![]() I realized there weren’t any love stories, especially YA stories, set in Detroit. When you think about Detroit, from music to cars, it holds so many stories. Love Radio reads like a love letter to Detroit, a city that is rarely, if ever, the locale of romance novels. The interview has been edited for length and clarity. Kirkus spoke with LaDelle, a former marketing director in the publishing industry, via Zoom while she was traveling in California. Through this community of people who love her, Dani finds healing and a sense of self-love. The trauma is a barrier between Dani and Prince and between her and her friends and family, each of whom in their own way works to lovingly tear it down. Yet Dani is also bogged down by past trauma-an assault that happened the previous summer at a house filled with college boys. ![]() Prince, who is also a popular local DJ, has had a crush on Dani since they were in middle school, whereas Dani has her eyes (and heart) set on a life in New York City, where she plans to attend NYU and become a writer like her idols Toni Morrison, Audre Lorde, bell hooks, and Maya Angelou. ![]() ![]() ![]() A Black teen romance set in Detroit-LaDelle’s hometown- Love Radio follows the budding relationship between high school seniors Prince and Danielle, called Dani by friends and family. Sometimes a person has to fall apart to find community, as seen in Love Radio (Simon & Schuster, May 31), the debut novel from Ebony LaDelle. ![]()
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