Sonnet 99 reflection

I did a little looking into the sonnets surrounding this particular sonnet and noticed something interesting about its relationship with sonnet 98. It seems as though 99 is a continuation of 98. Sonnet 98 talks about spring and its effect on everything and focuses greatly on the flowers. The focus on flowers continues into 99 and takes an even more negative turn going into 99 as Shakespeare says how the flowers are thieves. It was a really cool way for Shakespeare to compliment the young man. Unlike when he compared the boy to summer, this time it seems almost like he is comparing the beautiful flowers to the boy. He says how the flowers are only so beautiful because they stole the color from the boy. Before I had really thought about it I was confused as to why Shakespeare would include the flowers stealing the white from his complexion because I had forgotten that a white complexion was actually considered a good thing in this time period. Shakespeare did an excellent job in this particular sonnet.