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Promise Me Sunshine by Cara Bastone
4.5
emotional hopeful
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Yes

I love a good slow burn and Cara Bastone writes adorable romance.

I will say the premise of the initial relationship was a little bit of a stretch but once you accept the trope it's really cute. Sometimes you need someone to make you go out and do things, and it's a beautiful thing to find a person like Miles who will actually commit to doing it. Even family and close friends have a hard time meeting each other in grief, so if you find someone who's willing and able to do it, hold onto them. 
I haven't lost someone super close but I have definitely grieved and I think this book does a good job handling it. Obviously, grief looks different on everyone. But Lenny's symptoms and struggles felt extremely accurate and relatable, and I appreciated how it depicted the life impacts grief has besides just ~being sad~.
I also love that they take their time and she gets healed before jumping into a relationship. 

I don't even have to say that I love the k-pop concert cameo, if you follow me and read my reviews you already know this bumped my rating up at least half a star. Being a fan and finding community in fandom got me through the hardest times of my life, so I'm glad we got a kpop girly moment added into Lenny's list.