The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

Summary: Ghost Writer Florence Day was raised in an eclectic, funeral-home-owning family. Her dreams of being a romance novelist are dashed in the wake (lol. Get it? Death puns.) of a disastrous breakup. When a family tragedy brings her back to her roots, she’ll have to deal with her ghosts (literal and figurative) once and for all.

Review: Read it. It’s delightful. Honest without being sappy, funny without trying too hard. The characters are enigmatic and each adds depth to the small-town life created by Poston. I particularly like Dana and John and The Mayor. I had a particular color of page tabs for a character so infuriating I would sometimes need to take a breather and remember that he isn’t real and therefore not punchable, and DEAR LORD THE PUNS. This book is pun heaven. If you love love or love ghost stories, give this a read.

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