This is a really great book! It didn't even take long to get into the book which I totally love!! I will recommend this to all my friends for sure!

I thought this book was a good whodunnit read. It kept me engaged the whole time!
(I LOVE this book cover)

Kiki attends a party at a friend’s house, while also in attendance is Kiki’s former fiancée, Jamie, who she broke off several months prior. As the guests are leaving the party, a shot rings out, and Jamie is found dead in his car. The police quickly rule it a suicide, but the more Kiki delves into Jamie’s recent behavior, she becomes convinced that Jamie was murdered. The Last Time She Saw Him has a promising (if familiar) plot, but this was a struggle to get through. Most of the dialogue is simplistic, terse and bland, and almost every scene suffers from an unnecessary amount of detail, just about bringing the story to a halt, and sapping any sense of suspense, which was in short supply. I’ve enjoyed this author’s prior books, so this is an outlier of sorts, and I just couldn’t get invested in the characters or the story. I received an ARC of this book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I always love Kate White's books, but this one was a miss for me. I kept waiting for something bigger and thrilling to happen in the story, which did not come. The few reveals along the way were underwhelming, and when the final twist was revealed, I wish more time was given to it to flesh it out some more.

This book review is a conflicting one for me to write. On one hand, I'm incredibly grateful to #netgalley and HarperCollins publishing to give me access to the ARC of this book, which is set to publish May 14th. On the other hand, I wish I had liked this book better.

In my personal opinion, this book had an exciting premise, but I didn't love the way it was executed. There were moments in the book where I connected with the writing and felt like I was right there where she was describing, and then there were moments that felt so choppy and I would just completely disconnect from the story. By about chapter 23, I barely cared anymore who had done it, but I had gone too far not to finish it. By the time I found out who it was, the revelation was just mundane and anticlimactic. The chemistry (or lack there of maybe?) Between the two main characters was weird and disappointing.

Kate White is a new author for me so maybe it was unfair to jump from my favorite author to a new one with the same expectations. Even though I didn't love this book it wouldn't stop me from trying this author again.

I always love a Kate White book. This one did not let me down. It was a "who done it" right up until the end. Her characters are always well developed and KiKi Reed is a good lead. I would definately recommend this book to other readers.

Kiki runs into her ex-fiancé at a party and by the end of the night, he is dead. Did he kill himself because he was heartbroken after Kiki called off their wedding? Or was he murdered?

This book quickly sucked me in. I thought it was going one way and the ending was a twist I didn’t see coming. However, the book dragged and became repetitive. And there were lots of seemingly unnecessary facts and characters. And the ending seemed a little too convenient and implausible.

Overall, I enjoyed this thriller. Thanks to NetGalley and Harper Perennial for this ARC!

Kiki Reed is nervous about attending a party where her ex-fiancé, Jamie, will be. The party ends and Jamie leaves. Shortly thereafter a loud “crack” is heard and a car horn blares. Jamie is found dead in his car. The police strongly suspect suicide but Kiki is not convinced and won’t relent until she proves otherwise.

Although this book is a quick read and interested me in the beginning, I quickly became a little bored. Every friendship Kiki has seems sweet as apple pie and she herself is annoying. As soon as she gets vague information she thinks makes sense, she believes she’s solved “the murder”. Her suspicions are disproven until finally the big reveal happens. And, that climax, felt disjointed and unsatisfying.

I believe the premise of this book is a good one and held promise. There’s a secondary story, introduced in the Prologue, that could have added value had it been explored more. However, there’s a romance aspect that felt unnecessary and even a weird supernatural part. It seems everything but the kitchen sink was thrown into this story but none of it was done very well. While I never considered not finishing the book, it’s not one I would recommend, nor does it leave me wanting to read another from the author.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Another nail biting story from Kate White. The tenacious Kiki just won't let it go. Be sure you check your window and door locks before falling into this story. It will keep you there for the night!

I had a hard time getting into this book. I mainly think it was because I didn’t really care for the lead character. Also at times it seemed to drag a bit.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for this advance copy in return for my honest review.

A classic “who done it”. I wasn’t floored by it but was definitely entertained and intrigued. Although it kept me guessing until the very end, it did feel a bit rushed once it was solved. If you want a good, fast paced, easy to follow thriller than I’d say give this one a go.

Something about the book seemed a little dated. I don’t know if it was the single girl, chicken breast, dinners or the reading on the iPad but it seemed like an older person trying to write about a younger person. That’s not bad, but Some things seemed a little off.

The mystery was fine, but I didn’t quite understand why she was so sure it wasn’t suicide and why the cops would think it was? I just feel like the mystery could’ve been a little tighter. It was pretty obvious what some of the motive could be but took a long time to get there. Didn’t really understand why everybody was weird with Kiki. People do break engagements and he was dead so you feel like people would be nicer to her. I just felt like the book just really didn’t quite come together. I had the pieces but it didn’t really flow.

At point when she’s getting the real estate info from a friend, she refers to Liam as Eric I don’t know if that was supposed to be a joke or it was a mistake, but it stood out. I also thought it was weird that Ava served her clementines and chocolate chip cookies for dessert and then Kiki also served that as a dessert later on is a typical dessert for people?

I did wonder why the murdered had an unlicensed gun on him when the murder was impromptu? That didn’t make a lot of sense murder or suicide.

Did she ever update her mom on what happened?

Kate White has been on my list of authors to read for a while. I was so excited to receive The Last Time She Saw Him from NetGalley!
Kiki's former fiancée is found dead at a party and all leads point to suicide. While Kiki doesn't believe Jaime could ever do such an act, the family was all but okay with the police declaring it a suicide. Kiki begins to go over Jaime's life with a fine tooth comb. This is where I lost interest. this story was almost painful to read. I couldn't find a common ground with any characters. I just plain didn't care what happened. It all seemed to far fetched and too silly to be an actual story line. Suspension of belief didn't work here at all. The addition of extra characters and extra storylines did not help the story in any way. It just made the whole book longer than it needed to be.
Labeled as a psychological thriller, it is far from that. I guess if you had never read any other psychological thriller it may give you a thrill and be left guessing who did it. But for me, The Last Time She Saw Him will not be filling that cup. I would not recommend this book to others. Thanks to NetGalley and Harper Perennial and Paperbacks for the advanced digital copy in exchange for my honest opinion. 2 stars for me

2.5
She accidentally lets the bad guy's identity slip super early on, so the suspense is more like reinforcement, which is...not ideal. Also, there's a seemingly random romance subplot that not only doesn't really fit but doesn't resolve in a satisfactory way either.

I found myself staying up way too late to finish this one because this author has a way with words and really painting a picture on a story. I felt like I knew the ending but I was surprised to find out that I was wrong. Definitely adding anything else as author writes to my TBR. What a fantastic book! If it was not an e-book I would be loaning it to my friends right now!

This was a great book. I loved every paragraph, every sentence and every word of this masterpiece! I read it in 12 hours, which is a lot for me to do! It had everything and more laid out in the novel! I sure hope There is more to come from this author! I am totally hooked!

Such a disappointment after the author’s earlier books—could not wait for it to end!

With thanks to NetGalley & Harper Perennials and Paperbacks for this e-ARC.

𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕.

This was a quiet, intense thriller with hints of romantic suspense that I thoroughly enjoyed. Kiki has ended her engagement to Jamie, and though she felt safe and secure in their relationship, she came to realize that there was no passion and that he just wasn't the one. That revelation didn't take away the intense guilt she felt as Jamie took the news hard.

When Kiki accepts an invitation to a party at a friend’s Connecticut home, she knows Jamie will be there as well, but she's eager to face him for the first time since the broken engagement. To her relief, the exchange is brief and neutral. Finally, Kiki feels like she can close that chapter and move on. But a shot rings out as the party is winding down, and Jamie is found in his car, inexplicably dead from an assumed suicide.

The rest of the book's focus is on two things; one, what really happened to Jamie, as Kiki is adamant that he would never take his life. Did the sullen mystery woman introduced as his date have something to do with his death? As Kiki investigates, the second focus becomes clear, and that's the quiet grieving process that she is going through. Even though she has said goodbye to Jamie, seeing his empty apartment and thinking of the plans he had that will never come to fruition was a jarring aspect of this book. It really centered me and made this entire situation so relatable.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Harper Perennial for the early copy. This book will publish May 14, 2024.

Kate White never disappoints and her new novel, "The Last Time She Saw Him" was a quick, suspense filled read!

I am not even sure where or how to start this review….. because my honest review is this book was … not good , to put it mildly.
It is supposed to be a psychological thriller about the main character, Kiki, who is about to come face to face with her ex fiancé, Jamie, she left because of her love for someone else at a party. As Jamie is leaving the party shots are heard and Jamie is dead in his car. The cops INSIST (quite annoyingly) that it’s a suicide, but here comes over the top, should be soap opera star, annoying, Kiki to stop at nothing to prove he couldn’t have killed himself …. And cue *dramatic soap opera music*

I could not get into this book at all. I disliked Kiki so much I found myself annoyed with everything she did. Also right at the beginning of the book you are hit with a plethora of characters all at once who are all intertwined it was too much. Andddd add in the absurd romance, I was rolling my eyes way too often. The pace was very slow, the “twists” were predictable, as well as the ending. This was absolutely a romance suspense novel to me and one that I couldn’t get interested in at that. I think the premise and idea of this book sounded good, but the execution fell flat.

Thank you to the Author, Netgalley, and Harper Perennials for the ARC of this book.
2.5??