I was interested to read this book as it seemed to be a YA story about death that took new paths about the subject, it is and it isn't.
The main character Lily manages to get a few extra days on earth courtesy of her brother and she uses this time to help her friends start to accept her death. There are a few missed opportunities for storylines in the book and while we have a first person p.o.v. for Lily, every so often there are a few pages in the third person for another character such as her mother or a friend which I feel wasn't necessary to see things from the other characters p.o.v. as well as Lily's.
I did enjoy the writing style, feeling that it was close to actual teenage speech and I have read many books where this was not the case and the writing was one of my favourite parts of the book.
The book explores themes of grief, regret and acceptance in a way I have not read before and as this is a debut novel I would be interested in reading more by the author.
The main character Lily manages to get a few extra days on earth courtesy of her brother and she uses this time to help her friends start to accept her death. There are a few missed opportunities for storylines in the book and while we have a first person p.o.v. for Lily, every so often there are a few pages in the third person for another character such as her mother or a friend which I feel wasn't necessary to see things from the other characters p.o.v. as well as Lily's.
I did enjoy the writing style, feeling that it was close to actual teenage speech and I have read many books where this was not the case and the writing was one of my favourite parts of the book.
The book explores themes of grief, regret and acceptance in a way I have not read before and as this is a debut novel I would be interested in reading more by the author.