I'm not usually one for romance stories, but was recommended this by a fellow netgalley reader and I loved it! The characters were well written. The race against time and the friendships! Wow

A really emotional, yet gripping, rom com. I laughed out loud, a lot. I really enjoyed it, this was right up my street, ticking all the boxes with the characters, getting Delphie to come out of her solitary ways. I'm so glad that it went the way that it did. Loved every second.
Thank you to the author, publisher and netgalley for an e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

This is a sweet romcom read with some good twists. It did take me a while to get into it and I thought I had the plot all sussed out but the ending surprised me with a really good twist. I liked the way the characters developed and loved the way Delphie found her family, even if they were a bit unconventional

The characters were quirky characters and a really good mix, They came alive on the page and I enjoyed seeing how they became involved in Delphie's life...or is that death?!

This story is an easy read but one that you won't want to put down before you find out what will happen.

Everybody needs to read this. It's brilliant, funny, beautifully written, smart, with characters you'll fall in love with.
Newly dead, Delphie, meets the man of her dreams in the afterlife waiting room and is given 10 days back on earth to make him fall in love with her.
Out in June but you can preorder now and I highly recommend that you do.

This was such a fabulous book!
Everything I look for in a romcom.
I couldn’t get enough of it!!!

"Ten days back on earth to find Jonah."

It was okay! I just wasn't the reader it needed.

I was super hopeful that with the premise of the story that I would love it but it just didn't hit the spot I wanted it to. Whilst it flowed well and the writing was good, the plot points and the pacing of the story just didn't appeal to me. The story, for me, switched between slow and fast at different points and I would have preferred more consistency so certain parts didn't feel like it was lagging.

I wasn't a major fan of the main female character and I feel that her character was too much? I understood the background of the character but her actions and behaviour just couldn't be justified to me, I'm not sure if this is because, as readers, we only got such short snippets of the information that formed the main lead without any resolution.

I really enjoyed the side characters, I think more personality was brought out through them. As the story progressed I think the main female lead developed more but things just didn't hit the mark for me. Some scenes were really fun and the dialogue sometimes brought out the humour and lightness of characters but I think they were lost in other scenes.

Overall I liked the premise and the plot, I just wanted something more, something extra that gave the characters and story that oomph.

Thank you to Netgalley and Random House UK for this eARC, I am voluntarily leaving a review.

What a book! I didn’t put this book down. Fantastically written romcom. I was extremely impatient to find out what happened at the end, and most definitely didn’t expect the twist. Loved it from start to finish

A heart-warming, deliciously enjoyable romcom with a speculative twist.

I found this incredibly random and peculiar in a refreshingly fun way 😅 The chemistry between the MCs was brilliant and I didn't see the final twist coming at all. I was speeding through at the 80% mark desperate to find out what happens.

The humour is very light and there are tons of pop culture references. Can see this being big, especially due to the fab concept.

Quick shout out for Mr Yoon.

Look forward to chatting to friends about this one 🤩

Firstly, thank you so much to Netgalley & Random House UK for letting me read this book in exchange for honest feedback.

We're all guilty of letting our lives pass us by without fully living & embracing them and Delphie does the same, until she gets a huge (& pretty abrupt!) wake up call.

The characters you meet are all lovable with their own backstory. It's not your traditional romcom - it's really refreshing and such a pleasure to read.

I'm rating The Love of My Afterlife 5 stars because I absolutely LOVED this book - it's definitely one of my new favourites! It made me laugh, cry & just feel overall lighter. I can't recommend it enough & I'll be looking for more of Kirsty's books in future.

Oh, what a brilliant book!
I wouldn't have put it down if I had an empty day because I loved every minute of this story.
Delphie, our unfortunate heroine (I say unfortunate because of the situation she finds herself in), begins the story tragically by dying on us readers, literally within the first few paragraphs!
The story follows her attempt to get her life back after being set an interesting, and maybe impossible, challenge by her afterlife coach.
You see, she meets her soulmate in the corridors of the afterlife before he is somehow snatched from her. She is given an opportunity to live again if she can find this man back in the alive world within ten days and she can get him to kiss her.
I shall not tell you about the story. What kind of review would it be, if I just added all manner of spoilers, but what I will say is that this is a proper romcom! I laughed, cried, and awwed many times!
The supporting cast of characters is brilliant, too, with Mr Yoon, Dephie's non-verbal neighbour, Cooper, the neighbour she never thought she'd want to know, and her colleagues at the pharmacy where she works.
How she accomplishes her task is a bit mad, and all without telling anyone exactly what she is doing and why, because, let's face it, who's going to believe a woman who says she's come back from the dead and just needs a kiss to stay alive?
Such a fun read!
Many thanks to NetGalley and Random House UK for an ARC.

Requested this rom-com on a whim and I'm glad I did! It has a fun concept – girl who has very much shut herself off from life dies unexpectedly, meets someone she thinks is her soulmate in the afterlife, is sent back to earth to try and reunite with him (or else). I read it on a Megabus from Glasgow to Manchester and it was the perfect travel read – fun and idiosyncratic and heartwarming, even though that descriptor normally makes me go running. It was also interesting reading a book set in a part of London (Bayswater and Paddington) that I know pretty much nothing about, and hardly ever see as a setting in contemporary novels. V much commercial rom-com but I enjoyed! ✨

I read this in a day, couldn't put it down.
I don't want to give any spoilers by mentioning names but gaaah what a couple. I absolutely adored all the other characters too. I laughed so much reading this and just had the biggest smile on my face, filled with warmth, throughout. This would make an absolutely brilliant film, it's giving me The Good Place meets the Hating Game!

Delphie has been set a challenge - find her true love and ensure he falls for her…. Or her life will actually be over!

The novel starts out with one of the best death scenes I’ve ever read which sets the tone for the rest of the novel, funny and self-aware. I think the author really got the tone right throughout the book and I just loved it. The idea was really original and I’ve already recommended it to friends. A good twist on the romcom genre and, even better, genuinely funny. I may even read this one again!

Firstly I should probably say “rom com’s” are not my usual go-to genre. However I liked the premise of the book and thought I would get out of my comfort zone. Sadly the more I got into the story it just reaffirmed how this genre is not for me. I could not get over the cliches. I found the characters boring. The forced situations that Delphie found herself in in her hunt for Jonah were toe curlingly cringe and at 50% in I couldn’t go any further.
I have read plenty of really positive reviews for this book and I am sure it will do well.

I thought this was the first book I'd read by this author, but was surprised to find I have read another one many years ago (I really need to go back and re-read it!). I read the blurb on this one and saw the cover and knew it would be something I would love...and I was right! We meet Delphie who's died and has entered the afterlife, which strangely enough looks just like a launderette! Whilst there she meets Jonah, a complete stranger, who is the most handsome man she's ever seen and most definitely her soulmate. Sadly though, he shouldn't be there yet and gets sent back to Earth before she can find out anything else about him. Delphie is however given a deal - she gets sent back to the living and if she can get Jonah to kiss her within 10 days, then she gets to stay, if not she returns to the afterlife for all eternity!

This was such a brilliant read!! I absolutely loved it and couldn't put it down once I'd started. I loved Delphie's character but did really feel sorry for her with her friendless and loveless life! Her story flits through the 10 days where she tries to find Jonah with the help of her strange neighbour Cooper and she finds herself jogging through the park, at a nude art class and podium dancing to name but a few in her quest to find him. I laughed my way through most of this, but there were the odd moments where it became quite sad and emotional, especially as the story moves on.

I have to admit I didn't think it would be as fun a read as it was, I initially thought I would end up crying throughout it! But it's a lovely, warm-hearted, entertaining story with lovable characters which you fall in love with. Absolutely wonderful! Would definitely recommend!

A bit cliché, but still a good book

The Love of My Afterlife starts with the death of our main character, Delphie. She wakes up in the afterlife in this creepy laundrette to Merrit, her Afterlife therapist. As she is still coming to grips with what happened to her, she ends up running into Jonah, who is actually her soulmate, but is only there because he's unconscious, not truly dead. Merrit offers Delphie a deal: she has ten days to find Jonah and get kissed by him, otherwise, it's back to the Afterlife. The trick is she only knows his first name and that he's in London.

I thought this book was fun, but quite predictable and a bit cliché, I'm afraid. The premise was quite interesting, but I felt the author didn't really give readers a chance to connect with Delphie, and I wish there was more about the side characters.

It is quite a fast and light read, so if you're looking for an easy breezy book, this might be for you.

Thank you to Penguin/Cornerstone/Random House UK and NetGalley for this ARC!

This was so much fun!

Delphie meets a sorry end when she chokes on her dinner. She wakes up in a celestial laundrette with a handler called Em, who concocts a way for her to return to earth - but she can only stay there if she can persuade her soulmate to kiss her of his own free will within the next 10 days. The only problem is, she's never 'really' met him and doesn't know where he lives.

With the help of her highly irritating neighbour, Cooper, Delphie manages to track down the love of her life - the only problem then is convincing him to feel the same,

This high-energy romantic comedy is just fabulous. It made me laugh out loud in places, and I loved every minute. This will be a great one to tuck into your beach bag, for some feel good fun.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Sooo, this book. I think you can either love it with your whole heart or say, sorry, too much, too much, not buying it. 1 star.
I didn't know what to think for a long time. I mean, this is Kirsty Greenwood. One of the most funniest authors ever. And so I was expecting something rare and hilarious. But it took the book some time to open and blossom - but then it didn't stop. In the end I thought, whatever, I still loved it.
You will need time to start liking Delphie, but then you won't stop loving her. Really, just wait until she'll show her true colours, in a positive way. I hated her name, but loved her personality and humour and the fact that she was so brutally honest with herself and that she didn't beat around the bush but was honest, genuine, herself.

I don't want to wirte too much because you have to read this book - simply let it take you on thie brilliant journey, filled with snorting, eye - rolling but also some poignant moments. It's also a perfect definition of romcom, really, if it's not a romcom, then I don't know what is. I adored the fact that the author has pushed Delphie so hard and seeing how stepping out of comfort zones was changing her.
And Connor was also an element that we shoouldn't forget. Actually, the characters were all brilliant, full of life, quirky, funny and so sharp, with great one - liners.
Just let it surprise you. It really delivers what it promises in the synopsis.

Imagine you just died and in the aftermath, while going through afterlife experience, you have just met the love of your life… so you are given an opportunity to come back, and if you find your love in 10 days and he kisses you.. well, you will get your happily ever after…

This is what happend to Daphne and omg! I loved her adventure! This book was easy, funny and adorable 🥰. I do not want to tell you more, since I will ruin the suprise for you, but if you are looking for easy, one nightstand romance novel - this is it.

I loved it! 😍

I think this is a perfect the less you know the better kind of book!
I would like to thank Random House UK, Cornerstone and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
This book is perfect for fans of the Dead Romantics and romcom lovers everywhere. Despite the premise, dealing with the afterlife and death, this has me laugh and smiling and loving our main character Delphie!