Sunflowers in February-Phyllida Shrimpton

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Good Day Bibliophiles!

Its been while, but I can explain . . . I just could not find a perfect book for while. Ive read a few, but couldn't really finish them and it didn't feel fair to blog about something I hadn't finished. Worry not I have just finished a brilliant book!

Sunflowers in February by Phyllida Shrimpton is just the right amount of everything that I have been looking for in a book in the past month. It is made of just the right amount of tragedy, a sprinkle of love and a good amount of adventure.

The blurb reads:

Lily wakes up one crisp Sunday morning on the side of the road. She has no idea how she got there. It is only when the police car arrives, and she sees her own body, that she realises that she is in fact... dead.

But nobody can see or hear her, however hard she tries. So what is she supposed to do next? Then Lily is given a once-in-a-deathtime opportunity. Will she take it?

Okays so . . .

What do we love about it?

It isn't really overdone if that makes sense, I read a book about a month ago and it was a real page turner, and it had so much promise from the beginning right up to the second last chapter. I'm most certain that you know what I mean. You know those books that are amazing until you get to the last chapter, where it feels like the last chapter is rushed. Where there is a sense of imbalance. . .Well fear not this book was nothing like that. It was intriguing from start to finish, made me cringe at the idea of being stuck in limbo longing for a life that wasn't lived to its full potential. It wasn't creepy or anything I know that's the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about Ghosts , this wasn't that at all. It was sad at different points, frustrating in other parts and pretty heart warming in the last few chapters.

What did we not love ?

Umm Nathans moms chapters, (you'll figure out who Nathans mom is and her relevance) some of her chapters seemed repetitive and unnecessary.

Songlist🎵

Avicii & Brickbreaker-Wake Me Up ♡

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