The Dead Romantics - Ashley Poston

The Dead Romantics

By Ashley Poston

  • Release Date: 2022-06-28
  • Genre: Romantic Comedies
Score: 4
4
From 486 Ratings

Description

A New York Times Notable Book of 2022!

The New York Times Bestseller and Good Morning America Book Club Pick!


"I LOVED this book! ...Funny, breathtaking, hopeful, and dreamy.”—Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis

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.

"One of the Summer's Hottest Reads"—Entertainment Weekly

Reviews

  • Charming and surprising

    5
    By Taradara75
    I really enjoyed this unexpected story.
  • Read

    5
    By Jenobeno
    Loved it
  • disappointing

    2
    By Mrs.Merllark
    after reading (and loving) the seven year slip, i was really excited to read this especially with all the hype around it. it was very underwhelming and pretty boring tbh. it didnt feel interesting until over halfway through, and the ending felt pretty rushed. the main character also had some pretty cringe “quirky millennial” lines that werent for me
  • Love isn’t dead…

    5
    By AJMVB05
    OMG - loved this book! I couldn’t put it down! 😍❤️
  • Amazing!!!

    5
    By Marika Anastasia
    This book is everything and then some! I could mot put it down. The love, the hurt, the suspense and thrill page after page. And the hope for a happily ever after. 10/10
  • Soft ending

    4
    By Tatrbell
    I loved Ben and Florence. Wish the ending was a little more.
  • Absolutely loved it!

    5
    By Fufubaby
    It’s been a long time since I wanted a book to go on forever but I did with this one. Beautifully done, Ash!
  • Aching and Heartwarming

    5
    By ReaderLex
    Perfect book for those scared of death and in search of a well written romance novel. Light hearted and hopeful at parts and painfully accurate interwoven, portrayal of grief. The narrator’s voice was a little overbearing at parts, and sunflowers don’t grow in the spring (this detail bothered me) but overall a comfort read that goes below the surface.
  • Good premise but slowly paced

    4
    By Shaterika36
    This was 80% family drama and 20% romance, contradicting the title and a bit of the premise. The pacing was just a bit too slow for me. It does deliver a hopeful ending which I enjoyed.
  • An Original. Snarky, Nerdy, & Sweet Romance

    5
    By cob1331
    I have been a fan of Ashley Poston's for years now (read an ARC of her very first ya novel). Her transition into adult does not disappoint. My favorite thing about her writing is the humor and heart she always brings to the page. The characters are likable and relatable and the plot was original. I was completely hooked until the last page. Highly recommend.