Reviews for The love of my afterlife
Library Journal
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Dying while eating alone in her apartment wasn't in Delphie Bookham's plans, but neither was showing up in the afterlife, where she's assigned to a too-chatty therapist for the recently deceased. Understanding her new fate in the afterlife is difficult, more so when Delphie bumps into a handsome and charming man she wishes she had met before they both died. He is not meant to stay in the afterlife and is whisked away from Delphie, but the stranger inspires her to fight to return to the land of the living and seek a different outcome for her life. Returning to her quiet apartment with only 10 days to change her fate, Delphie learns that finding one's soulmate in the busy streets of London is challenging. More surprising is how Delphie's temporary new lease on life causes her to see her job, her friends, and her neighbors in new ways. Delphie's true fate isn't as obvious as the ideas she returned with, but it might be better. VERDICT Greenwood (He Will Be Mine) offers a charming, unique twist on a plethora of the best romance tropes. Sure to be a favorite of readers who love Sophie Cousens and Katy Birchall.—Jenna Harmison
Publishers Weekly
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Greenwood (He Will Be Mine) brings larger-than-life characters to a boisterous death-defying rom-com. Delphie wasn’t supposed to die at 27, unfulfilled and lonely, but at least when she wakes up in the afterlife, she immediately runs smack into Jonah, the man of her dreams. Unfortunately, it turns out he’s only visiting on a dental-anaesthetic trip, so Delphie makes an impulsive deal with her romance-obsessed afterlife therapist, Merritt: Delphie gets 10 days to return to life and find Jonah, who may be one of her five soulmates. If she fails, she’ll spend eternity as the guinea pig for Merritt’s afterlife dating agency. With a chance at true love on the line, Delphie is ready to try anything, including talking to her grouchy neighbor Cooper, who agrees to help locate Jonah if Delphie will pretend to be his girlfriend at a family dinner. Soon she’s seeing a whole new side to Cooper and her increasingly wild schemes to find Jonah bring her completely out of her shell, showing her for the first time what it is to live to the fullest. Greenwood is working at a large scale: the emotions are sweeping, the humor feels straight out of a network sitcom, and the characters are bold, if sometimes broad. Fans of The Good Place should snap this up. Agent: Hannah Todd, Madeleine Milburn Literary. (July)
