Literate Matters: Michigan authors deliver romance and fantasy in new books

Call it a coincidence. Or call it a “Michigan Thing.” Call it whatever you’d like, but know that there are a couple new books with a Michigan connection worth reading right now. Erin Hahn is an Ann Arbor area writer of Young Adult fiction, whose latest effort is a bit of Romeo and Juliet meets Lonesome Dove. “Even If It Breaks Your Heart” breaks open as 18-year old Case Micheals grapples with the grief of losing his best friend Walker Mason, dead during the pandemic after “his lungs decided they’d...