Book Review: Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley

Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley
Publisher: ‎ Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: June 7, 2016
My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars

Publisher’s Description:

When you sit down with Lily and the Octopus, you will be taken on an unforgettable ride.

The magic of this novel is in the read, and we don’t want to spoil it by giving away too many details.

We can tell you that this is a story about that special someone: the one you trust, the one you can’t live without.

For Ted Flask, that someone special is his aging companion Lily, who happens to be a dog.

Lily and the Octopus reminds us how it feels to love fiercely, how difficult it can be to let go, and how the fight for those we love is the greatest fight of all.

I chose Lily and the Octopus because I loved Steven Rowley’s The Guncle and I wanted to read more of his work. Lily and the Octopus is his first book and it’s quite a bit different from The Guncle. It’s about Ted and his dog Lily. Lily is Ted’s best friend – they know each other inside and out. One day Lily wakes up with an octopus on her head. Ted must figure out how to get the octopus off. That’s all I can say without spoilers. I will say that it is definitely a story for dog lovers (which I am not – don’t judge!) so even though I did enjoy it, I think I would have liked it even better if I was a dog person.