The ending was very satisfying but there was still a part of me that wanted to discuss why we are so taken aback by an ending that would not fit the traditional scheme of things.
Picture me, ready to read what seemed like a pretty cute rom-com, funny and very sapphic which used the no-strings-attached trope as two girls, Saoirse and Ruby, decide to reenact rom-com clichés and to create their own lesbian « falling in love montage » during the summer, well knowing their relationship will have a deadline as the summer ends. So, I went into my reading with few expectations, ready to be swept away by an ending that would probably break my heart or at least would let me very shocked. I recently read The Falling In love Montage by Ciara Smyth and loved it (you will find the review below) and I was a bit curious because I checked my friends’ reviews firsthand and was surprised to see all these « What is this ending? » « THIS ENDING THO » comments. Today we are back in business with a discussion post a bit special. It would be the perfect plan, if they weren’t forgetting one thing about the Falling in Love Montage: when it’s over, the characters actually fall in love… for real. Unbothered by Saoirse’s no-relationships rulebook, Ruby proposes a loophole: They don’t need true love to have one summer of fun, complete with every cliché, rom-com montage-worthy date they can dream up-and a binding agreement to end their romance come fall. For a girl with one blue freckle, an irresistible sense of mischief, and a passion for rom-coms. She doesn’t see the point in igniting any romantic sparks if she’s bound to burn out.īut after a chance encounter at an end-of-term house party, Saoirse is about to break her own rules. A condition that Saoirse may one day turn out to have inherited. If they were real, her mother would still be able to remember her name and not in a care home with early onset dementia. Saoirse doesn’t believe in love at first sight or happy endings.
Representation: lesbian mc, lesbian and fat love interest (skinny-washed on the cover), disability rep
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