By Cara Bastone
Coming March 4, 2025
(4 / 5)
Promise Me Sunshine is a romance story that focuses heavily on learning to live through grief. Our protagonist, Lenny, is very much struggling with life after the loss of her best friend to cancer, to the point where she won’t even go home. While at a babysitting job, she meets Miles, who can be a bit rough around the edges but recognizes that Lenny is struggling. Miles has had to deal with grief himself, so he offers to help Lenny. I really enjoyed reading this story and thought it dealt with some very heavy topics well. I liked both of the main characters and thought that their different personalities complimented each other in a way that brought out the best in each other. Lenny and the grief she was dealing with felt very real but also left me with a feeling of hope. The romance is very slow burn, but I really had to respect how Miles navigated Lenny’s grief with her. This was a book that was hard to put down, and I would love to read more by the author!
Thank you to Random House Publishing Group, Dial Press Trade Paperback, and NetGalley for the free review copy of Promise Me Sunshine! All opinions expressed are completely my own.
