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The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
4.75
funny inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I enjoyed this one! There were lots of pop culture book/reader/writer references and plenty of ghost/death puns that made me smile. This book does focus on grief and death of a parent. I thought Florence's quirk was fun and interesting and I'm so glad she got her happy ending after her growth and acceptance. There were a lot of quoteable favs but this one stuck out to me the most:

"I can't ever control how someone else treats me but I can control how I choose to live and how I choose to treat others and I'd worried about what other people thought and what other people wanted from me for years because I actually thought it mattered."

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