"Me Before You" is still, in my opinion, the best in Moyes' "Me" trilogy. Still Me wasn't terrible but it just didn't work for me.

Still Me by Jojo Moyes is the third novel in the Louisa Clarke series which includes Me Before You and Me After You. I swear sitting down with this book was exactly like settling in for a cozy nap on a rainy afternoon. I almost feel like Louisa is an old friend, one whose company I really enjoy.

Louisa is now in New York City where’s she has been hired as a companion to a wealthy woman whose lavish yet lonely lifestyle proves money can’t buy happiness. She has left behind her boyfriend Sam and they attempt to do the long-distance relationship thing but it’s a challenge. Naturally there are misunderstandings and hurt feelings and Louisa is trying so hard to do everything right but things just don’t go her way. She meets a handsome man who looks so much like her past love, Will, that she finds herself drawn to him which complicates her feelings for Sam.

It’s a sweet story and full of what we all loved in Me Before You. Louisa is such a great, likable character. She’s funny and warm and has a kind, good heart which makes the reader want everything to fall into place for her, but because Jojo Moyes is so brilliant, she throws obstacles in Louisa’s way that make us alternately cheer her on or want to offer her a cup of tea and a shoulder to cry on.

I didn't have high hopes for this book because the 2nd was such a big let down. But surprisingly this book exceeded my expectations. Lou was more like herself and enjoyable in Still Me. I found myself getting a little emotional in a couple parts during her long distance relationship with Sam. Although I didn't care too much about Sam in the 2nd book, i may have grown to like him just a little bit more now. Also, Lily is even likable in this book. This gets 4.5 out of 5 stars.

While not as engrossing as her earlier books, this was enjoyable and a little predictable, like a guilty pleasure.

Louisa makes a go at being on her own in New York City! Moyes shows us that Lou is still a teensy bit not quite over the whole Will thing — and thankfully her city crush gets checked by reality before she gets too smitten. Caring for Agnes proves to be a struggle, kind of like it was with Will, but Moyes uses it as Louisa’s segue to better things.

By the end, Lou balances her natural talent for taking care of people with taking care of herself. Lou takes the opportunity to explore her passions, make new friends – shout out to Mrs DeWitt, the coolest building-mate ever – and grow up a little.

I don’t know what could be in store for a book four – maybe a year in the life of Lou and Sam – but I’m up for it!

Louisa Clark, the protagonist of Jo Jo Moyes's novels Me Before You and After You, has gone to New York City to work for the ultra rich Gopniks, leaving her paramedic boyfriend, Sam, behind in England. She is the assistant to Agnes, the second Mrs. Gopnik, who is young, a foreigner, and frozen out by the society ladies with whom she attends charity events. While attending these events with Agnes, Louisa meets Josh, an American who bears a striking resemblance to Will Traynor, her first love. Sam, too, is presented with another possibility for romance in Katie, his new partner on the ambulance. Louisa finds herself increasingly torn between her new life in New York, and her family and Sam back in England. This novel is funny, sad, and truthful in its exploration of a young woman's search for herself. Louisa Clark is a marvelous character. The reader finds herself rooting for her to succeed.

The third installment in this series and although this book could be somewhat self contained, I absolutely suggest starting at book one - Me Before You. Below, I will talk about the book which could be spoilerie if you haven't read book one or two, so you have been warned!

There are some controversies over the first book, but with book two and three, they are completely sweet romantic comedies, perfect for a beach bag or a rainy weekend!

Still Me takes Louisa Clark to New York City where she will care for a woman in a wealthy family. She goes to the city with little details and is thrust into New York City elite. This seems to be a perfect job for her, but you know with previous books with Louisa that hijinks must ensue!

I loved the ups and downs of the book. It was a sweet ride with a character that I completely love. I will admit that I saw the movie after reading the first book and I will now always picture Louisa Clark as the actress who plays her in that movie and I am fine with that. I can picture her doing all these crazy things in New York and in the fancy and quirky clothes that she is known for.

I wonder if this is the end of Louisa Clark, I wouldn't mind one more after this one to maybe take her beyond where this story concludes.

Still Me by Jojo Moyes is the third book in the Louisa Clark series that began with the heartbreaking Me Before You. In this installment Louisa has moved to NYC to begin her new life as an assistant to a wealthy family. Louisa makes friends and has some laugh out loud experiences all while dealing with her new long-distance relationship. Louisa always seems to remain true to who she is which makes this a very delightful and funny book. Read and enjoy!

I absolutely LOVED Me Before You - the love story of Louisa Clark and Will Traynor that ends in heartache. I enjoyed After You - reading about Lou post-Will - but didn't love it. So, I was a bit skeptical when I heard there would be a third book, Still Me. I didn't know what to expect or how we would find Lou. So, when provided with the opportunity to find out, I immediately agreed to it.

Lou is now happily dating Sam. Except they are long-distance dating, because she has decided to go away to NYC for a year. She's found a job as a PA for the wife of a super rich man on the upper East Side. The woman is disliked by the society set, has no friends, and is hated by her step-daughter. Lou befriends her (or at least thinks she does) and begins to enjoy working for her. She starts enjoying her new life in NYC. Of course she misses Sam, but she knows that they love each other and it will all work out. So she works, goes out, and lives her life. And just as she thinks she's settled in, complications arise - personal and professional. Soon, Lou is headed back to the UK and life is turning out to be not so lovely after all.

Now, I will admit to loving the character of Lou, but I if I'm honest, we could have just left her with the last book, After You. I feel like Still Me was unnecessary. It shows that Lou still needs to grow up, trust herself, and discover what she loves - all of which make for a funny, but over the top read. However, these are all things that Lou could have discovered in After You. Why drag out the story of her character any longer? Truthfully, I enjoyed bits of the story, but found it to be too much at times. The more I read about Lou, the more I disliked her. And in the end, I didn't really care what happened to her. This book was a miss for me.

Wonderful conclusion to the series. May I hope for more? Lovely to see the woman Lou finally becomes.

I received an Advance Reader’s Copy with the understanding that I would read it and review it.

“Still Me” is the closing chapter in the story of Louisa Clark, the spunky narrator first introduced to us in the tearjerker novel “Me Before You.” In this installment, Louisa has finally managed to resolve her grief over Will’s death, is romantically involved with Sam, and headed to New York City for a change of venue and an opportunity to find out who she truly is supposed to be.

At times, the book was engaging and fun to read, but there were some instances when the plot was utterly predictable and/or felt a bit rushed. Not my favorite book of the series, but I’ll be sad to see Lou depart from literature.

There is no doubt that fans of Jojo Moyes will fall in love with Louisa Clark all over again.

I loved following Lou on her next adventure. There was good character development and encouraging for the reader who's in the process I'd self-discovery.

This is the third installment in a trilogy that follows Louisa "Lou" Clark, an English woman who works as an assistant in varying capacities. I would say you could read this without reading the others, but it helps to be familiar with the characters and the do reference the events of the previous book several times. This story brings Lou to New York City to be an assistant and companion to a wealthy socialite. Lou befriends the others who work for the family and experiences the world of the upper class,. Being a JoJo Moyes book, there is of course drama, and also a fair share of comedic experiences. Lou discovers a lot about who she really is and what she wants for the future. This novel does not have quite the emotional impact of Me Before You, but I enjoyed this story about the quirky, likable Lou.

As many of you know, I have been a huge fan of Jojo Moyes novels for quite some time. I loved the first book in this series, Me Before You, and many of her other books have indeed been my guilty pleasure over the years.

So for me, Me Before You did not need a sequel or to be made into a series. For me it ended on a high note and I didn’t think that it needed to be followed up by any more books which is why I didn’t really want to read After You. In fact I didn’t read the second book in this series.

Which begs the question, why did I pick this one up. Honest answer, I haven’t read a Jojo Moyes novel in a while and I was in the mood to linger over the writing style and romances. I felt starved for a Moyes novel and jumped at this one.

Louisa Clark arrives in New York ready to start a new life, confident that she can embrace this new adventure and keep her relationship with Ambulance Sam alive across several thousand miles. She is thrown into the world of the superrich Gopniks: Leonard and his much younger second wife, Agnes, and a never-ending array of household staff and hangers-on. Lou is determined to get the most out of the experience and throws herself into her job and New York life within this privileged world.

Before she knows what’s happening, Lou is mixing in New York high society, where she meets Joshua Ryan, a man who brings with him a whisper of her past. In Still Me, as Lou tries to keep the two sides of her world together, she finds herself carrying secrets–not all her own–that cause a catastrophic change in her circumstances. And when matters come to a head, she has to ask herself Who is Louisa Clark? And how do you reconcile a heart that lives in two places? (summary from Goodreads).

So I committed a most grievous error by picking this book up without reading the second book, After You. I should definitely have read After You first. It was clear that I was missing key pieces to the narrative. I did decide to keep reading though because Moyes story telling ability commands it. She tells a fabulous romance story and once you start, it’s hard to put her novels down.

As I mentioned earlier, I didn’t think that Louisa Clark needed anymore ‘story’ once Me Before You ended. But I can see why readers would want to know more about her and what happened after. Readers got to know Lou on such a visceral level in Me Before You that having her story end and be over in the one book might have seemed unfinished to some readers. For me, it was fine where it was at the end of book 1, but I can see why others might want to know more.

In this book, Lou is a much different character than in the first book. Though I missed key plot points and character developments by skipping book 2, I could still see and appreciate her growth as a main character. She is like meeting an old friend, though she is much different now, her core traits make her feel like meeting a friend you haven’t seen in a long time—while it’s clear things have changed, the person is still fundamentally the same. I like that about Lou. It makes her seem personable and easy to love and care about as a main character.

The story itself for me fell short. How do you follow up such a magnificent novel like Me Before You? You just don’t. This book had great writing and the plot was fine, but for me it lacked the same magic that the first book had. It was good but not as great as Me Before You. I liked the plot and getting to get reconnected with Lou but it just lacked the same sparkle that the first book had.

Though I found some things to be wanting in the narrative, the writing was beautiful. I would expect nothing less from Moyes and every time I read one of her books she delivers on the writing and romance. Some books are better than others but I am generally never disappointed and that’s how I felt with this book. I liked it but I didn’t love it.

Challenge/Book Summary:

Book: Still Me (Me Before You #3) by Jojo Moyes

Kindle Edition, 368 pages
Expected publication: January 25th 2018 by Pamela Dorman Books
ASIN B073YTMMQS
Review copy provided by: Author/Publisher in exchange for an honest review.
This book counts toward: NA

Hosted by: NA
Books for Challenge Completed: NA
Recommendation: 3 out of 5

Genre: Romance, contempo lit, chick lit

Memorable lines/quotes: NA

Fun and quirky Louisa is back and readers who have followed her life will enjoy this new setting as she is thrust in familiar territory among the ultra rich--of course she knows what to expect, or does she? Adding a long-distance relationship might seem like the right baggage for resilient Lou. Not sure if this third book was needed. I loved Me Before You, I didn't like After You and this third one seems like, "Wait, another one?"

A great finale to the series. Louisa faces new trials tribulations and challenges and finally has the happy ending she deserves.

4.5 Stars
Oh man this book was just absolutely brilliant! I know a lot of readers felt as if it was the end for them, with Me Before You and honestly, I felt like that too, I felt as if I was betraying Will and his memory, by continuing this journey with Lou. But just like Will, Lou was such a big character, that I wanted to go on following her, to experience her journey with her. Once again it wasn't smooth sailing for Louisa, she had got an incredible opportunity to stay and work in New York, the city that never sleeps, she had the chance to explore new things and become her own person, it was what Will would have wanted right? It took me a while to warm up to the Gopnik's, the family that Louisa would be staying with, they were completely loaded and so I really wanted Lou to take note of what Nathan was saying, just because you were working for them and had become Mrs. Gopnik's friend, it didn't mean that they couldn't get rid of you when they felt like it. Also, I wasn't the biggest fan of Mrs. Gopnik, I really couldn't understand her at times, I know that she did find herself in a tough situation, with no real support system, but I just couldn't stand her. And then when the big turn of events did come around, I knew my gut feeling of not being able to trust her had been right all along.

But as they say one friendship lost is another gained right, so I was thrilled that Lou was able to find a confidant in the least expected of places. Once again with Still Me, Lou had a lot to learn and discover, who did she want to be and want with life were daily struggles for her, and with things being all over the place with Sam, I could see how it could be a confusing time with Lou, I at times didn't know what would be the right path for Lou to take. But again, I loved how despite her struggles, Lou didn't quit and go home, she pushed through having her life being turned upside down overnight and walked around with a smile on her face. And this is what I love the most about Lou's character, things may have hit the fan, but Lou's resilience and attitude always bolsters her. I know if I was in Lou's shoes I'd just want to stay in bed all day and never get up. But things weren't always doom and gloom, there was of course Lou's family, who were a delight to be back with again, with their witty personalities and charm, they bought so much fun and laughter to the story. And of course, there was Lou herself, who probably without realising it, bought so many laugh out loud moments.

Still Me wasn't without a great set of new characters, they were vivacious, bubbly and absolutely charming, every time Moyes brings in characters that you can't just help but love and want to be around. Lou really has come a long way in Still Me, from the girl that we first met in Me Before You, thank you Ms. Moyes for giving us the chance to experience such an incredible journey with such a wonderful person as Lou!

An enjoyable and satisfying continuation of the Louisa Clark story line. This novel has all the elements I've come to expect from the sassy and free spirited, yet sometimes insecure heroine who finds a job in New York City as personal assistant to a very needy socialite wife. Infused with all the drama and misunderstandings that keep the plot interesting, yet softened by Louisa's lovable way of charming even the coldest of characters, "Still Me" is a great read and leaves the readers asking for more! Loved the audiobook version with the very perfectly rendered British accent of Anna Acton - just lovely!