The Dead Romantics: A GMA Book Club Pick
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK ∙ A disillusioned millennial ghostwriter who, quite literally, has some ghosts of her own, has to find her way back home in this sparkling adult debut from national bestselling author Ashley Poston.
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2022
"I LOVED this book! . . . Funny, breathtaking, hopeful, and dreamy.”—Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis
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.
"One of the Summer's Hottest Reads"—Entertainment Weekly
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2022
"I LOVED this book! . . . Funny, breathtaking, hopeful, and dreamy.”—Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis
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.
"One of the Summer's Hottest Reads"—Entertainment Weekly
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I was instantly drawn in by the title, thinking it was going to revolve around something like romance authors talking about modern day romance being crap. I was in for a surprise when there was romance mixed with some paranormal. At first, I wasn't too sure where they were going with the story, or if I would even like the paranormal aspect of it, but I LOVED THIS BOOK! It reminded me of when I read the Mediator series as a kid, but the adult version of it now. I listened to the audiobook and am refraining from buying it to read again.
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Liked it better than The Seven Year Slip. Still had some eye rolls but this one made me giggle a few times!
Liked it better than The Seven Year Slip. Still had some eye rolls but this one made me giggle a few times!
I wouldn’t normally read this type of book, so it was nice to broaden my horizons. I loved how the author wrote about grief and the family dynamics in the book. It was refreshing to see grief portrayed this way and I liked the message. However, I didn’t get interested in the book until page 148, and I was only interested because of the main character’s father. The main character is immature and the book’s humor is not my cup of tea. The beginning is rough and the character writing is weak; there is no character development to be had. This book is good for beginner readers or anyone looking for a shallow novel to escape into.
“The people we love are in the wind.”
I finished reading “The Dead Romantics”. Florence Day is a ghostwriter for a famous romance author, but after a terrible breakup, she’s lost her belief in love. Just when she’s ready to kiss her career goodbye because her new editor won’t give her an extension, tragedy strikes. She must return home for the first time in a decade to bury her beloved father.
While the story is ultimately a love tale, what struck me were the insights into the grieving process. Having lost both my parents, I truly identified with Florence’s journey through grief and the complexities of returning to a town that never understood her. Even with her father's loss, everything feels the same, until a ghost shows up at the funeral parlor, challenging everything she thought she knew.
Though I anticipated the ending, I was still moved by the rich emotions and beautiful writing. It’s a must-read for anyone who has been through love, loss, and lines between the two.
A sweet story that though mostly predictable explored different expressions of grief and love. It also loosely reminded me of the rom com Just Like Heaven.
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