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Just Last Night by Mhairi McFarlane
4.5
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

An entangled web of characters experiencing the messiest and most convoluted aspects of life 

Beautifully written, poignant but frank

The romance feels more like a subplot throughout, so if that’s what you’re here for maybe not your best choice, for me I found the novel had much more interesting things to say about grief and betrayal.

The final moments of them getting together seemed a bit rushed for a tie it all together and the author chose to sacrifice more time in that decision to a moment of them all in the future, but this was my only complaint because for 98% of reading I was completely gripped.