Emotive, captivating and laugh-out-loud funny, this stirring queer romance finds two brilliantly life-like characters embarking on a quest to squelch the former’s cynicism when it comes to romantic love.
Seventeen-year-old Saoirse has finished with exams and is facing a long hot summer before uni. She plans to party, get drunk, watch horror movies and forget all her troubles by kissing girls. Ever since the breakupocalypse with her ex Hannah, she's been alone and angry, dealing with the hole left in her family by her sick mother's absence. Worse, Dad drops a bombshell: he's remarrying at the end of the summer.
Enter the scene: Ruby, who might just be the prettiest girl Saoirse's ever seen. A romcom fan and a believer in true love, Ruby challenges cynical Saoirse to try a summer romance with the serious parts left out, just like in the movies. But what happens when the falling in love montage ends?
Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
ISBN: 9781783449668
Number of pages: 400
Weight: 318 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 24 mm
"An outrageously comic, moving debut" - Guardian
"It’s so special, so arrestingly heartfelt, and so painfully, gorgeously real" - Becky Albertalli
"Funny, sexy and smart, The Falling in Love Montage is the romcom to beat all romcoms. I loved it" - Cat Clarke
"An emotionally stirring queer romance with witty, playful dialogue" - Publishers Weekly
"Audaciously fills a gap in queer romance. The novel's voice is delightfully brash and no-nonsense ... Smyth paints each character as a complex, messy, lifelike individual." - Kirkus
This is so so good! An excellent premise with characters that I missed as soon as I finished the book. The dialogue is flawless and the love story is brilliantly believable and engaging. Ciara Smyth writes dialogue so... More
This book is absolutely wonderful, I was completely captivated from the very beginning! It’s emotive, engaging, has you laughing out loud one minute and your eyes full of tears the next. I really cared about each and... More
This is one of my favourite books of all time.
It's a love story, but not a tacky or boring one. One that's different, funny and awkward in all the right places. The lead character is hilarious and...
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