I wasnt really a fan of this one. It started off okay and I thought I would be able to get into it but the plot became too much! I thought the author tried to keep the story moving but it was drug out too much. There were also a lot of characters and I had a hard time keeping with everyone.

There were so many characters, some not even worth getting into, but the ending did tie everything together neatly. I think this author writes beautifully, but this plot bored me, and there were too many extraneous people and situations. I think this may be it for me and this author, through no fault of their own - it’s just not for me.

I love this author. I love the way she sets up this meeting with Jamie at the party. I felt the tension in the room when she said hello to him.
I also felt the fear when they heard the bangs and I felt a sadness when she was in the apartment. This was amazing writing.

The Last Time She Saw Him by @KateWhite_Author is a gripping, fast-paced, murder mystery that I couldn't wait to pick back up again. It usually takes me about five days to finish a book, and this one was done in three.

Kiki recently called off her engagement to Jamie, and their mutual friends Ava and Vic are throwing a party that they're both attending. It will be the first time they've seen each other since the break-up, but they're going to run into each other eventually. Their interaction goes as good as can be expected, and Jamie seems to be dealing with everything okay. After a brief chat at the end of the night, Jamie heads to his car. Shortly after, a gunshot rings out in the vicinity and Vic and Dan run out to see what's happened. Jamie is found in his car, shot and dead. The police think it's a suicide, but Kiki doesn't believe it. Now, Kiki is determined to find out what really happened to Jamie, and she wonders what he was going to say to her the last time she saw him.

Kiki rents a house near where Jamie's death happened and starts looking into who could have had something against him. Could it be his date, who he seems to be ignoring? Or was it a random person trying to rob him? Someone with some kind of grudge against him? As far as Kiki and Sam, Jamie's best friend, know, he doesn't have any enemies but he was concerned about something recently. Now it's up to Kiki to find out because the police don't seem to be looking into it.

This pulled me in from the beginning, getting right into the main mystery. The story is quickly paced, moving along with no slow spots. Kiki is a fully developed, relatable character, just trying to get answers because otherwise it means that Jamie killed himself because of her. Kiki's relationships with the other characters are diverse, from being a close friend to an acquaintance, but they all make sense and no one is an unnecessary character. There were red herrings and you'll think it's figured out, but then the twists begin.

All in all, this is a suspenseful murder mystery that will have you on the edge of your seat. A puzzling murder with relationship and family drama. I highly recommend if you enjoy a fast-paced whodunit.

Thank you to @HarperPerennial and @NetGalley for a digital copy for review consideration. All opinions are honest and my own.

This one held my attention pretty decent. I would’ve given it a higher rating but it left me wanting more! I really enjoyed the story line and it kept me wanting to keep reading. I guess I would’ve liked to know more about the characters at the end. I’m trying to not say to much as to not spoil anything. The ending was just ok. ⁣
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I’m wondering if there will be another one as a sequel but maybe not. I would love to see what happens in the main characters life! ⁣
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Overall I enjoyed the book, it was a page turner as I was wanting to see what was going on and who did what! It was almost like reading a game of clue.

This was a bit of a letdown. It was too slow and seemed a bit unrealistic.

Thank you to NetGalley for this copy.

This is my third book review for this author, and I hesitated going into this one because I gave the other two books 2.5 and 3.5 stars. I decided to give it one more try, but I just don’t think this author is for me.

Kiki is our main character, and she recently broke off her engagement with a man named Jamie. Her friend Ava is having a party, and really wants Kiki to be there - despite the fact Jamie was also invited. They had a couple of brief interactions, but they were cordial, and he even had a date with him. Everything seemed fine.

At the end of the evening, he tells Kiki his date left early, says goodnight and to take care, then got in his car and shot himself in the head. Or did he? The police definitely think so, her friend Megan does too, but Kiki can’t believe Jamie would do something like that.

Then this gets really convoluted with a ton of characters and a side story about a woman killed in the area four years prior. Jamie’s brother Sam says Jamie did have other problems that may have driven him to suicide, but then a woman shows up with a dog Jamie adopted right before the party. Why would he adopt a dog, then kill himself? Is Kiki crazy for thinking this is all impossible?

There were so many characters, some not even worth getting into, but the ending did tie everything together neatly. I think this author writes beautifully, but this plot bored me, and there were too many extraneous people and situations. I think this may be it for me and this author, through no fault of their own - it’s just not for me. Three stars.

(Thank you to Harper Paperbacks, Kate White and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my review.)

Kiki Reed attends a party where she encounters her ex-fiancé, Jamie, for the first time since their breakup. Their interaction is brief before tragedy strikes: Jamie is found dead in his car from a gunshot wound. Despite the police ruling it a suicide, Kiki refuses to believe Jamie would take his own life and sets out to uncover the truth. As she investigates Jamie's past and the events leading up to his death, Kiki discovers unsettling secrets that suggest foul play. With danger lurking and her own life at risk, Kiki navigates a suspenseful journey filled with twists and turns, unraveling a sinister truth that challenges everything she thought she knew about Jamie and herself.

🏡𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐰 𝐇𝐢𝐦🏡

Woohoo! It’s the weekend! We made it:) I have zero plans except for sleeping, walking rhoady, and reading:) We love these kinds of weekends🫶🏼

“𝑨 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒄é 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓—𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒔𝒚𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝒀𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓 𝑲𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆”

RED HERRING ALERT. Left right and center. Red herrings everywhere😂

In detective stories, a red herring is a misleading clue that directs the sleuth away from the true villain and oh boy this book has loads of them haha I didn’t know what the heck was happening the whole time so bravo Kate!!

Thank you very much to @harpercollins @harperperennial for sending me this copy! This novel came out 5/14/2024 so is for sure going to be a summertime, slow burn paced mystery to add to your tbr if you enjoy these types of twisty novels that take you on a journey 😂💀☕️

Reading Between the Wines book review #49/130 for 2024:
Rating: 3 🍷 🍷 🍷
Book: The Last Time She Saw Him
Author: Kate White
Available now!

Sipping thoughts: This was such a mystery. Everyone wanted to say Jamie decided to take his own life. But his ex, Kiki, is determined to prove that he was murdered. There were so many secrets uncovered and I did not expect any of it.

Cheers and thank you to @HarperPerennialAndPaperbacks and @Netgalley for an advanced copy of @TheLastTimeSheSawHim.

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I had high expectations for this book. I liked the premise, and the first chapter hooked me. However, the suspense was merely average. There was not a lot of excitement surrounding the mystery, and things developed too slowly for my liking. I do love this author, though, and if you are looking for a slow-burn thriller, this would be the one for you.

I was completely invested in this book and wanted to keep turning the page to see what happens next. A party is thrown to celebrate a friend's new book release and at the end of the night everyone except one leaves to go home. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck right?

When the police are quick to jump that Jamie killed himself as he left the party, everyone quickly accepts it even though Jamie is happy and appears to be far from depressed. If the police say so, it must be right? Jamie's ex fiance, Kiki, just can't accept it.

She digs into Jamie's death more and slowly uncovering lots of secrets including those in his family. She finds lots of motives, but only one person killed him if she can prove it. Kiki explores all possible scenarios even when weird things start to happen around her.

The Last Time She Saw Him has plot turns and when you think you have it figured out another twist. I truly loved the suspense and the thrill of this story. Unfortunately one thing that drove me nuts was that there were two gun shots and NO ONE leaving the party who heard it brought it up again. I was waiting for this to click or be mentioned, but it never does. Luckily, the book was still engaging enough that I didn't want to stop reading.

A thriller revolving around the death of a young woman's ex-fiance. At first, they think it's suicide, but Kiki the ex-fiance isn't so sure. She sets out to find out just what exactly happened to him. But as she starts uncovering the truth, she finds a whole lot more there than she originally anticipated.

Overall a fast-paced thriller, easy to read and get sucked in.

Thanks NetGalley for this arc, all opinions are my own

I'm going to start this review by saying that I have read A LOT of White's books. Any time I see that she has a new one out, I want to read it. But often, I'm left with this feeling that I just read something cookie cutter. Her MCs are always perfect and often well to do, or they mix well with other well to do people. I just want characters that are less PERFECT.

That said, this is one of her better books. The story moved quickly and I could not stop guessing. I thought that shortly into it I had it all figured out, but I was completely wrong, which I appreciated! Sometimes I find Kate's MCs to be Mary Sues, and Kiki was a bit like this, but she also had a bit of a spark that I don't always see in White's characters, which I appreciated.

I really wanted more of the mystery. I felt like part of this book was a second chance romance kind of thing, and I would have been fine with that, if this book hadn't been listed as a thriller. I also found it completely ridiculous that so many people thought Jamie committed suicide considering the way in which he was found.

I definitely liked this story more than a lot of White's stories recently, however I just need more realism in the future.

Thanks to Netgalley and Harper Paperbacks for allowing me to read this egalley before publication.

I was excited by the premise of this book and was excited to read another novel by White. Three-quarters of the book had me reading non-stop but it was a little lackluster when it came to the end so that is why I rated 4/5 stars.

3.5/5-rounded up

Kiki sees her ex-fiancé for the first time post break up at a party. He’s later killed that same night. Police think it’s a suicide. She’s convinced it isn’t.

This book grabbed my attention from the start. There’s a good amount of twists and turns. The romance aspect came out of nowhere but did add to the book.

Every character is a suspect and you definitely keep guessing till the end.

A great rollercoaster of a who done it. I thought I knew what happened and thought to myself wow i’m getting good at feeling out a story. Wow was I wrong!



I enjoyed reading The Last Time She Saw Him by Kate White .   Thank you to Netgalley and Harper Perennial and Paperbacks for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review

The Last Time She Saw Him by Kate White is a suspenseful novel that easily captured my ttention from the first page to the last. Kiki Reed, a career counselor from Manhattan, is visiting Connecticut to attend a party in honor of her former mentor and friend Ava Davenport's husband Victor. Victor has released a book about the times and trials during the Salem witch-hunts. Kiki has been apprehensive about the party, as she has learned that her former fiance, Jamie Larsson will also be a guest. They run into each other and although attempt to be cordial, it is evident that Jamie is still hurt and grieving over Kiki ending their relationship. At the end of the evening as Kiki is leaving the party, the guests hear what they think might be fireworks. When Vic and his agent and party guest Dan go out to investigate they find the dead body of Jamie in his car. The police determine it is suicide, however Kiki refuses to believe that finding. She engages Jamie's best friend Sam Morgan to help her clear Jamie's reputation and find the killer. Hold your hat from there as Kiki meets with family resistance, is terrorized by Jamie's current girlfriend and is forced to acknowledge that she harbors feeling for Sam. I found The Last Time She Saw Him to be a quick and entertaining read keeping me wondering along with Kiki what actually happened to Jamie. Thank you to NetGalley, Harper Collins Publishing and the autho for the opportunity to read an ARC of the book; my review reflects my honest feedback. 3.5 stars.

3.5

I loved The Fiancée and The Second Husband by White so was excited to get an early copy of her newest.

This story had me hooked. I had to know what was going on and how the timelines linked, however, the ending was very anticlimactic and not at all what I was expected.

Huge thanks to NetGalley &
Harper Perennial & Paperbacks for an advance copy!

As Kiki Reed heads out to a party at a friend’s house in the Connecticut countryside, she’s more than a little nervous. Her ex-fiancé Jamie, a great guy who just wasn’t “the one,” will be attending, and she hasn’t seen him since she broke his heart a few months earlier. But when they come face to face, their exchange is brief and pleasant, which is a huge relief. Then, as the party is winding down, a noise pierces the night. The last few guests run outside to find Jamie inside his car, dead from a gunshot wound. Shocked and grieving, Kiki learns that the police believe Jamie took his own life, but she knows he was moving on from the breakup and just doesn’t believe it. Determined to find the truth, she searches for any evidence that will get the police to take her seriously. But as she peels away the layers, she uncovers something far more sinister than she’d imagined—and it may be her life on the line next. I am a huge fan of this writer and this book did not disappoint. A gripping thriller with lots of twists.