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A review by mariishelf
Sammy Espinoza's Last Review by Tehlor Kay Mejia
3.0
First thank you so much Penguin Random House for sending me an ARC of Tehlor Kay Mejia's newest release.
In this book Sammy Espinoza has ten days to save her music journalism job, and make the life she always wanted for herself. Stuck in a spiral of epic proportions, Sammy targets her teenage crush aka former rock god Max Ryan to make her career comeback. She goes back to her home town where she has to confront the ghost of her past and deal with her aloof mother.
This is Mejia's debut in adult romance and I think they did a great job. Sammy is a relatable character and we see her tackling a lot of family trauma.
The writing for me read a bit younger, and for the characters all being in their late 20s early 30s they were a bit immature. The storyline follows a fairly formulaic routine, some parts dragged and I think more development could've been had by the main characters as well as the side characters. Many problems were dragged for far to long and the miscommunication trope is a heavy aspect of this book which isn't a favorite of mine.
The premise was promising and I think I would recommend this to people transitioning from YA romances to adult as the writing isn't difficult and the characters feel younger. This book does contain some sexual content and includes topics of death of family members and abonnement issues. This to me leaned heavily on the adult slice of life moments over the romance aspects.
Thank you so much Penguin Random House.
In this book Sammy Espinoza has ten days to save her music journalism job, and make the life she always wanted for herself. Stuck in a spiral of epic proportions, Sammy targets her teenage crush aka former rock god Max Ryan to make her career comeback. She goes back to her home town where she has to confront the ghost of her past and deal with her aloof mother.
This is Mejia's debut in adult romance and I think they did a great job. Sammy is a relatable character and we see her tackling a lot of family trauma.
The writing for me read a bit younger, and for the characters all being in their late 20s early 30s they were a bit immature. The storyline follows a fairly formulaic routine, some parts dragged and I think more development could've been had by the main characters as well as the side characters. Many problems were dragged for far to long and the miscommunication trope is a heavy aspect of this book which isn't a favorite of mine.
The premise was promising and I think I would recommend this to people transitioning from YA romances to adult as the writing isn't difficult and the characters feel younger. This book does contain some sexual content and includes topics of death of family members and abonnement issues. This to me leaned heavily on the adult slice of life moments over the romance aspects.
Thank you so much Penguin Random House.