Someone Else’s Bucket List is a bittersweet book about losing people who are important to you and making sure we live the life we have to its fullest. Sadly losing those important people can teach us the best lessons about being true to ourselves and believing in the big dreams - as impossible or difficult as that may sound.

Thanks to NetGalley and Kensington Books for the opportunity to read this sweet ARC.

I was immediately drawn to the title of this novel, I am fascinated by bucket lists, those who have them, those who complete them, and those who wish they had them.

Someone Else's Bucket List follows shy Jodie Boyd after the untimely death of her outgoing, hugely successful Instagram influencer sister, Bree, and Bree’s last wish: that Jodie complete her bucket list.

My dying wish is for you to finish my bucket list. I refuse to die without knowing this list will be completed. And I refuse to die without knowing my family will be okay.

Jodie Boyd is a shy and anxious twenty-something, completely unsure what to do with her life. Her older sister, Bree, is an adventurous, globe-trotting, hugely successful Instagram influencer with more than a million followers. She’s the most alive person Jodie knows—up until Bree’s unfathomable, untimely death from Leukemia. The Boyds are devastated, not to mention overwhelmed with medical debt. But Bree thought of everything—and soon, Jodie is shocked by a new post on her sister’s Instagram feed.

The first of many Bree recorded in secret, the post foretells a jaw-dropping challenge for Jodie: to complete Bree’s very public bucket list. From “Fly over Antarctica,” to “Perform a walk-on cameo in a Broadway musical,” if Jodie does it—and keeps all Bree’s followers—a corporate sponsor will pay off the staggering medical debt. If she gains followers, the Boyds won’t be the only ones to benefit. It’s crazy. It’s terrifying. It’s impossible, immoral even, to refuse. So, despite the whole world watching, Jodie plunges in, never imagining that in death, her sister will teach her how to live, and that the last item on the list—“Fall in love”—may just prove to be the easiest.

This book was really good and I'm glad I picked it up. Not blessed with a family of my own, I soak up books featuring families and siblings, loving the dynamics.

Thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this book in return for my honest review.

As badly as I wanted to finish this book j could not get past the flip between first person pov to narrator

This ARC was provided to me via Kindle, from Kensington Books and #NetGalley. Thank you to the publishers, NetGalley and the author for the opportunity to preview and review. Opinions expressed are completely my own.

A lovely story with relatable characters.