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Sammy Espinoza's Last Review by Tehlor Kay Mejia
4.0
Sammy Espinoza's Last Review is a beautiful second-chance romance novel with heavy emphasis on themes of family dynamics, healing and identity struggles.
I honestly loved this entire book. Sammy is such a relatable character, and her struggle to navigate and maintain her relationships due to lack of experience and lack of a role model was one of the most heartwrenching, close to home struggles I've read in a while. I felt for her the whole time, even when she was writing her article to submit to Esme knowing it would be betraying Max. It's so hard to detangle and unpack all of those emotions when you've been trained to expect people to leave you, and I love how Sammy, even as a good person, was imperfect and did things that hurt others. She's such a well-rounded character, and I just absolutely adore that. I wish Sammy had gotten more time with Paloma. The moment they connected and started bonding, I knew that their clock was ticking, but I still wish they'd had more time together. I cried like a baby when Sammy found her in her bed, and was in tears until the epilogue.
Tied in to ^^ that, Dina Rae's character will forever be on my shit list. The amount of just...nasty emotions I harbor towards that woman, I cannot even begin to share how infuriated she made me. The fact that she was the prime reason behind Sammy's problems and traumas and at the end, she admitted to it but still pushed for Sammy to just...let it go? Be happy for her? Go to the wedding? This woman is a nightmare and deserved to be slapped with no-contact.
Sammy's chemistry with Max is honestly so heart-warming to read. The two of them understand each other on such a deep level, even when Max doesn't remember who Sammy is, and it's so cute to see the two of them back on the road to romance even though Sammy swears up and down at the start that she won't let him get to her again. Even though they both hurt each other so badly at the end there, they were willing to work on themselves and try to move past it together. That's such a good mark of a healthy relationship, and we don't get to see that much anymore in romance novels so serious props to the author for writing such a healthy, green-flag couple.
(Side note: I love the Crosses. Can they take me in too?)
All in all, Sammy Espinoza's Last Review is a solid 4.5 star read. I fully plan on recommending this book to any and everyone I know because it deserves all of the hype! Thank you to Tehlor Kay Mejia and Dell Publishing Company for the free book and the chance to read this wonderful story.
I honestly loved this entire book. Sammy is such a relatable character, and her struggle to navigate and maintain her relationships due to lack of experience and lack of a role model was one of the most heartwrenching, close to home struggles I've read in a while. I felt for her the whole time, even when she was writing her article to submit to Esme knowing it would be betraying Max. It's so hard to detangle and unpack all of those emotions when you've been trained to expect people to leave you, and I love how Sammy, even as a good person, was imperfect and did things that hurt others. She's such a well-rounded character, and I just absolutely adore that. I wish Sammy had gotten more time with Paloma. The moment they connected and started bonding, I knew that their clock was ticking, but I still wish they'd had more time together. I cried like a baby when Sammy found her in her bed, and was in tears until the epilogue.
Tied in to ^^ that, Dina Rae's character will forever be on my shit list. The amount of just...nasty emotions I harbor towards that woman, I cannot even begin to share how infuriated she made me. The fact that she was the prime reason behind Sammy's problems and traumas and at the end, she admitted to it but still pushed for Sammy to just...let it go? Be happy for her? Go to the wedding? This woman is a nightmare and deserved to be slapped with no-contact.
Sammy's chemistry with Max is honestly so heart-warming to read. The two of them understand each other on such a deep level, even when Max doesn't remember who Sammy is, and it's so cute to see the two of them back on the road to romance even though Sammy swears up and down at the start that she won't let him get to her again. Even though they both hurt each other so badly at the end there, they were willing to work on themselves and try to move past it together. That's such a good mark of a healthy relationship, and we don't get to see that much anymore in romance novels so serious props to the author for writing such a healthy, green-flag couple.
(Side note: I love the Crosses. Can they take me in too?)
All in all, Sammy Espinoza's Last Review is a solid 4.5 star read. I fully plan on recommending this book to any and everyone I know because it deserves all of the hype! Thank you to Tehlor Kay Mejia and Dell Publishing Company for the free book and the chance to read this wonderful story.