Julie and Sam were end goal. A rock solid couple, they were going to graduate, move to a new city, live out the rest of their lives together. And yet, somehow, Julie finds herself curled up in bed, listening to the last message Sam left her before he was involved in a fatal car crash. The last message he will ever give her- or so she thinks. When she goes to ring Sam's voicemail again, he picks up: not alive, not a figure of the past, but there, on the other end of the line. Together, Sam and Julie start to navigate the devastation of never getting to say goodbye- whilst learning that both letting go, and holding on, are their own kinds of impossible.

As you might expect, this book is absolutely heart-wrenching! Thao's writing is beautiful, especially when he writes about place. The grief was also really well articulated- even though Julie's character was frustrating at times, her pain made her endearing and understandable even when I kinda wanted to shake her! It was lovely to see her grow as a character, to realise and appreciate the mistakes she might have made, whilst also appreciating them as part of her journey. I do wish that there was more exploration of some of the other characters, in particular Mika and Sam himself (who felt somewhat beatified); however, I can also see the effect that not doing this had, in that it created more of a world as seen from Julie's perspective. Probably my major criticism is that I didn't entirely get a sense of Sam and Julie's relationship: it felt like they were more best friends than anything, and I wish the romance had been explored some more.

Overall, this was a really solid novel, and I'm excited to read more from Thao!

Please take in mind it’s my opinion, and everyone is allowed to have one.

I was so interesting from beginning till the end, I truly didn’t know what to expect of this book. I just can’t believe how much this book has wrecked me, I full out sobbed while reading it. It was the most heartbreaking but cutest story ever.

The way I felt so connected with both Julie and Sam, I loved their story. It was so well written, everything seemed to be right.

I would honestly recommend this book to everyone.

This book felt like a brief warm hug. I feel like it would make a very interesting animated movie. the visuals would be beautiful.The way Dustin Thao describes certain scenes made it all the more play like a movie in my head. It's a beautiful little story. Like a snippet of an alternate reality that you appreciate for what it is. I think it would resonate with a lot of people. As it did with me.

the dialogue felt a little robotic at first and the ending was kind of predictable. But otherwise it really hit home. I will be reading any of Dustin Thao's next books.

Also, I love this cover.

You’ve Reached Sam follows Julie, a high-school girl who is trying to come to terms with the loss of her long-term boyfriend and the unravelling of all of the plans that they had for the future. Her mourning takes a sudden turn, though, when she calls Sam’s phone in a moment of weakness and he actually picks up.

What follows is a heart-wrenching story of love and loss, and an emotional portrayal of a young woman dealing with grief and the urge to move on.

This book is as emotional as you’d expect. It’s filled with touching scenes about Sam and Julie’s relationship, heart-breaking moments of grief as she tries to cope with her loss, and touching friendships with Sam’s family and friends as they all struggle to move on in different ways.

Some of Julie’s actions are flawed and, normally, I would criticise a protagonist for their mistakes, but everything she does is because of her grief and mourning. I got frustrated when she missed opportunities that I wished she would take, but it was so understandable for someone in her position that, instead of being critical, I felt largely empathetic.

This was a really bittersweet, emotional story about young love, loss and figuring out what’s important in life. It’s a poignant contemporary with fantasy elements that I would absolutely recommend if you’re looking for a book to make you cry.

I'd like to thank NetGalley and the publisher for providing an e-arc in exchange for an honest review.
3.5 stars
You've Reached Sam has such a gut-wrenching premise. I wanted to have my heart broken by it, I wanted to cry. And I did, mostly during the beginning and the ending, but it was not as emotionally powerful as it could have been, and maybe that's on my expectations and not the book itself.
I think the biggest barrier to the emotional connection I wanted is Julie. I'm not one of those people who read a YA novel and then get mad that the characters act like teenagers, I'm not mad about Julie's immaturity or how she dealt with grief. I just didn't like her personality-wise, even during the flashbacks when there was no grief to taint her choices and attitudes.
I also found it weird that the author chose to show anti-Asian racism through the eyes of a white girl, but I'm a white girl myself so I won't tackle that because I'm sure we will get more insightful reviews on that from Asian readers.
I would still recommend it for the ending, you just have to get through a whole lot of middle.

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

Tw: grief, car accident, death

Julie has her future all planned out - move out of her small town with her boyfriend and attend college in the city. That is until Sam suddenly dies and Julie's whole world is wrecked. In a desperate attempt to hear his voice again Julie dials his number and miraculously Sam picks up. Julie has a second chance to say goodbye but that will prove to be more difficult than she thought.

This story was gut-wrenching and it completely destroyed my heart, it dealt with grief egregiously and I loved all the characters, from the main to the minor ones.

Dustin Thao's writing was excellent and I really enjoyed the rollercoaster of emotion he put us through.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who's looking for a good cry and a heartbreaking story.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read an early copy.

I LOVED this book! I don't think I could recommend in this book enough to everyone! I'm not kidding when I say that once I read the Prologue I was hooked and just knew that this book was going to be five stars. This story centers grief and learning how to let go of people even when you want so hard to hold on to them forever. One of my favorite aspects of the story was the setting. Washington is my home state so every location that was referenced in this book I knew exactly where it was and had been there. I think when you read about your home state there's immediately this underlying connection of wow this book gets me. It's comforting. Like a warm hug. I thought that Julia's character was very honest which I appreciated. It was seen in this book how grief can take many faces, whether that's letting go completely, burying your feelings and moving on, or dwelling too much on the what ifs. Sam was an absolute sweetheart and they both just had my whole heart. Also, Mikah was another wonderful character. She was the one I could relate to the most.

I loved the juxtaposition between this overarching weight of grief with the tones of hopefulness seen strung throughout every memory Julia recalled. This book did make me cry and feel all the emotions, but it was also just so wholesome and it made me genuinely squeal out loud. Another aspect I enjoyed was watching friendships bloom between Julie and her other friends. There's always a comfort in knowing there are people who are always going to have your back and the depiction of that in this book was phenomenal.

You've Reached Sam was such a wonderfully sweet read. The writing was wonderful, and fit the story so well. It made me sad right from the beginning, but full of a real understanding of handling grief. It was one of those wonderful books that does magical realism so right. It uses the fantastical only to enhance the real feelings of grief and moving on, and it was so sweet.

The story is about a young high school girl named Julie, who is struggling to grieve and move on from the death of her long term boyfriend, Sam. Through the struggle in trying to cope with the loss of Sam, she tries to call him to listen to his voicemail... and he picks up. Now Julie must deal with how to live her life with this second chance they have been given to say goodbye.

Though this book is naturally really sad, considering the main topic is about getting over the death of the love one. But what I really enjoyed was that the writing went with it so well. The writing was light, and so it let you fill in your own emotion into the story. We all know grief in some way, and we all grief different, and Dustin Thao really gave us the space to do that, while we grieved with Julie. It all worked together in such a great way, I absolutely adored it.

Another thing that I really loved that goes along with the writing was that Thao really was able to navigate the use of cell phones in writing so well. Which is huge, considering how the entire plot centers around that. I was a little nervous going in about that, as I feel that the book industry hasn't really universally gotten good at incorporating cell phones into novels yet. It's way too often that I see some weirdly formatted text in a book that is pretty underwhelming. But even though the main characters were speaking on the phone, it didn't feel that way at all. Amazing work!

Naturally the best part for me was the representation!!! Most of the cast is Asian and it makes me so happy. I loved seeing Julie's friends pass her cut fruit and green tea kit kats. It just filled me with so much joy! I also loved that Mika wasn't incredibly familiar with their family traditions and customs, because I can relate to that a lot. It goes along with that feeling of unbelonging that a lot of Asian Americans feel, and I was glad it was mentioned.

As for the story, I don't want to say it was predictable, because that has a bad connotation. But it was predictable in the best way. It was obvious before I even started the book that this connection was going to be used as a metaphor for moving on and coping with loss, but it was still a joy to read. I think this book is a great book to help teens understand loss and moving on. I am really glad this book exists, and it was just what I needed to read!

I first saw this book late last year and loved the cover and the summary. When it finally appeared on NetGalley I requested it immediately and am so thankful I got the chance to read this book. I loved this book. Did I love the MC, Julie? Nope. But her pain was so palpable it kept me reading to see how she would heal. I’m not one to cry but I’ll admit numerous times I cried my eyes out while reading this book. The author has a way with words that sucks you in and completely immerses you in the world he creates. This was a well written and deeply emotional read. I recommend it and will definitely be waiting for its release in November. Thanks again to NetGalley and Wednesday Books for the opportunity to read such a beautiful and moving book.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with this arc in exchange for my honest opinion.

When I first read about “You’ve reached Sam” I thought that it wouldn’t be a book for me but then a friend of mine loved it and the absolutely beautiful cover baited me into trying it anyway. I wish I hadn’t. As suspected the book just wasn’t for me. I usually already don’t enjoy sad books and what made me enjoy “You’ve Reached Sam” even less was the main character Julie. With her self-centered and sometimes downright bitchy behaviour I just found her extremely unlikable. I even had to put the book away a couple of times because I needed a break from her.
I also was confused a couple of times with the content of the book, especially when Julie dives into her memories, like in the prologue since it seems to be a mixture of memories and a dream and while the memories were there to give an understanding of Julie and Sam’s relationship and what kind of a person Sam was, it just felt super rushed and I didn’t enjoy the writing style in these scenes at all.
I also feel like the phone calls didn’t really make a difference except for making the premise sound more unique and interesting and it felt like pretty much all they did was to allow Julie to get away better with the way she behaved and were extremely unhealthy on top of that. The book displayed Julie’s grieving process which would have happened with or without the phone calls but of course in a different way. **SPOILER I probably would have liked it better without the calls especially since the phone calls are not really explained and it is expected of the reader to simply accept them. SPOILER END**

I was buddy reading this book with a friend and she enjoyed it a lot more than I did so I really think it is on me for picking this book when I already had the suspicion that I might not like it and as the book progressed I felt like I was picking it apart and jumping at every opportunity that could justify my dislike of the book. I can’t even say that it was bad or problematic, “You’ve Reached Sam” just wasn’t for me.

These days, Facebook feels like an obituary. It is so normal to be surrounded by death during this pandemic, especially since many of them die without proper ways of saying goodbye. I’ve never really appreciated wakes and funerals until they have been restricted for public safety. How then do we deal with grief? You’ve Reached Sam offers a way to explore how our world changes after someone dies and how to live on when life does not follow our plans.

Though the main characters have been in a romantic relationship, this is not a love story. Julie and Sam could have been just friends and the story would not have changed much. With Sam’s death, Julie’s idea of the world–graduation, college plans, and life in Ellensburg–has changed drastically, and this time, she does not have the support of her probably greatest cheerleader.

I love how this book takes us through the very messy reality of loss: a rollercoaster ride that keeps changing its tracks after each loop every time you feel that you’ve reach the end. Unlike in other books, here there is no linear growth through the usual five stages of grief. In fact, none of these terms are mentioned at all. There are no neat labels, no checklist of behaviors boxing Julie’s experience. There are no expectations of what Julie should have accomplished X months after Sam’s death, but neither does the book ignore the very real consequences of neglecting some responsibilities.

Instead of achieving arbitrary milestones set by psychology textbooks, the book conceptualizes mourning as a collective activity. Everyone is learning how to navigate around the Sam-shaped hole in their lives–first by trying to fill it with vigils and other rituals of honoring, and later by self-appointed missions to carry out his legacy. I love that it does not attempt to erase Sam’s life, personality, and legacy, nor does it minimize him to the point of being a ghost or fever dream. It’s also interesting to note how these “Sam gaps” vary from one person to another and one circle to another, and how the characters try to resolve these differences by redefining their relationships with each other. This approach takes away the usual solo-flight/individual inner peace only; rather, this little community reshapes its network in a way that allows each member to recover from isolation and shock.

As much as I love slow-paced books and usually gel with them right away, it took me a while to get into this. It requires living in Julie’s head as she processes the world around her, and though the memories that she dredges up are thematically appropriate, these specific moments sometimes don’t add much to push the narrative format. The book then feels too bagged down by unnecessary emotional baggage, and the “Before” chapters can quite be dragging. I hate being duped into manufacturing sadness just for the sake of crying and I can’t help but think that the book is banking on a flood of tears to blur my eyes from the lack of depth in the narrative. I love it when flashbacks serve as foreshadowing for any kind of emotional struggle in the next chapters, yet it doesn’t seem the case for this book. The readers are treated to an extended tour around the Julie-and-Sam show, and although it’s fascinating to read about their cute adventures, it can be a bit tedious to read nothing new.

Since it’s very much a character-led story, I know how important it is to put myself in Julie’s shoes but honestly… I don’t like being in her head. She is a very flawed but realistic character, and her voice is quite distinct, but for some reason, I feel uncomfortable because I don’t personally agree with a lot of her life decisions 😅 [Note: I strongly advise against choosing a college based on your significant other’s decisions] It took Chapter 5 for me to be familiar enough with Julie’s mindset, and to be softer and more forgiving towards her.

At first, it’s tempting to reduce Julie’s identity to her relationship with Sam, but that isn’t the case here. In her memories, one can see that she has always been grounded with other interests: her relationship with her monm, her writing, her work in the book store, and so much more. She and Sam are a team, yes, but it doesn’t seem that she has lost herself entirely. She may have lost some connections to her hobbies that Sam brings to the table, but once she is able to get back on her feet, she is pretty much okay. She isn’t as isolated socially or wholly dependent on Sam as I first assumed, which is both a breath of fresh air and also a sad realization about many of the other contemporary books I’ve read–YA or otherwise.

Overall, I actually like this book. Though it has not reduced me to a puddle of tears from the prologue alone like with some other friends, I still appreciate its presentation of grief and loss. I think that if I were to read this in 2016 or 2017, I would have loved it more and sobbed my heart out so that Julie wouldn’t have to.

If you are struggling to mourn, then this might help you gain words to describe and validate what you feel. If you are at the cusp of a huge life transition that has suddenly been taken away from you by factors beyond your control, then you might find Julie’s actions understandable–not really acceptable, but very very relatable.

Whether our specific grief is represented well here or not, I hope that reading You’ve Reached Sam will be able to help you heal.

this is a very lovely story that deals with A LOT of grief. if you can't handle that, don't read this book. i knew what i had to expect, i still felt a bit overwhelmed and cried (that doesn't happen a lot to me while reading). it's sad. it's so sad, but it's beautiful, too.

this is not a book packed with action. the gentle writing style guides you through julie's journey trying to connect and let go of sam.

some parts weirdly reminded me of that part of twilight when bella is depressed because edward has left her, and then she keeps seeing him in her head. this definitely gave me the same vibes.

we've also got some nice representation: sam is japanese american and there's also two queer side characters (one is very minor though).

lastly, the ending felt a bit.. unfinished or rather underwhelming? it was predictable. nothing about this book is actually unpredictable, yet it still offers a journey worth taking, in my humble opinion. it's the beauty of a character-driven book!

tw: major character death, harassment

I picked up this book after seeing the beautiful art on the cover, and the writing was just as beautiful to go alongside of it.

If you like getting your heart broken by death trope, grieving and lost loves, not to mention those things combined making you cry multiple times almost like you're the protagonist of this novel, Julie, who recently just got her whole world shifted when her boyfriend, Sam, unexpectedly passes away, then this is a recommended book for you.

Dustin Thao's writing is so beautiful and so easy that I found myself so caught up to the point I didn't notice how far I was into the book until I was 3 sobs in and definitely worrying the other people I live with. Julie is a perfect protagonist in my opinion. I liked the fact she was not perfect, I liked the fact she had the reader rolling their eyes at her past and present actions. I liked how realistic she was as she struggled with her stages of grief.

Another positive of this book is that though Sam passes away very early in, you still get to know his character — through the phone calls and also with the flashes back into the past almost like a dream for Julie.

An amazing book overall with realistic descriptions of grief and loss and anger and all the other stages, at the same time as tackling a very stressful senior year of a teenager.

I've just finished reading this beautiful, emotional, sweet gem of a book that will pull on all of your heartstrings. At first everything starts out absolutely perfect for Julie and Sam. They are 17, in love, finishing up high school and working on their graduation plans, getting an apartment and their future together. Suddenly Sam is killed unexpectedly in an accident and everyone that knew him is devastated!

Everyone is sad and grieving, and they end up dealing with Sam's death their own way. Julie is so upset she didn't even attend Sam's funeral, or any of the vigils that people held for him. She is in her bedroom with tears, reminiscing the good times she had when Sam was still alive and she was looking at her cell phone, she calls his number just to hear his voice on voicemail again and, he picks up the phone from beyond! He says "Hello?" !! How is this possible?? From then she is somehow able to have several conversations with him about life before the accident, as well as the "what if's". Sam tells her she is to keep her conversations with him a secret, it is the "rules". Between Julie and Sam's ability to have those conversations, she is able to find better closure not only for herself, but for some other people as well, like her and Sam's best friend Mika, and Sam's family, especially his little brother Jimmy who was blaming himself, but shouldn't have been. There are some other things happen in this book too, but you will have to read it to find out.

I loved that Sam was able to have Julie go to some places that he wanted to show her but never got the chance to, and that he was able to direct her to some special gifts.

When it was time for Julie and Sam to find closure and say goodbye it was really emotional and sad, but also kind of okay. At least they got to have that last chance to talk, say things that were never said, and be able to move on.  Wouldn't it be nice if people could actually have such a chance in real life?


I would like to thank #NetGalley, the publisher, St. Martin's Books/Wednesday Books, and the author Dustin Thao for this eARC in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

It seems silly to state this because it seems like the obvious, but wow was the emotional book! You've Reached Sam follows protagonist Julie, as she griefs for her recently deceased boyfriend, Sam.

The story is told through analepsis, dream sequences, and the present, allowing the reader to glimpse at Sam & Julies love story, and how she is coping now that she is gone. Spoiler alert: not very well. Julie is so overcome with grief and guilt, that she throws away Sam's things and refuses to attend his funeral, determined that she just needs to try to forget about it and move on. It doesn't take her long to realise that things aren't that easy, and that she never wants to forget Sam . . . so she picks up her phone and dials him. He answers.

The phone calls provide a space for Sam and Julie to get one last goodbye. I found the conversations interesting and emotional, and I enjoyed being able to hear Sam's voice (I was hoping that the end would be like lol joke he's somehow risen from the dead!). I would have liked a bit more out of the phone calls than Julie just recapping her day at school, I wish they had more conversations between them, but the reminiscence about their past and their mutual grief about lack of future was an interesting dynamic to explore multiple types of grief - Sam's for his loss of life and everything that entails, their mutual future together, etc. Despite Sam's lack of 'page presence' he was the most intriguing character, and character I connected with the most. I felt his loss.

Although we as the reader spent the book inside Julie's head, she was hard to connect to. Now, I understand she was grieving, but during the flashbacks to her and Sam's relationship, I did struggle to see what he saw in her. Often I found she was selfish with him and bratty. He buy's her one bookend and she's like 'well where is the other one? That makes no sense' and he's like 'I couldn't afford it' (turned out he had saved it for a later date), and how she struggled to allow him to have relationships with other people that didn't involve her. I'm not sure this was meant to be painted as a picture perfect romance, it was about Julie's grief over all, and she did love Sam, but it wasn't a romance I was truly invested in because of the way she treated him.

I really did enjoy the writing style, and it captures your attention from the get go. The way the past plays sort of like a montage in a dream sequence, was really stunning and well written. Julie's grief felt very tangible.

I know some other readers seemed to have issues that it wasn't explained how Sam could connect with Julie from the afterlife, but I wasn't too bothered by that. I think any answer would've detracted from the main point of the story, and leaving it speculative was a good open ended move.

Overall, I really did enjoy (funny to say that!) this novel, and I recommend it to you if you want a good little cry one afternoon.

DNF. The story had a lot of potential but it honestly wasn’t going anywhere. There was no point or goal to the story at all. The whole story was the MC talking to her dead boyfriend while she just went on with her everyday things 🤷🏻‍♀️. I don’t usually DNF books but what made me do it was (if you are interested in content read “spoiler” which really isn’t that of a spoiler anyway)

.spoiler below! You’ve been warned :s


....that a character was homosexual. I was getting red flags from the beginning when the “dead boyfriends” guy best friend started acting wierd with his friend’s girlfriend saying how she smelled like him when she wore one of his shirts and then proceeding to act all eek. And then him telling her how she hated her for so long because she stole him from him 🙄..... pls note the “dead boyfriend” was straight so....



Yeah, kinda sucks because it sounded amazing and that cover is gorgeous but oh well. Thank you, next :)

This was a quick. It emotional read. I’m sure anyone that has lost someone close to them can relate to all that Julie is feeling and going through with the loss of her boyfriend. To be able to talk with those we lost one last time would be a gift. I think the author did a great job expressing this although, to be honest, there were some parts that confused me.
Overall, the books is worth checking out.
Thank you to Wednesday Books and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this.

Unpopular Opinion, I hated it. DNF @ 30%.The best thing about You've Reached Sam is the gorgeous cover, the artist did an amazing job on it. That's about the only positive thing I have to say.

From the very beginning it was a mess. The foundations weren't laid out for me to buy into the relationship. The prologue contains multiple shifting scenes that are trying to convince us how in love Sam and Julie are. It did nothing for me, it came across as more of an info dump instead of sincere memories that you could swoon over.

Maybe it wouldn't have been so bad if the only issue was I couldn't connect to them but frankly, their relationship was unhealthy. Julie has no other friends and she dislikes most of Sam's. "Sam grew up with them. They formed a close-knit group that used to hang out before I moved here. The group fizzled out a little once Sam and I started seeing each other." She blames his female friend Taylor for it but when she asks Sam why they don't like her he says it's because Taylor's dad drove a truck and Julie's dad drove an environmentally friendly car. The problem isn't about what kind of cars their parents drive or even the rest of Sam's friends, the problem is that Julie is self-centred and shallow. I have absolutely zero sympathy for her. She's cruel to other people who are grieving for Sam because with her it's not really about Sam. Her grief is more centred around the fact that she lost her boyfriend and no one else can apparently understand that.

The characters weren't the only problem I had with the book. I felt like how the author described the setting was misleading. Julie moved to Ellensburg from Seattle. She talks about hating the "Small Town" life. But when she's dramatically running in the rain she passes by the University and the 400 acre cemetery. What kind of "Small Town" has a University or a cemetery that can fit like half a million people ?! A quick Google search will tell you that Ellensburg has a population over 20,000 and according to Wikipedia it is a city. Rather minor compared to disliking the MC, and not caring about the relationship this book is focused on but it kept me from believing this story. If I can't buy into the setting or the character's there's nothing left to encourage me to continue reading.

I cannot recommend You've Reached Sam to anyone. I've written so much for a book I only read 30% of and I could still go on but I relent. If you're a fan of If I Stay or Your Name you'd be spending your time better by re-reading/watching them.

P.S No small business would hire two teenagers to do nothing because that means there's not enough business to afford keeping them on payroll. And no cafe would allow a employee to sit and talk to his crush for literally hours while he was on the clock. Even if it was tolerated, no decent human would make their co-workers pick up their slack like that, especially if they already had 5 breaks before their crush even arrived. If Sam was my co-worker I'd hate him.

Actual rating: 4.5

This book accomplished what it set out to. From the magnificent cover to the beautifully poignant prose, this was meant to be and is quite the tearjerker. Almost every chapter was downright emotional and I appreciated Thao's writing for that.

I do have a couple of holdbacks. While I shed a number of tears all throughout this book, I didn't get the complete sobbing I was expecting, so I was somewhat disappointed. There were a few moments that really made tear up and cry, but nothing quite punched me in the gut. Part of me thinks it's because I didn't read this in one sitting, but the other part feels like this really didn't do it for me.

One thing I didn't like was how all over the place the rules of the "magic" were. It was quite obvious to me that a bunch of random rules to how the calls worked were thrown into the story just for the sake of emotional impact which at some points weren't even followed.

Although clichés abounded in this book, I didn't mind them all too much since they did serve their purposes in terms of evoking nostalgia in the reader.

Another thing I didn't mind but might be a huge hiccup for some readers was the number of song references made in this book. I was only familiar with one of them, but for the rest, I was completely clueless as to how they sounded and was not in the mood to pause my reading in order to listen to the music. Perhaps on a reread I will do that to get the full immersive experience.

Overall, I still liked this story and look forward to reading more of Dustin Thao's work. This is quite an exceptional debut. Perhaps a story dedicated to Oliver as the main POV is in order?

This book hurt so good. I balled like a baby the majority of the book, but it was so worth it. I felt Julie’s pain as she morned for Sam. I am so glad I read this because it changed my perspective and my life. It makes me hold a little tighter to my loved ones and think fondly of the ones who have already passed. EVERYONE should read this book.

Special thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for sharing this digital reviewer copy with me in exchange for my honest opinion.