The most surprisingly accurate description of being at loose ends in your early twenties that I’ve read. Vi is in the midst of an epic tailspin—a breakup, a failed class, an abandoned education—when she decides to take care of an apparently sentient blob she finds late one night behind a bar. Vi feels like the antihero of her own life, with disappointment all around her, but she, like the alien blob she nurtures, has to find a way to live in the world, too. This is the funny, thoughtful, antithetical romance novel you never knew you needed—but now you do.
Blob by Maggie Su, (List Price: $26.99, Harper, 9780063358645, January 2025)
Reviewed by Emma Aprile, Carmichael’s Bookstore in Louisville, Kentucky