The Love of My Afterlife
Kristy Greenwood
384 pages/9 hours 32 minutes
Berkley Publishing/PRH Audio
published July 2, 2024
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This gave me vibes of Drop Dead Diva. I loved that show. While not exactly that same, it made me think of it often. Such a fun read.
I loved the premise and loved Delphie. Her stubbornness made her relatable and the further along in the story I got, the more I rooted for her to get everything she deserves.
The execution ended up even better than the premise for me. Instead of this being just another love story, it delved into so much more. Living the life you have, found family, kindness, and letting people in. Along the way it found a way to be a love story to other romance movies, books, tropes and authors. I’m sure I didn’t catch them all but every time there was a nod to another one, it made me smile.
This book has a charm to it. It pulled me in from the start and then just kept reeling me in with the story, the quirky characters and a little bit of magic. I loved Delphie’s relationships with the supporting characters as much as I did the love story. I’d read a book where Mr. Yoon was the star.
Sofia Oxenham does such a great job narrating this one. Not only does she sound like I imagined Delphie to, she nailed the fun and the more seriousness. She had me not ever wanting to push pause.
If you need a little magical realism with love, friendship, and pop culture references, you need this as part of your summer reading.
About the book
A recently deceased woman meets “the one” in the afterlife waiting room, scoring a second chance at life (and love!) if she can find him on earth before ten days are up…
If she wasn’t dead already, Delphie would be dying of embarrassment. Not only did she just die by choking on a microwaveable burger, but now she’s standing in her ‘shine like a star’ nightie in front of the hottest man she’s ever seen. And he’s smiling at her.
As they start to chat, everything else becomes background noise. That is until someone comes running out of a door, yelling something about a huge mistake, and sends the dreamy stranger back down to earth. And here Delphie was thinking her luck might be different in the afterlife.
When Delphie is offered a deal in which she can return to earth and reconnect with the mysterious man, she jumps at the opportunity to find her possible soulmate and a fresh start. But in a city of millions, Delphie is going to have to listen to her heart, learn to ask for help, and perhaps even see the magic in the life she’s leaving behind…
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