Description
“Much like the track marks on Micah’s arm, everyone has a romantic relationship in life that they can’t seem to shake. Author Lukas Tallent navigates the idea of unrequited love through a road trip that forces the main character, Jamie, to figure out what his attachment to his ex-girlfriend is supposed to look like post breakup. By weaving past with present, The Trouble with Sweetheartz presents an excellent rumination about how our histories with one another shape feelings and cause damage to our future selves when we cannot separate who we were with what we’ve become. A cautionary tale of nostalgia’s effect on romance, Sweetheartz straps the reader into the front seat of a Florida fever dream and basks in the terrible feelings of encountering an ex you’re not quite over.”
—Sam Reilly, author of Scallywag
