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Jake has fallen head over heels for Dandelion. The only problem? Dandelion is dead.

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PICKED AS A BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2026 BY ELLE, VOGUE, COSMOPOLITAN, STYLIST, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING AND WOMEN.COM

‘Unputdownable’ COSMOPOLITAN

‘One to watch’ ELLE

‘Wildly fun’ i PAPER

‘A literary entrance worth noting’ WOMEN.COM

‘I tore through it; as hilarious as it is heartfelt’ CLAIRE DAVERLEY

‘Fans of Dolly Alderton and Nora Ephron will eat this up’ LAURA HANKIN

‘Breathtakingly original’ CLARE LESLIE HALL

‘Dazzlingly funny and devastating and life-affirming’ ELLA BERMAN

‘A funny book about grief, an honest book about lying’ JENNY JACKSON

‘A blazing firework of a novel’ MORGAN DICK

‘A book as compulsive as Dandelion Is Dead has no business being this psychologically astute, this emotionally complex, this genuinely hot … One of the fiction debuts of the year’ EMMA FORREST

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Seven months after Dandelion’s death, Poppy resurrects her sister’s phone and finds a message from a man on a dating app. Jake.

Dandelion delighted in bad behaviour. She pushed Poppy to be daring. So, on what would have been her 40th birthday, Poppy decides to do something her sister would love, and – for one night only – she goes on a date as Dandelion.

Only when Poppy meets Jake, they have unexpected chemistry. Thrillingly hot, confusing chemistry. They become tangled in deceit while discovering something shockingly real. What happens when you fall in love with a lie?

As a precarious dare spirals somewhere altogether more unexpected, Dandelion is Dead becomes a love story, a ballad of sisterhood and an ode to bad behaviour.

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‘Almost made me redownload Hinge for the plot’ ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

‘This tale of both romantic and sisterly love seamlessly combines humor and heartbreak’ PEOPLE

‘If you’re a fan of messy, character-driven conflict in contemporary fiction, Dandelion Is Dead is for you … this book read like an indie movie: A little raw, a little quirky, with lots of heart’ READER’S DIGEST

‘The novel is as lively and vibrant as its titular character is dead’ BOOK REPORTER

Publisher Review

‘Wildly entertaining and crackling with life. I tore through it; it’s as hilarious as it is heartfelt and sharply captures the chaos of grief’ Claire Daverley, author of Talking at Night

‘Dandelion is Dead is breathtakingly original. A brilliant premise, smart, funny and heartbreaking in equal measure. I adored it’ Clare Leslie Hall, author of Broken Country

‘Unputdownable… compulsively readable’ Cosmopolitan

‘Definitely one to watch’ Elle

‘A book as compulsive as Dandelion Is Dead has no business being this psychologically astute, this emotionally complex, this genuinely hot, nor need it glitter with such elegant prose – without these abundant gifts, you’d still be tearing through the pages to see how it all ends. But then it wouldn’t have been written by Rosie Storey, and it wouldn’t be one of the fiction debuts of the year’ Emma Forrest, author of Father Figure

‘A funny book about grief, an honest book about lying, and a heartbreaking book about finding love, Dandelion is Dead is captivating, generous, and deeply alive’ Jenny Jackson, author of Pineapple Street

‘Captivating, wise, and messy in the best possible way … Fans of Dolly Alderton and Nora Ephron will eat this up’ Laura Hankin, author of One-Star Romance

‘From the first sentence, Dandelion is Dead is magic. Storey’s thrilling dialogue and acute observations are punctuated by moments that will crack your heart open. It’s dazzlingly funny and devastating and life-affirming. A story about the turbulence of grief, yes, but also an elegy to love in all its forms’ Ella Berman, author of Before We Were Innocent

‘A blazing firework of a novel … Tender, wise, and very funny, Storey writes like a lovechild of Nora Ephron and Emily Dickinson. Basically, I’m jealous’ Morgan Dick, author of Favourite Daughter

‘Deception, death and desire converge … this tale of both romantic and sisterly love seamlessly combines humour and heartbreak’ People