It’s been seven months since Poppy’s sister Dandelion died and Poppy still cannot accept that she is gone. She regularly goes to her sister’s empty apartment, wears her clothes, and does anything to be close to her. So when Poppy accidentally breaks her phone, she uses Dandelion’s, discovering a dating app where she had connected with a man called Jake. Something about Jake draws Poppy closer to him and before she knows it, she’s using her sister’s identity to go on dates with him. Never mind that Poppy is in a long-term relationship with another man, Sam. What she and Jake feel for each other is spontaneous and exciting. But as the secrets unravel while their connection deepens, will Jake still like Poppy for who she really is or only when he believed that she was Dandelion?

As a reader, you honestly will make yourself dizzy shaking your head at Poppy throughout this book. She is a rollercoaster of a character, so lost in her grief and searching for what she truly wants. Poppy is torn between the two men in her life. Sam is the grounded, safer choice that reminds her of who she is separate from Dandelion. And then there is Jake, who makes Poppy feel like a completely new person – happy and no longer grieving her sister because, with him, she has become her sister.

The symbolism of Poppy’s job as a wedding photographer is not lost on the reader, either. Poppy is on the outskirts, capturing other people’s relationship confirmations, while she herself, a middle-aged woman with not a clue in the world of what she wants and how to separate herself from her sister, remains stagnant.

Dandelion is Dead is a hilarious debut about sisterhood, identity, and finding love in the midst of grief.