Callum is the shy Irish mortician that has to marry by 35 to keep his family’s funeral home. Lark is the bubbly Texas gal who came to Ireland after her husband passed away to pursue her animation dreams. What happens when Lark ignites a fire inside of Callum in more ways than one?

LARK AND CALLUM!! The epitome of grumpy/sunshine!! I loved the banter, the ambiance of Ireland, and the spice 🔥 I loved this duo. They compliment each other perfectly and it was lovely to see how they both grew during the book! The dirty talk ( IN IRISH) was next level and I loved how the book also showcased more serious topics like grief and anxiety as well!

🌟🌟🌟🌟/5 stars for me!

4.5 oh man i kinda loved this and mad it took me so long to read. it’s way past my bedtime but i think it was worth it. i really loved both of them. i felt the chemistry. they both had personalities and things happening outside of the romance, which i find important and interesting too. the romance itself… such a sweet, sweet slow burn. callum is so sweet (and i like that despite his stutter and social awkwardness if you will, it wasn’t his whole thing. sometimes authors fail on that, but she did not.) lark was a perfect (but flawed) main character. i just completely adored callum and lark and i couldve read an extra 100 pages with them. did i tear up at a few points? i sure did. that’s how you know a book is worth my time. such an easy but super good read.

thank you so, so much to NetGalley and the publishers for this one!

Thanks to NetGalley for the arc!

I can’t resist a book set in Ireland- especially Galway!

Lark Thompson has been through it. She lost her husband in a car accident and in turn- her job & relationship with her best friend. She takes the opportunity to pursue a temporary job in Ireland. She needed the escape. She moves in next to a moratorium where its owner, Callum, lives.

Callum is a quiet guy- seems introverted. Lark is bubbly and chatty. She instantly befriends him even if he’s resisting a bit. It turns out Callum is being pressured to get married or he’ll lose the family business. Lark makes it her mission to help him. She has also sworn off love and marriage for herself as she believes she doesn’t deserve it.

We get to watch an adorable friendship blossom and then turn to more. Lark & Callum are both pretending they’re not interested in the other, but readers see differently.

I struggled with Callum a bit. He was sweet but a little lacking for me. I love feeling swoony over the male lead in a book. He didn’t quite do that for me. I also appreciated Larks grief but it seemed unrealistic too. It was cute that this woman fighting grief ends up befriending a man who deals with death constantly. Callums character had some interesting traits that I hadn’t seen represented in a book before. Overall I liked the book but it didn’t hook me.

It was a cute book kinda predictable still enjoyable I would recommend this for like a beach vacation with the girls

3.5/5 (Rounded up to a 4) - The idea of asexual people was a fun concept for me to read about!! They take more time to get to know someone and then develop romantic attachments.. and that's not necessarily something I'm used to reading? If you're a 'doer' when it comes to relationships/life - you may find this one to be a nice change of pace!

**Thank you to G.P. Putnam's Sons & NetGalley for the advanced reader copy. I received this book for free, but all thoughts are my own. – SLR 🖤

this was a cute read, definitely not something i usually pick up, but i was still cute. I really enjoyed the book until half way through,i did get a little bored and i had to stop reading for a couple weeks, maybe that was just me. the story was really compelling, i did enjoyed the slowburn, i thought the way lark and cal fell in love was natural, it wasnt rushed at all which i really liked. overall really cute!

⭐️ Slow burn
⭐️ He falls first
⭐️ Friends to lovers
⭐️ Grumpy Sunshine

🌶️🌶️/5

Lark is running away from her past and ends up in Ireland in the process of unpacking she accidentally opens mail for the place next door and finds body bags. Reluctantly she returns them and finds Callum the handsome undertaker.

Lark is outgoing and doesn’t hold back and Callum is reserved and quiet with a stutter.

Lark ran from her past and swears she’ll never let herself love and be with someone ever again and blames herself for her husband’s passing. Callum needs to find someone to marry and quick before his 35th birthday according to his grandad’s will or he’ll lose the funeral home and his passion.

The two become quite the pair and start a blossoming new friendship where Lark slowly draws Callum out of his shell by being kind a patient.

Quickly there is more feelings under way and the two become closer and closer. But Callum wants something Lark doesn’t. The two have to battle their feelings and come up with a decision before it’s too late.

This was such a fun and cozy read. The Slow burn had me pulling at my hair and wanting more. Beautifully written and the ending will have you in cheers. You can lose yourself in the story and forget you are even reading. I will read anything the author may put out in the future for how beautiful of a story this was.

This is one of my absolute favorite romances to date. I love how unique the main characters are. They are well developed and interesting. The setting is well developed and transports you right to Galway. I was moved to tears at a few different points. The characters’ romance felt so natural and their growth felt real. I absolutely cannot wait for the next installment in the series!

i really enjoyed this book! this was super cozy and an amazing read and Ivy did an amazing job with this story. I loved the unique take on a mortician who falls in love with his next door neighbor who is grieving her husband’s death. the slow burn was SO worth the wait and the friends to lovers was done so well. This book is perfect for an early fall/late summer read to prepare for cozy season!

3.5 stars rounded up for a unique meet-cute in Ireland and an ending that made me cry.

This book was a touch too long and really dragged out the will-they-wont-they and miscommunication tropes. The lovey-doves dialogue was so cringy. And the bad guys were really slapsticky bad!

But the characters were really sweet with each other and some A+ death jokes. If you like romance books, give this one a try. If you don’t, then skip it. (A general rule of thumb I suppose)

Thank you so much for the opportunity to read this! It was such a cute book and absolutely adored it! This is a new fav!

Morbidly Yours
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I went in blind so I didn’t really have any expectations for this one and I’m happy to say I finished with a new favorite author that I can’t wait to see more books from, literally devoured this in less than 24 hours. I didn’t care where the story was going all I knew was I was right there with Lark, packing my bags ready to move to Ireland. Morbidly Yours has a little of everything - dual POV, short chapters, it’s spicy, there are quirky, flawed, relatable characters, dry humor, it just felt different from other romances I’ve been reading lately and I loved that! We explore death, loss, social anxiety, starting over, sexuality. This book is a light romance, but it’s also about acceptance, vulnerability, and truly living. We explore all of this in a humorous, relatable, fun way and I enjoyed it all! I loved the awkwardness we saw in Callum, it made him feel real and this light that Lark switched in him ugh amazing 🥹 I’ll say that our big moment toward the end felt a little cheesy, like boom box over our head cheesy, but I couldn’t help but smile and it came together perfectly in the end! I also think this is a debut novel which just makes me so excited for more by Ivy and it looks like a sequel will happen, I can already guess who it’ll be about! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
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Callum grew up and works in a mortuary so embalming practices are detailed. I personally didn’t feel uncomfortable by it nor does it take up much of the story but just a heads up. It’s done very respectfully.
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Also I couldn’t get behind the mouse 😂 you’ll see!
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Thank you NetGalley, G.P Putnam’s Sons, and Ivy Fairbanks for this e-arc. Mark your calendar for August 20th!

i love when books take place in Ireland. this book was very steamy and a quick read. good marriage of convenience and best read in October.

29 year old Lark moves to Ireland from Texas for a temporary job, enabling her to escape a recent trauma in her past. She meets her new neighbor when she accidently receives a package meant for them, and discovers what she thought was a bed and breakfast was actually a funeral parlor, run by 34 year old Callum. Shy, Introverted Callum grew up in the funeral home and was raised by his grandparents, but now that they are both gone, he must marry someone by his next birthday or he will lose the family business.

The novel is a bit friends to lovers, a bit grumpy and sunshine, and also deals with Callum's stuttering, demisexuality, and the issues of workplace harassment, grief and learning to be more self confident. I enjoyed both main characters as well as lots of sweet side characters, and even learned a bit about embalming and animation. I thought the author did a great job on this debut novel and will appeal to anyone looking for a fun and spicy romance with a touch of Irish brogue as well.

Thank you to net galley and the publisher for the e galley in exchange for an honest review.

Love the premise, side stories were a 10, lovable mouse sidekick so cute - but I hate a miscommunication so epic and the will they won’t they made me want to scream! I also can’t get behind some of the cringe, even though I knew it would be a cute and odd little book going into it. 3.5 stars for me!

For a debut novel, this was absolutely stunning, A lovely, quirk tribute life, love and loss through tears and humor. Ivy Fairbanks tore my heart in two and sewed it back together. Callum and Lark are beautifully different and colorful characters (even if Callum prefers the practical darker shades). There love was honest and raw. Absolutely adore this book and cannot wait to get my hands on a physical copy to annotate.

** please not the spoilers at the beginning of this novel**

This delightful, moving novel is a must read for contemporary romance fans!

You might be skeptical of a story involving an undertaker can be funny, adorable, and heartwarming, but Morbidly Yours by Ivy Fairbanks delivers an amazing romance story set in beautiful Ireland.

Callum is a quiet, introverted undertaker trying to keep his family mortuary alive after his granda's passing. The only downside is his grandfathers will creates a clause that he must get married to keep the funeral home alive, or his estranged dad can swoop in and do as he pleases. Lark is a brand new resident to the scenic town of Galway, Ireland and is looking to get a change of scenery while working on a new animated film while avoiding dealing with her emotions regarding the devastating loss of her husband and support system at home.

Can these two be the answer they both need for each other?



I must say that while this book deals with loss in multiple ways, it is a perfect balm to the soul. Callum and Lark both jump out of the page and you immediaty feel for them as a reader. Ivy Fairbanks funny, heartwarming prose keeps you invested in their story and you can't help but fall in love with their story.

Representation for characters with disabilities (stuttering) as well as characters on the asexual/aromantic spectrum.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this unbiased review. You can see this review on my Goodreads page as well as on my podcast The Books and the Bees.

I am absolutely starved for demisexual rep so I jumped at the chance to read this, but for the most part this relationship just frustrated me. Felt like a lot of miscommunication and back and forth over what you knew what was going to happen for an obvious happy ending at the end anyways. I did enjoy it more towards the end and was happy for the main couple

What a delightful read - this was a fun romcom that I just adored. It’s cute and sweet and just an overall good time.

You get some standard tropes but they’re reinvented in fun ways: friends to friends with benefits to lovers but also arranged marriage. It’s all there but in a way I haven’t read before.

We don’t get insta-lust but we do get “he’s instantly obsessed with her” and I loved how the romance gradually evolved into something more meaningful and deep than just a surface level “insta-lust.”

This is set in Galway, Ireland and I loved all the culture that’s brought in and how it’s woven so beautifully throughout the novel.

I just really enjoyed this. It was a sweet, fun read and prefect for a summer beach read for sure if that’s what you’re looking for.

I can tell this is a debut- it's a little rough in spots, but her characters are compelling and interesting! Lark is charming and Callum is quite relatable. I would definitely read more from this author.