Week 22 Review: The Dead Romantics

From Goodreads:

A disillusioned millennial ghostwriter who, quite literally, has some ghosts of her own, has to find her way back home in this sparkling adult debut from national bestselling author Ashley Poston.

Florence Day is the ghostwriter for one of the most prolific romance authors in the industry, and she has a problem—after a terrible breakup, she no longer believes in love. It's as good as dead.

When her new editor, a too-handsome mountain of a man, won't give her an extension on her book deadline, Florence prepares to kiss her career goodbye. But then she gets a phone call she never wanted to receive, and she must return home for the first time in a decade to help her family bury her beloved father.

For ten years, she's run from the town that never understood her, and even though she misses the sound of a warm Southern night and her eccentric, loving family and their funeral parlor, she can't bring herself to stay. Even with her father gone, it feels like nothing in this town has changed. And she hates it.

Until she finds a ghost standing at the funeral parlor's front door, just as broad and infuriatingly handsome as ever, and he's just as confused about why he's there as she is.

Romance is most certainly dead . . . but so is her new editor, and his unfinished business will have her second-guessing everything she's ever known about love stories.

My Review:
This book was amazing to read. I've really enjoyed her previous books, but this was her first adult book, and I had a really great time with it! I loved this exploration of grief, loss, and love. And having that light in death, having the good things be remembered.

This isn't a dark and grim book, it's got some moments of melancholy, she's lost her dad, she doesn't know how to write this latest book, but she doesn't think that she has to be sad all the time, and remembers the moments that were good.

I really enjoyed her quest to fulfill her dad's instructions for his funeral. They were just a little bit out there, and really had her going all over the place. It was heartwarming, and helped her through the grieving process-and also helped her talk with Benji, dealing with the fact that he's a ghost.

My one question throughout this book-this is kinda a romance, but he's dead? How is there going to be a happy ending here? Well, I really enjoyed how things turned out, just let me say. It was a really satisfying end to this book! 

I adored this book, it was such a great read! 

Author: Ashley Poston
Read: May 31st, 2022
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really great, and it's a SAC 2022 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Berkley
Expected Publication: July 5th 2022

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars