#4: The One Where No One is Called Daddy

In this episode, Lydia and Alyssa reviewed The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

Trigger Warnings:

• Death of Parent

• Grief

• Death

• Bullying

• Car Accident

Synopsis:

Florence, who has been living in New York City, hasn't visited home in forever trying to run away from the ghosts of her past and literal ghosts. After meeting with her new publisher Benji, she gets a call from her mother. Her beloved father has passed away. After returning home, her new publisher arrives at her doorstep in ghostly form. She must now figure out what unfinished business Benji has, so he can move on to the afterlife.

Highlights:

Alyssa: I was in denial this whole book

Lydia: I thought that that was the devil

Alyssa: Oh

Lydia: getting his soul

Alyssa: OH

Lydia: and that was the sound of other lost souls he was hearing

Alyssa: oh....

Lydia: That's where my mind went and the whole time I'm like please don't send Benji to hell

Alyssa: Yeah I really like their family dy... *silently chokes*

Lydia: Did you just say I'm really glad that family died?! Cause that's what it sounded like

Alyssa: No I was trying to say I really like their family dynamic

Lydia: dynamic yeah

Alyssa: That's what I was trying to say but then the words were like nah let's not get fully out

"When I get really happy reading something like that I like kick with excitement" -Alyssa