Morbidly Yours Review

Information:

• Goodreads: 3.97 out of 20,343 Ratings
• Genre: Romance
• Age Category: Adult
• Series: Love in Galway, book 1

Summary:

Lark has moved to Ireland instead of facing her issues within her life after her husband has died. Callum works as a mortician and has to marry by his 35th birthday in order to keep his family’s funeral home. They quickly become friends, but also quickly develop feelings that just friends don’t have and the adorable chaos ensues.

Review:

I have a hard time reviewing books solely about a romance because I never feel like I have all that much to say. I liked this book. I had a great time reading it. Callum is precious. I love when the man falls first and falls harder. But more than that, I love how he is not perfect. He’s socially anxious, often says the wrong thing, and has a stutter. I don’t feel as if a love interest often has things like that in a lot of romances I’ve read – though maybe I’m reading the wrong ones. Emily Henry really does a great job with it, too. I’m also not sure I’ve ever read one where the male love interest has to fall for someone before comfortably having sex with them – before even imagining having sex, really. Callum’s stutter doesn’t magically get fixed or go away, he still has it even in the epilogue and it’s never made to be a big deal for anyone who isn’t an asshole in the book. I love that.

Lark is okay. I definitely liked Callum more. Lark’s husband has passed two years and she’s taken on a lot of guilt about their last conversation before he died. I like seeing her progress, learning that she’s allowed to love and miss her husband while also being able to love Callum and treat him the way he should be treated. She begins their story knowing she’s leaving Ireland soon and only working on a friendship with this lovely and sweet human being. Lark has sworn off of ever being in a relationship again because she doesn’t feel as if she’s responsible enough to be in one. I loved getting to see her realize that’s not accurate.

Their story is super cute and made me realize that I’m kind of into friends to lovers romance. It was so sweet watching them have dates that weren’t dates. They built a friendship first and the love and lust came later. It was wonderful. And neither of them gave up what they needed for the other. I just wish we could’ve had more time to watch them fall in love with one another. It all felt too quick for what I felt like Ivy was going for – a slow burn of watching these two people develop a friendship and feelings. It was truly beautiful though and I can’t wait to see what Ivy comes out with next.