(3.5)
I really enjoyed this! I am always a lover of black fiction that doesnt follow the struggle narrative and this was really sweet all the way through!

Prince is the local teen radio personality who gives advice on love. Dani is a wannabe writer with dreams of moving to NYC for college who doesnt even believe in love. She has been through something that shes struggled to come to terms with and Prince unexpectedly serves as the person to help her learn to love herself again.

This is simply a really cute book all the way through with great respect given to black films and music and an appreciation of black love. There is an incredible meet-cute at the start and so many rom com worthy date moments that i sped through this in just a day. I loved Prince and Dani’s maturity throughout the novel although it did feel like they were perhaps a little too grown up at times.
Although i wasnt a fan of the “black father is not around” trope, i did like the family dynamic of Prince’s home and how responsible he is happy to he for his family. There was no toxicity in any of it which was amazing.

The fact that Dani and Prince discover their love for each other through their love of the arts was another great part and i loved the almost educational part of their dates and the writing as a whole.

My only real issue was that some of the dialogue passages was a bit long and also that Dani’s reaction to something that happened to her seemed a little over exaggerated. Everyone reacts differently to trauma but i personally wouldnt have acted the way she does which made it feel a little extreme for me, especially in relation to completely ghosting her friends.

Despite those small parts, #LOVERADIO was an extremely fun and cute read.