A review by waywardvickie
The Last Love Song by Kalie Holford

adventurous hopeful lighthearted slow-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? Yes

3.5

𝟑.𝟓 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 .𐦍༘⋆

A solid 3.5 stars. The premise of this book was so intriguing going into it. Unfortunately I feel like it set my expectations way too high.

𐙚 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙙:

The writing in this book is really lovely and I really liked the addition of the lyrics scattered throughout the book. I love the idea of Mia going around her home town to learn more about her mom from her mom’s perspective in these letters. I think I would have liked the story more if the letters cleared up any misconceptions of her. Like if the media used to say one thing about her but her letters explained that that wasn’t who she was. I also really loved how real of a character, Mia felt. She had her own hopes and dreams but didn’t want to have regrets or burn bridges at home and I loved that she still wanted to make her family proud but not knowing what to do in order to make that happen. 

𐙚 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚:

I’m a bit confused as to how Mia knows next to nothing about her mother even though her mom was a mega star and the entire town loved her. I feel like she would have grown up hearing up nothing but stories of her mom. I feel out of curiosity Mia also would have done a lot of online research especially before the hunt even began, just o know more about her. Idk. I didn’t understand why no one spoke of her dad, clearly she didn’t assume he had passed away so why hide his identity from her? 

This book also just felt pretty long in most places, which is why it’s taken me a bit to read. I found myself reading one chapter at a time because it just started getting a bit boring to sit in longer periods to read. I really loved Tori’s chapters and everything that was talked about there. 

As much as the hunt was a great way for Mia to get to know her mom in the way that she wanted I feel like it didn’t really have to be a hunt at all. She could have inherited the journal and still go around town to see all the sites but not necessarily in the form of a hunt.