I am bummed because I felt so much embarrassment reading this one and the plot just felt very predictable, but not in a fun way that something in this genre could appreciate.

A warm-and-fuzzy found family novel about true love and living life to the fullest. It's also hilarious!

I was skeptical (and initially found Delphie annoyingly obtuse), but I was pleasantly surprised by the engaging plotline and the adorable and heartwarming set of relationships that end up developing. (I'm a sucker for a found family.)

5 ⭐

Delphie is a bit disenchanted with life, a lone wolf who has very few friends. Everything is turned upside down when she chokes on a microwave burger and dies. She reawakens in a place called Evermore and starts on a trial to understand what happened and how to get home with the help of her "afterlife therapist" Merrit. While there she happens upon her soulmate, Jonah, only to realize he was there by accident and sent back to the living. Merrit makes her a deal if Delphie can find him and kiss him, she can stay alive. Too bad Jonah has no memory of their meeting.

Delphie goes on this journey to put the pieces together to find this man one more time and get the kiss she needs to stay alive, coping with the fact that if she fails she is facing imminent death. This was such a fun rollercoaster of adventure and a cute fluffy read. The side characters made this one feel alive! Everything about this was so funny!

💛funny as heck
💛fake dating
💛classic romcom
💛single POV
💛enemies to lovers

Thank you so much to NetGalley & Berkley for an eArc of The Love of My Afterlife for an honest review.

I absolutely adored the male protagonist here, but found the woman totally insufferable. The little mermaid esque antics of "you only have so much time to make him fall in love with you!" were over the top, but the twist kept me interested to the end.

I absolutely loved it!!! Some of it was sad. But so hopeful. And fun. Merritt is a character that needs a series!

The Love of My Afterlife was a cute romantic read. I thought it might be a little sad and there definitley are some sad parts involving family loss, but done quite lightheartedly. I loved the main character Delphie, she was so relatable. Most characters in the book were adorable. How can I not love Mr. Yoon? Cooper, swoon. This was my first book by Kristy Greenwood and I look forward to reading more.

Thank you to Netgalley and the Publishing Company for this Advanced Readers Copy of The Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood!

This was so cute and such a surprising read! I was intrigued by the synopsis and was taken on such a whirlwind with this plot. I couldn’t totally predict how everything was going to play out and that kept me hooked! I also enjoyed the found family vibes and watching Delphie grow her community and grow her confidence was so sweet.

I'm gonna be honest, I LOVE this book. I don't know if it found me at the right time, but I thought it was super funny and super cute. I will caution, you have to be okay with some big secondhand embarrassment at times!

I actually did most on audio and I think the narrator was amazing. I'm really hard to actually make laugh out loud. Like, I have anxiety of ever sitting close at a comedy show and being called out for not laughing. But, I heard the poetry at dinner scene in my car, and it had me cracking up.

While, I personally have not made a deal to come back from the dead, I think dealing with all my health stuff last year, and the idea of what would you do if you knew you had finite time left, warmed part of me. The power of books, you know?

This book is a charming blend of humor, romance, and whimsy. Delphie’s awkward yet heartfelt journey from an embarrassing death to a second chance at love is both funny and touching. The unique afterlife premise and her connection with the mysterious stranger make for a delightful, page-turning romance. Though the plot is a bit predictable at times, the humor and emotional depth shine through. Perfect for fans of feel-good rom-coms with a magical twist!

What a fun read! It definitely didn't go in the direction I thought it was going in which was a great surprise. It's so difficult to find books that aren't predictable. The characters were funny, and the twist as the end was great.

I loved the synopsis and the book absolutely delivered! Such a fun book and so enjoyable to read. Definitely will be reading future books from this author.

Holy cow this was amazing! The concept immediately drew me into wanting to try this one and it did NOT disappoint! A favorite of the year for me! I am so glad freaking cooper was the love interest because he was who I was rooting for! So so good!

Loved the premise and this book delivered. Frothy and fun, I had so much fun reading this! I can't wait to see what Greenwood comes up with next.

*Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this title. All thoughts and opinions are my own and were in no way influenced by receiving this copy.

Yeah I am obsessed with this book. It was funny from page one and yeah, I could kind of tell from the introduction of a certain side character where this story was going, the ride getting there was FANTASTIC.

The twist at the end was very unexpected for sure so I loved that even though I sort of saw the ending coming, there was still an aspect that kept me surprised. I really loved these characters and I love that Delphie also made friends along the way, with people she's known for years and new people she met on her wacky adventures. Highly recommended by me!

If you are craving a funny, uplifting romance this month, I can't recommend this adorable novel enough, especially for fans of The Dead Romantics.

Delphie's fate takes a surprising twist when she chokes on a mediocre microwave burger at the story's start. Consequently, she is swiftly sent to Evermore, where she encounters Merritt, a romance-obsessed Afterlife Therapist, and Jonah, a man accidentally transported to Evermore due to an unusual system glitch—all in one fell swoop.

After Merritt plays her film montage of Delphie's depressing highlight reel from her childhood bullies to being abandoned by her parents, the bored Afterlife therapist wants to see if Delphie's luck can change. Delphie and Jonah instantly hit it off and have undeniable meet-cute chemistry- could a return to earth offer Delphie the happily-ever-after she's always wanted? Will it be just like her Josie Sliver romance?

Merritt enacts something called the Franklin Bellamy Clause (a clause weirdly linked to IBS) to help her reconnect with her soulmate, a gift she can only initiate once. The clause states that a Dead can be sent back to earth within three hours of arrival as long as they're not known to be deceased, so she offers Delphie the opportunity to do just that, issuing a ten-day ultimatum for her to find Jonah back in the real world and convince him to kiss her of his own free will.

He won't remember meeting her, but their chemistry should be instantaneous if he is her true soulmate. It will be just like Merritt's favorite romance books, and she'll monitor Delphie's progress every step.

With her ten-day mission in place, Delphie activates an unlikely group of allies that include her elderly nonverbal neighbor, an incredibly well-connected librarian who is skilled at gathering intel, and her brooding Timothée Chalamet neighbor who has unexpected literary layers.

As the twenty-seven-year-old virgin sets off on her mission to woo Jonah, the novel builds in hilarious scenes that made me belly-laugh. From wardrobe mishaps that yield a special cream from the pharmacy due to her pants being a tad too tight and alarming the general public to adorkable conversations that are anything but sexy, you'll be rooting for this character as she finds herself embroiled in a love triangle with some surprising twists that I never saw coming.

I especially loved her friendship with her neighbor, which will satisfy readers who love an intergenerational friendship story.

If you miss The Good Place, Merritt offers some Janet moments that build in thoughtful moments, from reckoning with your childhood bullies to the importance of the local community to finding love in unlikely places. Greenwood hit it out of the park with this quirky, magical realism romance novel!

Obsessed with Delphie! I thought she was charming and quirky and remarkably human. This book was so fun- Delphie dies alone only to get sent back to earth by Merritt (the evermore death therapist) to find Jonah who is one of her soulmates per Merritt. The catch- 10 days to find a man she doesn’t know in London and get him to kiss her of his own volition or she goes back to being dead.

I loved the meta references to modern romance favorites and the variety of London locales.

4.5 stars - looking forward to more from this author.

I'm a tough critic, so for me to say this is my favorite romance read of 2024, is a big deal. I absolutely adored this book. I connected with the characters so much, they felt real and flawed, but extremely lovable. I adored Delphie as the main character and I rooted for her from the very first page. The author had an extraordinary way to pull me into Delphie's world and make me see how hard it was for her to let people in. She reminded me a lot of my son who is on the spectrum. He also has a big heart but doesn't connect with others because a lack of social cues. The romance was perfection and I literally had to go back and reread a few of the love scenes because I was so invested. I could read a 1,000 more books just like this one. Five fantastic stars.

Received a digital ARC of this book via NetGalley.

The Love of My Afterlife is like if Bridget Jones died and was set on a quest to find her Mr. Darcy by her guardian angel similar to the angels in Drop Dead Diva. This had the British humor that I adore. Ten days to have your soulmate fall in love with you is quite a time crunch. This was a fast paced romcom and just the book I needed when I needed it.