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A review by reading_under_covers
The Last Session by Julia Bartz
3.5
"Are you the savior? Or will you save her?"
Julia Bartz's sophomore novel THE LAST SESSION follows social worker Thea in a psychiatric unit in New York. One day, a woman shows up in their unit, catatonic, and she looks awfully familiar to Thea. By the time she realizes how she knows her, she's been taken away, leaving behind clues for Thea that leads her into the depths of the desert and into the hands of a podcasting couple determined to solve her barriers to romance and intimacy.
This book grabbed me in from page one (but loosened its grip a bit in the final quarter 😬).
This story is propulsive, intoxicating, and culty, which felt extremely fitting for this day and age. The "romance retreat" reminded me a lot of Twin Flames Universe and the lengths people with desperation are willing to go to for healing.
Like I mentioned earlier, the last quarter really took a turn and not in a way that I enjoyed, though I can see some readers really getting a kick out of it!
Overall, I didn't love this one as much as THE WRITING RETREAT, but I can't deny that Julia knows how to write in a way that will hook you in!
Thanks to NetGalley and Atria Books for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!
Publication Date: April 1
Julia Bartz's sophomore novel THE LAST SESSION follows social worker Thea in a psychiatric unit in New York. One day, a woman shows up in their unit, catatonic, and she looks awfully familiar to Thea. By the time she realizes how she knows her, she's been taken away, leaving behind clues for Thea that leads her into the depths of the desert and into the hands of a podcasting couple determined to solve her barriers to romance and intimacy.
This book grabbed me in from page one (but loosened its grip a bit in the final quarter 😬).
This story is propulsive, intoxicating, and culty, which felt extremely fitting for this day and age. The "romance retreat" reminded me a lot of Twin Flames Universe and the lengths people with desperation are willing to go to for healing.
Like I mentioned earlier, the last quarter really took a turn and not in a way that I enjoyed, though I can see some readers really getting a kick out of it!
Overall, I didn't love this one as much as THE WRITING RETREAT, but I can't deny that Julia knows how to write in a way that will hook you in!
Thanks to NetGalley and Atria Books for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!
Publication Date: April 1