Reviews - Sammy Espinoza's Last Review: A Novel

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Sammy Espinoza's Last Review: A Novel

Tehlor Kay Mejia

3.89 AVERAGE

jillkaarlela's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Taylor Swift songs: “Wildest Dreams”, “afterglow”

Age rating: 15+ (2 brief steamy scenes, 0.5/5🌶️)

if you are a fan of Ashley Poston (“The Dead Romantics” and “the Seven Year Slip”) you will LOVE this!! I know I did! Just without the paranormal aspect. This was a story about finding identity, family, dealing with past trauma, and finding love in the midst of that. I loved watching Sammy’s chaotic, messy, very human journey throughout this story. I truly connected to Sammy, even though I have not experienced the same circumstances. I also truly loved all of the side characters!! All of the relationships, especially with Sammy and her found family were so beautiful and loving. I will not lie, this might lead me to read a lot more celebrity romances and enter a delulu era, but I’m not mad about it. This book really felt like a warm hug, while still being very entertaining. I will be reading any other romances this author writes. I listened to the audiobook but I WILL be picking up a physical copy!

Plus, I love the representation in this book! We love a Pansexual Latina FMC! And I loved Willa and Brooke’s relationship/marriage! It was so healthy and loving and supportive!! We love seeing queer joy represented!!

Also side note: the audiobook narrator was fantastic!

Tropes:
Second-chance-romance
Celebrity mmc (singer)
Found family
Small town
Pansexual Latina fmc

TW: recovering alcoholic, abandonment issues, parental trauma

Content Warnings

samix3reads's review against another edition

4.0

hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

swirlingpastels's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective

brookeends's review against another edition

4.0

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5

Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to review this ARC!

The book was a quick read, and for a romance it read a little like YA in my opinion. Sammy was a little underdeveloped as a character for me as a person of 29, I expected a little more conviction. There was a lack of character connection that was hard to ignore, and muddled relationships that made things difficult to follow. It’s a cute quick read, congratulations on the first novel. I look forward to work to come.