Wow. I cried my eyes out reading this book. I will be finding more Rebecca Yarros to read. It almost got to the point at the end where TOO many bad things were happening, and I just kept thinking, no more! They can't possibly take anymore.

The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros is an emotional, intense and heartwarming read. You can always expect this from the Author.

Really loved it and cannot recommend it enough to all readers.

Have you ever read a book that legitimately shook you to your core, so much that it was all you could think about for at least 24 hours after you finished it? That was what happened to me once I finished Rebecca Yarros’ hauntingly beautiful novel, The Last Letter.

Serving overseas is all Beckett Gentry knows. He has no loved ones waiting for him, no roots calling him home. So when his best friend, Ryan, suggests that Beckett let his sister Ella write him some letters, Beckett is hesitant. For security reasons, he has her write to him under his call name “Chaos”, also hoping that that will allow no real connections to be made. But that doesn’t stop Ella from opening up to him about her hardships as a single twenty-something mother of twins; she soon becomes his everything, and he similarly becomes a source of solace and comfort for her as her world continues to fall out of orbit.

But things change when Ryan is killed in the line of duty. The letters from “Chaos” stop around the same time, so Ella presumes the worst has happened to him as well. A few months later after the last letter, Beckett shows up at Solitude, the bed and breakfast Ella runs. With him is a letter from Ryan, asking him to go take care of Ella in Tellruide if he never made it home. So Beckett plans to follow through with this simple request. But when he gets there, he can’t utter the words he’s dying to say, that he is actually “Chaos.”

Yarros’ novel kept me engaged from the first page. I found her choice to start each chapter with a letter from the other person extremely captivating, especially because you soon start to realize that each letter thematically corresponds to each chapter despite technically being two different points of view from two different time periods. It just work so well. I also loved that Yarros was able to build an incredibly fascinating world with the level of detail and picturesque imagery she put into this book; I could easily see every scene play out in my head, just as if it were a movie.

It is without a doubt my favorite book of all time and I will ALWAYS recommend.

God ! This extraordinary book! I'm still hungover from this book. Sometimes you read a book and can never forget about it. It gives you feelings that sends chills down your spine, gut wrenching and heart ripping emotions. This book is everything. It is much more then a romance book. One of the most beautiful book I have read. The heroine Ella is so strong and the hero Beckett is to fall for and the twins they will kill you.
I was lucky to get an arc and I can't wait for you all to read it when it releases .

”You don’t really value something until you’ve lost it.”

OH MY WOW!!! OH MY FEELS! Oh my tears! So many tissues from tears of the heart, tears from ugly crying, tears from Rebecca Yarros’ THE LAST LETTER. Tears still fresh and still real from one of the realest stories I’ve met. A story that still dances in my dreams. The best and most moving military romance I’ve ever met. A heartbreaker in the best of ways. The Last Letter took me on the biggest emotional journey, bringing words like honor, sacrifice, duty, and courage—the creed of my soldier and all soldiers—to life. I LOVED this romance and emotional journey so much!

As both a military wife and mama, I felt a deep and indescribable connection to these characters and this story, a military romance with one of the best heroes and heroines ever written. A story where I fell hard in love with the hero and heroine. A story of a hero and heroine saving each other. A story so raw and real. A story that stripped me bare where I was broken and bleeding, nearly bringing me to my knees.

My heart was ripped out of my chest—yet my soul swooned in a romance that touched every part of me. The pain became almost unbearable to read at times, feeling all too real, but that pain brought immeasurable pleasure too. I caught myself smiling through the tears, and holding my breath again and again. I was DESTROYED ... DECIMATED! I cried my way through this book as my heart both shattered and soared. I felt every word. I FELT EVERYTHING!

The writing? It’s off-the-charts powerful. I was so in awe with this author’s superb storytelling. Rebecca Yarros has set the bar so high for military romance that you’d be hard-pressed to find another writer who gives you a bird’s eye view of the battlefield, the aftermath of war, the employment of courage and sacrifice, the fragility of friends and family, and what it truly means to love a soldier. Yarros pulls out all the emotional stops—delivering big time in a DEVASTATINGLY BEAUTIFUL BOOK that shows the bravery among the broken.

ACHINGLY EMOTIONAL and EXQUISITELY RAW, The Last Letter is a rip-open-your-heart roller coaster of a romance with the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. An epic story of love and loss with substance and soul. TRULY EXTRAORDINARY. Unequivocally beautiful. Unparalleled. Unforgettable. Unlike anything I’ve ever read. I’ve never met a more stunning and soulful military romance.

There aren’t enough stars in the universe for this heartfelt and soul-striking story. Prepare to be blown away by this tear-jerker of a tale told in passionate and poignant love letters. The Last Letter is THE best military romance and Rebecca Yarros’ best book yet!!! A heartbreakingly beautiful book that I will forever feel. I just want to read it and feel it again and again.

A must-read, top 2019, and lifetime romance!!!

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 soul-striking stars but worth all the stars in the universe

Wonderful romance that kept me engaged throughout. Fabulous story, and connection between the characters.

Dear Rebecca Yarros,

If you are reading this it's because I finished the saddest book of 2020.

PS: You are a horrible human being, but a wonderful writer.

Seriously, why you have to be like that!?! Ugh. This is definitely an ugly cry book. I don't often sign up for books that are incredibly sad, but I love everything that Rebecca writes, so down the rabbit hole I went.

I mean, I get it. It was fate. BUT WHY DOES FATE HAVE TO HURT SO BAD!?!?!

So I know how you can make this up to me. I need a book for Emma. If you do that for me, we'll forget this even happened, capiche?

I really enjoyed this book. I had a lot of great and relatable characters and a very good storyline.

Connecting, serving, protecting. The layers of twist and turns will squeeze your heart. Love hurts. Loss hurts.

This powerful book had me laughing and crying. with enough heat to last for days!

Don't miss a book that will impact you long after the last page is turned.

It's been a long time since I've read a book that has gutted me so completely like this one did.
I listened to it on audio which I think magnified all of my feelings.
How does it never fail that the most gut-wrenching parts of the audio book happen on my way to work?
The audio book was fantastic. Two very quality narrators that made this an experience rather than just a story being told.
From the blurb, you see that this is a story of a single mom raising twins and has faced more tragedy than a person should endure. I can't understand how some people wind up with all the bad luck, but it does. Ella is a fierce, strong heroine. Beckett comes to help her out as her brother's dying wish. Now, I hate for this to be vague but it's for the best. There is so much stuff that happens during this story that you better buckle right up. As much as I sort of cursed the author, I reveled in the brilliance of her writing. Suspense, twists, emotions. I haven't felt so completely shattered in such a long time.

This is one of those books that grips you right from the start. It was packed full of emotions and I couldn’t put it down once I started.

4.5 Stars
Be aware that love, family, and loss, gut-wrenching, heartbreaking loss, are the themes of this novel. And this book will make you cry. That being said, it's still a beautiful story that needs to be told and many readers will find it difficult to put down. Military loss, childhood cancer, tragedies both anticipated and unexpected throughout, but also the best parts of life as well. The author attempts to balance these out with some success. Overall, worth the time, but bring your tissues. Net Galley Feedback

I'm miffed I waited so long to read THE LAST LETTER. This book is a beautiful and heartwarming story with a satisfying romance and characters that burrowed their way into your heart. Also a tearjerker. My emotions have been put through the wringer with this one, and I can't remember when a book has affected me this deeply. Easily one of the best books I've read this year. I'm glad I picked this up. If I could give this 100 stars, I would!

Ella and Beckett are wonderful characters that you'll get invested in, and they're vividly drawn. Beckett believes he's not worthy of love, family and home, but his actions prove otherwise, and you'll love how he always just accepts what Ella wants to give. He doesn't push, maybe due to his insecurities and guilt, that he owes Ella for something he thought he's done. I do admit to being exasperated at Ella sometimes for the way she pushed Beckett away, thus making me feel sorry for Beckett, but I'm willing to cut her some slack because I know the root of her actions is due to her experiences with the men in her life and she's just protecting herself and her kids. That said, she's a great mom, and I love how she's always fought for Colt and Maisie throughout their lives.

And how adorable are the two kids? Though they're only six, they speak like adults sometimes, saying these incredible things that make me laugh.

I love that the book is long (over 6k+ on the Kindle when usual romances are only at about 3k+ or lesser), and it allows me to immerse myself fully into the characters' lives and really get invested in their sorrows and happiness, trials and successes. Despite the length, there's no sagging middle or boring scenes, and that in itself is great success. Kudos to Ms. Yarros for the magnificent writing and compelling prose, and for not sparing your characters. The book is plotted well, with conflict up to the end, ensuring readers keep turning the pages.

Lastly, I love the letters. I've just been to Ms. Yarros's blog and I learned she's an expert at them, having written thousands such letters to her husband while he was on deployment.

THE LAST LETTER stayed with me long after I've closed my kindle. Rebecca Yarros is an amazing author and one I'm putting on my favorite author list. You can bet I'll be reading anything she writes from now on. Read this pageturner now if you haven't yet.

This was my forat book by Rebecca (although many have been on my TBR for a while)
And I'm really glad I started with this one.

It just struck a chord in me as a I read. It was so well written and just so emotional and.... good. I loved the journey the characters went on. And just the characters in general. They were so completely written, like I could imagine seeing them on my way to the store or out for a bite. They were written ina way that they just felt that real. And inlove when an author can get that level of emotion from me with something like that

I give THE LAST LETTER
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐5 STARS⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

As always I am completely obsessed with Rebecca Yarros, this book, her words, and the message it sends! The cover is gorgeous. The storyline is emotional and raw. I loved every word of it

Where to start on this review!?! This book was phenomenal!! I don't know that I would really market this story as a romance novel because there is not a whole lot of it in this story but, it is full of angst and heartbreak. This is the kind of story that will rip your heart out and then put it back together in the end. This was a heck of a ride reading this story and was everything I could've hoped for. This is the first book I've read by this author and will be reading more. It was one of my best reads of 2019 and I still think about this story.

I’m just finishing The Last Letter and I’m sitting here SOBBING. I have a twin. And he had cancer when we were three. He’s been cancer free for 31 years now, but it still takes a toll on me when I read about a kid with cancer. We also had a treehouse that we played in. Lived in the country and knew when each other got hurt or sick. I identified way too much with the kids. My heart is still so completely shattered, but I won’t say more because spoilers aren’t my thing. Just know that when you read this book YOU NEED AN ENTIRE BOX OF KLEENEX.

Rebecca wrote an absolutely beautiful book with wonderful characters. I fell in love with every character on the pages.

The tragedy in this story is overkill. I expected it to be emotional and even upsetting. Her brother, a special ops soldier, had just died during his assignment, she grew up without her parents - they'd died when she was a toddler, her grandmother has passed away only a short time ago. Then another strike - she learned that her daughter had cancer. This all in itself is a lot to deal with for a single mom. And I would have been fine with Ella dealing with her lot.
But: in the last ten percent she had to deal with another loss, one that totally blindsided the reader - it came completely out of no-where and added nothing to the story or the character growth. And that made me so freaking mad, I can't even. This last tragedy was added only for tragedy's sake, for it to become a sobfest and I really think it was a cheap shot only for the benefit to make more money.

I also didn't think it was realistic. I know nothing in life is guaranteed but this really went overboard with tragic themes. Did Rebecca Yarros have a list she could check off the tragedies?

I know there will be people who will enjoy The Last Letter but I wasn't one of them.

This book should come with a trigger warning. There are mothers out there who have to deal with the loss of a child or whose children are battling cancer. They shouldn't go into this book without knowing what to expect.

I. LOVED. This book. The end.
Kidding. The Last Letter is romantic, sexy, heartfelt, and ugly cry inducing. So many tears.
The Last Letter is one of those books you will still feel long after you're finished. You'll think about it weeks later. You'll recommend it to all your friends. This is truly one of those books that stays with you long, long after you read it.

This book utterly destroyed me in the best possible way. I am still not okay, but it was literally one of my top three reads of 2019.

You will forever be changed with this story. It is one that will stay with me for the rest of my life.