Book Review: The Romantics  

By Leah Konen 

4 Stars 

The Romantics by Leah Konen is an adorable rom-com book centred around finding true love and not just for the sake of love. One thing I really liked about this book was how the narrator of this book is the entity "Love" itself. The narration makes the book more interesting and fun to read. The narrating style kind of reminded me of The Book Thief because they were both narrated by "entities". The Romantics was told by "Love" and The Book Thief was narrated by "Death", and both these aspects increased the interest appeal in continuing to read the books. Reading The Romantics reminded me of the experience of watching a cute rom-com movie. It gave me all the same feels, and I just about had a cheesy smile on my face as I progressed through the book. The book starts with an introduction from the narrator, Love, and then proceeds to introduce the main character, Gael Brennan. Gael is a 17-year-old who just got his heart broken by the girl he thought he loved. He goes down a spiral of sad, depressing feelings until he meets Cara—his supposed rebound girl. Gael, being the "romantic" he is, decides that she is the one for him. The narrator, Love, does NOT think so. Love does everything to try and stop the relationship between the two from blossoming because Cara is NOT the one for Gael. With the help of Love, Gael eventually breaks away from Cara and FINALLY gets together with the girl we've all been rooting for! No spoilers though! Go read The Romantics to find out! The ending is super cute! Let's just say that this book has an unexpected (in a good way) friends-to-lovers trope.   

Reviewed by Sreya 

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