review: ☆☆☆☆☆ 
A Novel Love Story was narrated by Dorothy Dillingham Blue (who also narrated The Antidote for Everything & All We Ever Wanted), and, to be completely honest, I didn’t love the narration for the story (which may be why I didn’t love the book). Blue gave the FMC, Eileen, a whiney voice that almost made her seem juvenile, which grated on my nerves. I’m also very picky when it comes to South accents, and I didn’t love the accent that Blue chose for Eileen. 
 
Read if you enjoy: 
✨ Magical Realism 
🥰 Perfectly flawed characters 
🤍 Slow burn romance 
📖 Books about books 
 
I recommend reading A Novel Love Story if you need a reminder of why our favorite books and TV shows bring us so much comfort during times of stress. 

 
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