Cara BastoneContemporary Romance · Romantic Comedy
Promise Me Sunshine
Promise Me Sunshine
- Pages
- 384
- Published
- 2025
- Language
- English
Synopsis
Grieving the loss of her best friend to cancer, Lenny feels completely lost and avoids facing her grief. She takes on a babysitting job for a single mom, only to frequently encounter the mom's grumpy brother, Miles, who seems to see right through her facade. Surprisingly, Miles, who understands grief, offers Lenny a deal: he'll help her complete her 'live again' list if she helps him connect with his niece and navigate his complicated family dynamics.
How it reads
- Writing5.0
- Impact4.5
- Characters4.5
- Plot4.0
- Atmosphere4.5
Prose complexity 3/10
Spice level
2.0 avg spice
Content warnings (1)
Trauma
Readers say (2)Fast · Moderate · Sad · Hopeful · Emotional · Friends to Lovers · Grumpy Sunshine
Readers flagged (3)
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- I didn't expect to like it this much!!A story about grief, healing, and learning to live again, with a romance that reminded me why sometimes the slowest burns are the most rewarding. 🤍📚 I picked this book as a buddy read with the wonderful Ranime, and honestly, I don't regret it one bit! 🥹 Reading this story together made the experience even more special. I absolutely loved the atmosphere, the characters, and especially the emotional development throughout the story. Watching Lenny slowly navigate her grief and begin to heal was such a beautiful part of the book. And Miles… 🥹🤎 The way he stood by her every single time, respected her boundaries, and gave her the time and space she needed to heal made me love him even more. The romance was a SLOWWWWW burn, but it was slow for a reason! Their relationship needed that time to develop naturally. Anything faster would have felt wrong, as if Miles were taking advantage of Lenny while she was still grieving. I really appreciated how patient and respectful he was with her. Honestly, I loved almost everything about this book! My only issues were a few moments that felt a little unrealistic to me. For example, Lenny not speaking to her family for months and agreeing to live in Miles's small apartment when she barely knew him felt a bit hard to believe. These details didn't ruin the experience, but they did take me out of the story a little. 🌷 Tropes / Vibes: • Slow-burn romance • Grief and healing • Emotional development • Patient and respectful love interest • Learning to live again • Soft, heartfelt romance Sometimes love isn't about fixing someone or rushing their healing. It's about standing beside them, respecting their pace, and letting them find their way back to themselves. 🤍☀️
- Just prepare a box of tissues next to you
- Read it if you are willing to cryHonestly, i thought about writing a review for this but instead my review will be the best things that were said in this book, maybe that’ll get someone to read it, so here we are (no context needed): • She’s not a mess,” he says in a low voice. “She’s perfect.” •“Grief is a relationship,” he continues. “It’s the way we figure out how to keep loving them even though they’re gone. And in order to do that we have to keep on going. And going and going.” His hold is tighter and tighter and mine is tighter and tighter and I’ve slid off the desk and into his lap. “You are not betraying her by healing,” he whispers directly into my ear. “You are honoring her. You are learning to love her exactly as she is. As someone who isn’t here anymore…That’s who she is now. And this journey through grief…It’s what we do for the great loves of our lives.” •I consider this. How much of my personality is grief and how much is me? •”There’s only you, Lenny. Every time…it’s just you,” •“think that even in all your worst moments of grief, you’ve wished for companionship. I think you’re always, secretly, hoping for happy endings, even when they don’t seem possible. You say compulsive but I think they’re actually kind of just…tenacious. Like daisies popping up out of the snow. Grief has been sort of, I don’t know, it sounds sappy, but like winter for you. And I think that the part of you that can’t help but manufacture happiness, because that’s who you are, it’s been sending up these little flowers to pop up and keep you company.”
- <div>💗💗💗💗💗<br><br>𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣! 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙡𝙮, 𝙞𝙛 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙩, 𝙄'𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚. <br>.. 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙒𝙃𝘼𝙏 𝙒𝘼𝙎 𝙏𝙃𝘼𝙏?!😲😲😲<br><br>𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧, 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙖 𝘽𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚, 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮. 𝙄 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙪𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙝, 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚. 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙛 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛, 𝙄 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨' 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙫𝙪𝙡𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙤 𝙧𝙖𝙬 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚; 𝙄'𝙫𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙨𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙖 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚.<br><br>🎀𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙪𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙡𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙩. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙠𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮. 𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙢, 𝙛𝙪𝙯𝙯𝙮, 𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙮 𝙝𝙪𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡.🎀<br><br>𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮; 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙖 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙢𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙩. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙮 𝙒𝙃𝙊𝙇𝙀𝙎𝙊𝙈𝙀. 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙖 𝘽𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩!</div>
- <div>Sweet story but annoyingly long. The amount of detail was a lot of times unnecessary. I found myself zoning out often. </div>