Thank you net galley and the publishers for this arc in exchange for an honest review.

Jess, is a young girl coasting along worrying about every thing as she struggled with grief after her mother's death. She has a job she loves when she meets the amazing Lee. She wakes up and sees a facebook post that mentions her death. Is she going mad or can she save herself?

Thank you Linda for another fabulous read. This started of quite comical and then the tone drops and you're sucked in and nearly miss school pick up!

I thought this was a cracking idea to be able to turn on Face Book and see people leaving messages 18 months in the future and then for things to fall in line and take you hurtling towards that future..... What an intriguing idea and totally a page turner for me.I liked the main character and the world she lived in was well described and believable and I couldn't work out what was going to happen.No spoilers from me you have to read the book and get swept along with the trip any information would really spoil it and take away the tension and that would be awful because this is a great book ,well worth a read.thanks to netgalley and the publishers for an ARC in return for an honest review.

I've been looking forward to reading this book since I first saw it as a pre-order on Amaazon. Thank you to NetGalley and of course Linda Green for the opportunity to read it sooner.
I really enjoyed this book, and although some things I feel were left unanswered I don't think it made the book any less spectacular.
Such an interesting premise, knowing that you will die in 18 months and trying to work out what leads up to it, and how, or even if, you can change the future.
Are our futures pre-determined, or do we have control over our own lives. It's an interesting debate, and made for some good reading in 'After I've Gone'
I'd recommend it to people!

Thank you to Netgalley and the Publishers for this review copy.

Jess Mount checks her facebook account one morning and finds that her timeline has skipped forward 18 months. Her friends and family are leaving sympathy messages and tributes on her timeline as it is now the day, 18 months later, that she has died. No one else can see these messages other than Jess. She has no idea what is going on, but it gives her a scary insight into her future – a future where she leaves behind her husband, Lee and her baby son, Harrison. Slowly she begins to realise how she dies in the future and wonders if there is any way to alter this in the present.

I was excited to read this book as I loved the author’s previous book, While My Eyes Were Closed. From reading the blurb, I guessed it was going to be a bit of a weepy, and came at it prepared with tissues! It was at the beginning very sad, but then it slowly started to turn from a ‘weepy, how do people cope after I’ve gone’ book to a ‘oh my god, what the hell is going on’ book. Without giving away any spoilers, as time moves on Jess begins to realise that all is not what it seems with people in her present life. Little snippets of what really happened are given away in messages that she reads from 18 months later and she begins to find out more and more about how she actually dies. The book suddenly turns into a scary, on the edge of your seat thriller. The actual part of the book where the first twist was revealed had me actually saying out loud that I wasn’t expecting that!

The story flows well, alternating between messages from the future, present time and a glimpse of what had happened to Jess in the past. I have to admit, I did feel slightly frustrated with Jess at times to the point of wanting to shout at her when you can see what is happening, she knows what is happening but she still lets it happen!

For me though, the only down side of the book was I felt that things weren’t explained very well and I was left a bit disappointed with the very last chapter. No spoilers again, but I was happy that it ended the way it did, but felt some parts were left hanging – I needed more explanation!! Apart from that, I enjoyed the book and sped through it in a couple of days (which is always a good sign!).

I would definitely recommend, although just be aware that the book might not be all it seems! Oh, and I’m definitely deactivating my facebook account from today…… ;-) ;-) ;-)

This is a thought-provoking read on the virtues (or otherwise) of social media and the power of grief and love. I found it a really interesting concept, the idea of being able to see future postings on Facebook, in this case where dear Jess finds an outpouring of grief at her own untimely accidental death. Obviously I haven't contemplated this in too much detail so I have no idea how on earth I would react in Jess' shoes, or if in fact it is at all possible to fake this so in some respects I did have to suspend some element of disbelief. Jess does take it more in her stride than I think I would though, in fact in some places she seems quite accepting of the fact that she's going to die relatively soon - though of course some of this does come down to the fact that she will die having just become a mother. And here's the catch, should she run away from a pre-ordained death if it means that she won't ever meet the son she has just seen a photograph of. Any idea what you would do? No, nor me. Or do I?

Is it possible to love someone before they have been born? Of course. I'm guessing lots of expectant parents would give you the same answer. But before they're conceived?

Yes I'm deliberately leaving that hanging there!

I found Jess and her best-friend Sadie really likeable. The way Jess morphed into a lesser version of the feisty character that opened the book with a line that had me chuckling to myself, was a slow and organic process. And whilst I was inwardly shouting at her to try and retain some independence, the actions of both her and Lee were natural enough to be realistic. I enjoyed, if enjoyed is the right word in this context, the popular culture references to films and actual events of - mainly in this setting being the deaths of three great entertainers, and found myself agreeing with the book in that it did seem like a never-ending round of loss. What really did throw me was the Facebook photos of the characters. I don't know why, it is totally illogical, I guess it's because I'm used to picturing the characters in my head - it in no way detracts from the book, in fact I'm guessing lots of people will really like the feature, but as usual I shall give it my honest opinion! It's me. I'm odd I think. I will say it's nothing to do with the people portraying the characters though - they seem perfectly lovely - I feel I might be digging myself into a hole here so I'll stop! Anyway where was I? Characters....Angela. Hmm. I'll leave that one with you too, but I'm more than happy to give you my opinion on her if you wish to discuss!

Overshadowing everything to me, is the question of a Mother's love. I'm going to put aside for now the obvious love and protection that Jess demonstrates towards her unborn child, other than to say that all of her actions and behaviour made sense to me, because the absent physical presence is Jess' dead mum. The echoes of the impact that this had on Jess' past are felt throughout the book and it's good to see the issue of mental health being brought up in a natural storyline, and it is testament to Linda Green's writing that it feels important yet not overwhelming to the story. The honesty of the grief expressed is touching, maybe more so to me at this moment in time arguably, there are times at the moment that I feel totally overwhelmed by it - but it's still probably a good idea to have a tissue at hand just in case.

I had great hopes for ''After I've Gone'', and I am more than happy to say it hasn't disappointed me. I really recommend this; don't start it too late though because you'll have to use matchsticks the next day (yes, I never learn!) - it's a great read.