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A review by laurelinwonder
The Last to Let Go by Amber Smith
5.0
The reviews are all over the place on this, but let me begin by saying that after Smith's first two books, she is on my authors to watch for list. Her first book and this book are equally important to drawing attention to issues that matter. While this second book is a bit slower of a meditation, which is where I think some readers were lost; this slow careful portrayal of what it means to survive a fractured family, while still needing each broken edge.
I do not want to spoil this book by giving anything away, but know that Brooke is in a difficult spot, and how she reacts makes so much sense as we experience her grief and desires clashing as oxygen is pushed into the coals of what drives her. Smith has a unique voice, one that asks readers to understand that there is no one way to react to tradgedy, abuse, violence, and what we must take away is that what Audre Lorde once said: Our silence will not save us.
I do not want to spoil this book by giving anything away, but know that Brooke is in a difficult spot, and how she reacts makes so much sense as we experience her grief and desires clashing as oxygen is pushed into the coals of what drives her. Smith has a unique voice, one that asks readers to understand that there is no one way to react to tradgedy, abuse, violence, and what we must take away is that what Audre Lorde once said: Our silence will not save us.