A review by keepingyouonread
The Last Love Note by Emma Grey

3.0

Kate’s first love and husband, Cam died two years ago from early onset Alzheimer’s. She’s a bit of a mess raising her son, juggling her job, and a somewhat quiet social life with best friend, Grace. When a storm, strands Kate and Hugh, her boss, at the beach for a weekend it’s the first time she can confront her grief and start moving forward. 

What I liked: The emotions were high, I felt for Kate as a mom trying to make everything work. I would suggest reading trigger warnings because a few scenes were difficult to read. 

The devastation a death of a spouse leaves on everyone is evident from Kate to her mother to her friends. I loved how she had a good network of support that really was an extended family. 

What didn’t work for me: I felt like this was maybe 50 pages too long. I wanted Kate to get to where she needed to be faster. Justin seemed superfluous. 

I’m not sure how I feel about the Kate/Hugh storyline. I also think the relationship went from a snails pace to sprint. I wanted more of them together as lovers not just friends. 

On that note, I think the timeline could be a bit confusing and I wanted more of Cam and Kate before. We’re told about this great love but don’t see much of it before his disease.  

Who should read it: This reminded me a bit of Me Before You. You like: friends to lovers, slow-burn romances, books about people working through grief, single moms.