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A review by stephsnextread
Promise Me Sunshine by Cara Bastone
5.0
THIS. BOOK. This book was everything! How can a book have tears streaming down my face one minute and then have me kicking my feet in giddiness the next minute!? I absolutely loved everything about this book, and it has quickly become one of my favorites.
Lenny’s best friend, Lou, recently passed away from cancer, and Lenny is deep in grief. She’s ignoring her parents’ calls, sleeping on a ferry to avoid her (their) apartment, and taking temporary nanny jobs to avoid committing to anything. She takes a weekend nannying job for single mom Reese and her daughter, Ainsley. Lenny is trying to seem like she has it all together, but Ainsley’s Uncle Miles sees right through her act.
The way that Cara Bastone writes about grief is devastating. It was such an honest portrayal of the rollercoaster grief can take you on. As soon as Lenny would start to see some light, something would pull her back down again. Miles was there for her every time, never wavering in his willingness to sit with her in her grief. The romance is a slow burn, and for that I am so glad! Lenny desperately needed a friend and someone to help her remember how to live again before she could fall in love. Miles was that person time and time again, and it was the most beautiful thing to watch.
Thank you to Cara Bastone, Dial Press, and NetGalley for this e-ARC in exchange for my honest review.
Read if you like:
💕 Grumpy x sunshine (but the sunshine is so wracked with grief that she has lost her sun)
💕 Grief and healing
💕 Thrifting
💕 Bucket lists
💕 Slow burn
Lenny’s best friend, Lou, recently passed away from cancer, and Lenny is deep in grief. She’s ignoring her parents’ calls, sleeping on a ferry to avoid her (their) apartment, and taking temporary nanny jobs to avoid committing to anything. She takes a weekend nannying job for single mom Reese and her daughter, Ainsley. Lenny is trying to seem like she has it all together, but Ainsley’s Uncle Miles sees right through her act.
The way that Cara Bastone writes about grief is devastating. It was such an honest portrayal of the rollercoaster grief can take you on. As soon as Lenny would start to see some light, something would pull her back down again. Miles was there for her every time, never wavering in his willingness to sit with her in her grief. The romance is a slow burn, and for that I am so glad! Lenny desperately needed a friend and someone to help her remember how to live again before she could fall in love. Miles was that person time and time again, and it was the most beautiful thing to watch.
Thank you to Cara Bastone, Dial Press, and NetGalley for this e-ARC in exchange for my honest review.
Read if you like:
💕 Grumpy x sunshine (but the sunshine is so wracked with grief that she has lost her sun)
💕 Grief and healing
💕 Thrifting
💕 Bucket lists
💕 Slow burn