So as a teen, one of my favorite books was Norma Fox Mazer’s When We First Met. This YA book was a romance with a tragedy. How to End a Love Story is the grown up version of that book for me. The heartbreak! The emotional baggage they each carry and the  work each character does on themselves! The secondary characters helping to move the story, and the romance! I had to put it down only to get my emotions in check for the last quarter of the book. Definitely one of my favorites for 2024.