The Falling in Love Montage

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A slow-burn summer romance narrated by a beautifully snarky heroine who likes to pretend that she doesn’t have a heart of gold. This book was made for those endless-feeling summer nights.”— Aminah Mae Safi, author of Not the Girls You're Looking For and Tell Me How You Really Feel Worst Episode Ever": Agnes Skinner and Comic Book Guy get a montage with them going on a date and doing lovey dovey stuff, but sice they are both bitter and sarcastic, it's all with a nasty streak. He fixes a fire hydrant that was splashing water to some kids' disappointment and Agnes' great amusement, he destroys a kid's boat while stone skipping, and they watch a sunset snuggling ("Sunsets. Thank God there's only one of these a day.") Set to "Puppy Love" by Paul Anka. A charming romp of a rom-com about the delights and terrors of falling in love. Saoirse is a heroine for the ages; she is smart, flawed, funny, and—when she lets her guard down—achingly vulnerable. This book will make your heart sing. Read it. Misa Sugiura Upendi" from the sequel. However, the film's primary love duet (and "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" expy), "Love Will Find a Way", takes place after they've already fallen in love with each other and have been forcibly separated by Kiara's father.

The Suicide Squad: Harley Quinn has one with President Luna. It's completely over-the-top and overuses tropes of the genre like warm colors lighting, romantic music, long stares and pretty birds making Harley looks like a Disney princess, making blindingly obvious how much of a parody the whole thing is. Then it segues into a hilarious Destructo-Nookie. And then Harley kills him one scene later when she learns how far he's willing to go to hold onto power. Saoirse has applied to study at Oxford, and if she is successful this will be the last straw in cutting her adrift from all of her support systems: her ex-girlfriend Hannah broke up with her, their mutual best friend Izzy seems to have taken Hannah’s side, Saoirse’s dad is getting remarried, and worst of all, Saoirse’s mam is only in her fifties but has recently moved into a nursing home because of early onset dementia. As if this wasn’t bad enough for the protagonist, her mother’s illness is genetic, and Saoirse feels there is no point in making choices for the future if she is to inherit this condition and be unable to live independently at such an early age. When Saoirse meets pretty, optimistic Ruby she isn’t looking for romance, she just wants a distraction from her dread of the future. Ruby, who is only visiting family for the summer, proposes a falling in love montage: they do everything in her favourite romantic comedies, all the dates and picture perfect moments, up until the dramatic break up and inevitable making up at the end. As you can imagine, things do not go to plan. In this novel, the inevitability of the romantic comedy tropes make for an uplifting and much-needed contrast to the seeming inevitability of mortality and illness.Falling in love, riding out change, figuring out what you want to do with your life – Ciara Smyth’s pitch perfect debut simmers with romance and deep-rooted dilemmas, delivered through witty dialogue and affecting emotional detail. When I applied, Hannah and I had broken up very recently, so putting the Irish Sea between us seemed like a good idea at the time. Fast forward to June, and the increasingly real prospect of leaving Mum behind was giving me second thoughts. Actually, I was having second thoughts about the whole university malarkey altogether. But I couldn't tell Dad that. He'd flip his lid. You’ll need one of these, I said, and I poured us each a shot into (hopefully) clean plastic cups. I pressed one into her hand, letting my fingers linger for a second. I downed mine, the heat sliding down my throat and into my belly, but she set hers down and sipped from a can of Sprite. I'm certain of it. You'll have the time of your life." He hesitated then, and I could tell he was ramping up to something else. Suddenly, I knew what it was and my stomach did a giddy flip. I’m certain of it. You’ll have the time of your life. He hesitated then, and I could tell he was ramping up to something else. Suddenly, I knew what it was and my stomach did a giddy flip.

And you can instantly feel for her. Faced with her mother’s early onset dementia, the possibility of her own diagnosis, the implosion of her friendships, and her dad’s new relationship Saoirse is dealing with so much. It has triggered this incredibly relatable moment where you kind of wonder what all of this even means, whether or not relationships are built to last. While I cannot relate to what Saoirse is going through, her struggles and cynicism felt so relatable to me. The Falling in Love Montage is one of those unique books which is both character and action driven.

This lesbian rom-com follows seventeen-year-old cynic Saoirse Clarke, who has no desire to fall in love—not after her ex-girlfriend broke her heart. But when she meets Ruby at a party (and climbs an eight-foot ledge to impress her, as one does), that rule goes out the window. Sort of. The roller coaster here gives off the distinct aura of taking your life into your own hands, but I hear life-threatening circumstances bring people together, so why not?”