You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty

This is ultimately a contemporary romance. But the writing style is excellent and beautiful. Each sentence was like biting into an overripe mango, so full that juice dribbles down your chin. And in the vein of contemporary romance, it has sex scenes, and is a love story.

I also loved peeking into this very specific world, inhabited by emotionally thoughtful people who understand real grief. While this is a romance, the conversation of grief rode shotgun. Highly, highly, highly recommend.

To be fair, I read this book on a summer holiday in Cinque Terre, Italy, which perhaps made the experience even more dreamy and lush.

This is a modern love story that celebrates the desire of its female protagonist, and makes no apologies for her ability to take what she wants - in the form of her current romantic partner’s father. The story contains nuance and delicacy, and talks about relationships with honesty and vulnerability.

There is an undercurrent of grief here, as well, which bonds our lovers, and makes the lightness of the romance that much deeper.