A review by beccarwolf
Sammy Espinoza's Last Review by Tehlor Kay Mejia

emotional medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Sammy goes back to the hometown of the deceased father she never knew and also her found family. In order to save her career as a music journalist, she intends to track down a reclusive father ex-boy band member for an interview on his rumoured new album. Meanwhile, she also unravels the story of her father’s family and their rejection of her as an infant. 

All of the characters, main and supporting, were well developed and had an appropriate amount of page time. This is the first book I’ve read from Tehlor Kay Mejia but I’m definitely going to see if she wrote another book about Sammy’s best friends. I especially found the foil of the grandmother to the mother to be an impactful choice on the part of the author. 

Wonderful writing that I look forward to enjoying again in the future!

I was so glad that the whole track-down-the-celebrity trope didn’t last very long. The new Annabel Monghan book shares this trope but also takes a different approach (though the scenario is very different).


Thank you to NetGalley and Dell for the free ARC in exchange for my honest review. 
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