A review by nerdygnome
The Last Love Note by Emma Grey

challenging dark hopeful sad 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

5.0

This was a tough read emotionally. There's something about the theme of spousal death that is extra hard for me — not from personal experience, I just prefer to deny that it's a possible reality. That said, this book got me in all the right places. The way grief is portrayed is so genuine that it hurts, and I wasn't at all surprised to hear Emma Grey share her personal experience with spousal grief in her author's notes. 

Two years after the loss of her husband Cam, Kate is still deep in her grief processing and not sure she can ever love another man. Keeping herself busy and distracted with her young son and demanding job, it isn't until she's stranded by a diverted airline flight that she truly lets her grief in, with her boss Hugh getting a center-row seat to the implosion. 
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