Dandelion is Dead

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, OPRAH DAILY AND WOMEN.COM

Poppy’s sister has been dead seven months when she decides to tell the lie.

It’s not supposed to hurt anyone. She just wants to do something Dandelion would have found funny, and feel a little more alive herself.

But lies spiral, lust blooms and grief keeps crashing the party.

When Poppy meets Jake, can one act of deceit spark something unexpectedly real?

'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

'Almost made me redownload Hinge for the plot' ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

‘What starts as a grief-fuelled moment of reckless curiosity turns into a wildly original rom-com … The masterful pacing and vividly realised characters make it hard to believe that this is Storey’s first book’ OPRAH DAILY

'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

About the author

Rosie Storey grew up on a farm in the south of England. She left her corporate career in tech to finish her debut novel, Dandelion is Dead. She holds a Masters in Creative Writing, lives in East London and works as a Writing Coach.