Main Characters
- Florence Day
- Benji Andor
Publisher’s Summary
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.
Review: The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
When I picked up The Dead Romantics, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Story that perfectly blends romance, the supernatural, and raw emotion. If you’re a fan of Colleen Hoover’s Layla or enjoy love stories with a spooky twist, this book needs to be on your radar.
Florence is navigating life after the loss of her father, and the depiction of grief is handled with honesty and care. The family dynamics—messy, tender, and deeply relatable—added so much depth to the story, making it more than just a romance.
But make no mistake, the romance itself is swoon-worthy! There’s a whimsical, ghostly charm to it that’s equal parts fun and heartwarming. Poston strikes a balance between humor and heartbreak, making this a truly unforgettable read.
I went into this book blind, and I’m so glad I did. Experiencing the twists and turns firsthand made the story all the more compelling. If you’re planning to read it, I highly recommend doing the same—it’s worth the surprise.
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Book Quotes
I began to realize that love wasn’t dead, but it wasn’t forever, either. It was something in between, a moment in time where two people existed at the exact same moment in the exact same place in the universe.
― Ashley Poston, The Dead Romantics
I’d always written how grief was hollow. How it was a vast cavern of nothing.
But I was wrong.
Grief was the exact opposite. It was full and heavy and drowning because it wasn’t the absence of everything you lost – it was the combination of it all, your love, your happiness, your bittersweets, wound tight like a knotted ball of yarn.― Ashley Poston, The Dead Romantics
Not because I couldn’t exist on my own, but sometimes I just didn’t want to.
Sometimes I just wanted to let my guard down, let the pieces of me fall to the ground, and know that I had someone there who could put me back together without minding the sharp bits.― Ashley Poston, The Dead Romantics
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