I'm glad I read [b:Sunshine and Buttercups|18129833|Sunshine and Buttercups|Danni Keane|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1372169222s/18129833.jpg|25465007] before this, otherwise it would have been too depressing. And with the impact the father's death has in this story, his absence in the previous book is even more apparent.