I became an instant fan of Emma Grey when she released The Last Love Note (if you haven’t read it yet— go read it NOW!) so I knew I had to read this one— she has a forever fan in me!

‼️ GO IN BLIND WITH THIS ONE‼️

I don’t want to say too much to give this one away BUT I’ll say that it was complex and a rollercoaster of different emotions. There’s multiple timelines & POVS, love triangles, second chance romance, and surprising turn of events!

I listened to the audiobook courtesy of @libroFM — thank you so much! I highly recommend the audiobook! It was narrated by Kristy Best and Nic English and they truly brought this whole cast of characters to life. This could actually be a movie come to think of it! @EmmaGreyAuthor find a way to make this happen please! 🥲

What a great story that pulls you in right from the start! After thoroughly enjoy Emma Gray's The Last Love Note, I was thrilled to read this new one as soon as possible. These characters will stay with me for a long time. Reminding me that as much as we think we know, we may need to pause, listen and gain clarity. Perfect book to curl up with a cup of tea and your warm blanket!

I enjoyed Emma Grey’s book “The last love note” but now I’m an Emma Grey fan! I’m not a huge romance reader and I think the reason I enjoy her books is there is much more to them than just romance. This book had me hooked from the first page to the last. Lots of surprises throughout the book. Loved it!! Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this advanced reader’s copy.

I liked this but for the same reason people like soap operas - they are so over the top and bonkers that you can’t stop watching them.

This book was full of unrealistic drama. I mean, the premise is literally that a woman has amnesia. Trying to keep it vague here to avoid spoilers, but this book has it all - an intense love triangle, sketchy wealthy people, domestic abuse, sick children, car crashes, complicated family dynamics, death, and bioluminescence. A lot of the plot threads weren’t fleshed out enough and felt added just to create even more drama, and the ending was rushed as hell.

And yet I couldn’t stop reading it. Yes it was cheesy and ridiculous, but it hooked me immediately. So if you’re craving something action-packed that is in no way grounded in the real world, pick this up and buckle in for a wild ride.

Thank you to Zibby Books and Netgalley for this ARC. Pictures of You is out 11/12!

3.5/5

This read a lot like an Australian soap opera, with secret half-brothers, an amnesia plot, love triangles, family secrets, unrequited love, surprise babies, murder, manipulative, controlling husbands and so much more.

While I did find it a tad overly dramatic at times, the intimate partner emotional abuse was an important plot point and well done (but I did have to re-listen to the second half to fully appreciate the seriousness under all the drama).

Fans of authors like Paige Toon and Colleen Hoover might like this a lot more than I did but I did love listening to the narrators’ Aussie accents!!.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early digital and audio copy in exchange for my honest review.

⚠️CW: Hodgkin's lymphoma in a child, intimate partner domestic abuse

When I say I had a visceral reaction to how good this book was - I mean it. This reads much like a thriller - my heart was racing through the last 1/3 of the book and it was impossible to put down. I could not read fast enough but at the same time, I never wanted this to end!

I really don’t want to say much, because it is probably best to go in blind on this one. The storytelling here is TOP TIER.

📸 second chances (romance + family + friends)
📸 love triangle
📸 slow burn x2
📸 heavy, emotional
📸 trigger warnings
📸 romantic thriller

Did I cry? YES but I probably cry easier than most 😅
Would I reread? YES honestly I already want to revisit it!
Would it be amazing on screen? Heck yes!
Spicy? Nope 👎🏼

I also loved talking to the author about the cover of the book!

This comes out on November 12 and has been easily one of my top reads of the year! I will never forget Evie and Drew 🥹✨📸

This book was heartbreakingly beautiful. Emma knows how to tug on your heartstrings, and her writing manages to evoke so much emotion. As soon as I started this book I was swept up in the story of Evie and Drew, high school best friends who are now adults and fully estranged from each other. Evie's husband just died in a car accident that left her with amnesia. She can't remember anything after the age of 16. As she slowly tries to figure out her life, it appears that her marriage to Oliver was less than idyllic, and Drew might just be the only one who can help her remember. But at what cost?

The book was written from both Evie and Drew's point of view, and jumped back and forth between the present and the past. Trying to piece together what happened to bring Evie to this point in her life had me flying through the book. I just had to know what happened! As the pieces slowly come together, my heart broke over and over again, but Emma did a fantastic job putting it back together, and the ending had me in tears. Although I wouldn't consider this book a romance novel in the classic sense, the threads of a sweeping love story were woven throughout, and Evie and Drew have been permanently lodged in my heart. I can't recommend this beautiful book highly enough.

Thank you so much to Netgalley and Zibby Publishing for the arc edition of this book in exchange for my honest opinions

I liked the story between the characters and the picture it painted about the effects of abusive relationships but I felt the amnesia plot was cliche and didn’t really serve the story well

I loved the mystery behind the amnesia and how we slowly leaned the background with the main character. Parts were slow for me but then it would pick up again. Little bits were shown at a time and I didn’t feel the past manipulation and issues were shown as well as they could have been. If you like an emotional story that slowly burns, try this one.

“She seems innocuous and fragile now, but history has shown she has the power to destroy me.”

Pictures of You comes out 11/12.

Interesting idea, well executed. It was well-paced, though a tad too much detail at certain moments, but the characters were well-formed and their actions followed their own moral code. Not my favorite – hence just 3 stars – but overall enjoyable read. Thanks to Netgalley & the publisher for the ARC :)

100% recommend going into this one blind!!! I had no idea what this story was about when I started, but wow! I went through a true journey with evie, drew, oliver and bree 🥹

after evie loses her husband and her memory in a devastating car crash, she has to put the pieces together herself on who she is and what happened to her over the past ten years 🫨 and honestly, she coped way better than I would

when drew, her former best friend, offers to help slowly regain her memory, evie straddles the line of who she can really trust - and the way the author slowly introduces evie’s past mixed in with the present day was absolutely brilliant and heartbreaking! the unraveling of the thread made me want to reach into the book and shake evie’s shoulders to keep it all from happening 😔

and those reveals and twists? had me shook okay this book was way deeper and heavier than I anticipated, but y’all know how much I love an emo book

the romances of evie’s past and present took a backseat to more important stories surrounding grief, loss of friendship, abuse, and toxic relationships, which was lovely and heart wrenching to see play out in real time 💔 but the journey was everything!!!

I did feel as though the ending was wrapped up wayyyyy too quickly and abruptly, leaving the audience wanting more, but I did enjoy the story and know it’ll stick with me for a long time 🩵

thank you netgalley and zibby books for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review!

rating: 4.5 stars
wine pairing: sonoma coast chardonnay

Evie wakes up from a car accident with severe memory loss. She is told that her husband is dead, but she has no memory of her husband. In fact, she thinks she is 16 and still in high school. She can’t understand why her parents and her best friend are nowhere to be found. Their contacts aren’t even in her phone. Desperate for answers, she unexpectedly connects with Drew, a photographer she shares a much deeper connection with than she realizes. The author slowly reveals the past and the present weaving a tale of intrigue as Evie’s life and memories are unraveled.

Emma Grey did a masterful job handling Evie’s amnesia and the way the story unspooled. There were plot twists I didn’t see coming along with a delightful second-chance romance. The characters were layered and loveable (not all of them), and I want Drew to be my book boyfriend.

Be forewarned the book deals with some pretty heavy topics such as the death of a spouse, the death of a parent, and emotional abuse, which were all handled with sensitivity. This book will break your heart and put it back together again. I strongly recommend it!

I loved Emma Grey’s last book, The Last Love Note, and I loved Pictures of You, as well. Grey is quickly becoming an auto-read author for me.

Thank you to NetGalley and Zibby Books for this advanced reader copy. All opinions are my own.

Reviews will be posted to Instagram, Goodreads, and Amazon on release day.

Thank you Zibby Books for the review copy of Pictures of You from Emma Grey. This will resonate with readers who love an emotional journey with their main character, fans of authors such as Colleen Hoover, Kristin Hannah, Lucy Score, and Carley Fortune (if you like their books and relationship focused emotional journeys this one really is for you!). The plot explores important themes on relationships and emotional manipulation with some hints of mystery about past and present events.

What works is an engaging premise that forces Evie to uncover her past in order to understand her present life, one that she wakes up to after an accident but does not remember; themes that matter and need to be shared come through effectively as the story unfolds.. Evie's current life seems completely at odds with her last memories of who she was in high school, what her dreams and goals were and she can't understand what happened from her last memory from high school and her current life. And for me that's the struggle as well, I was confused how a young woman with such a strong sense of self, strong social relationships, with very intentional goals found herself in her present life; this is not to knock the themes explored and that toxic relationships are filled with manipulation but more that I felt it there was too much disconnect with how the character was introduced to readers in the flashbacks. The puzzle pieces somewhat come together as the manipulations are explained but I struggled to understand some of the ways relationships fell apart so drastically..

I, along with almost every reader out there, fell in love with Emma Grey’s last novel, The Last Love Note. It was in my top 3 favorite reads from last year. Needless to say, when I got my hands on this early copy I was ecstatic!

From the get go, Pictures of You immediately stole my attention. I loved the premise and set up. Emma Grey has such a way with words- they literally wrap themselves around you and hold tight.

I wanted to love this one the way I loved her last book, but unfortunately it didn’t land for me that way. I think my hopes were set too high. Some storylines felt too repetitive and YA which caused my interest wane at some points.

With that said, I am still a forever Emma Grey fan. She’s an exceptional writer who always pours her heart into her stories and I can’t wait for what’s next!
Thank you Zibby Books for this advanced copy.

4.5⭐️

I had a really hard time putting this down! It’s such an interesting concept with a mix of romance and mystery, and there were so many twists that I wasn’t expecting. I loved the chemistry between Evie and Drew, and I was constantly on edge to see where things would go through the flashbacks. It does deal with some heavy topics, and I feel like it was handled well, but I do just wish we got more closure in the end. Overall, I really enjoyed this story and I’m excited to read more by Emma Grey.

Thanks NetGalley & Zibby Books for this arc in exchange for my honest review.

⚠️CWs: Psychological abuse, cancer, suicide, loss of a family member.


Reviews to be added to Instagram, TikTok and Amazon on release day.

Emma Grey does it again! After LOVING The Last Love Note, I was dying to get my hands on this book! So no surprises here…I adored this book! It broke my heart and then put it back together again. This book is not only a romance but also has a mystery interwoven that kept me hooked from start to finish. I was so invested in Evie and her story. This book is filled with complex relationships and captures the layers of forgiveness in a second chance romance perfectly. Highly recommend going into this book blind!

4.5 stars (it won't led me put a star rating on the page)

HOLY TWIST.

This book took me on a JOURNEY. I’m quite confident this is my new favorite book involving amnesia. I usually struggle with the handling but this hit all of those spots so well. The romance was angsty and filled with incredible tension as you start to unravel Evie’s life and what memories she is missing.

The flashback sections were exactly what I was hoping for. Adding in the notes to build those reveals at the end. If you think you can guess EVERY single place this book will go I am impressed because I was blindsided plenty.

I loved the intensity of feelings, the themes of forgiveness, and just how complicated the cycle of abuse can be. There’s many moments that squeeze your heart and make you yearn for that elusive HEA.

My one little 1/2 star issue was that the ending was a bit abrupt. I was hoping for something else to close off a few things.

But anyways, two books in and I’m an official Emma Grey fan girl.

Overall audience notes:

Contemporary Romance
Language: low – moderate
Romance: closed door
Violence: low
Content Warnings: abuse is the main theme (mainly psychological and emotional), loss of a parent (cancer), grief depiction, mentions of suicide ideation

Pictures of You had me hooked right from the very beginning when Evie wakes up from a car accident with severe memory loss. She is told that her husband died but she thinks she is 16 and still in high school. The author slowly reveals the past and the present through her engaging writing style. The characters are totally believable and we feel all their emotions as the story progresses. Evie slowly reconciles her past and must decide her future. This is my second book by this author and I will be highly recommending this book along with The Last Love Note.
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an advanced eGalley of this book. All opinions expressed are my own.

I absolutely loved Emma Grey’s bestselling hit from last year, THE LAST LOVE NOTE and squealed with glee when her forthcoming novel, PICTURES OF YOU became available on netgalley. I couldn’t download it fast enough! I didn’t even bother reading the synopsis, so I was a bit shocked when it ended up being a lot heavier than I was expecting. But I welcomed the emotional weight and appreciated the depth and layers that it provided. It explores an extremely toxic relationship that I found maddening at times. I couldn’t help but scream internally at both parties involved. It was very intense and complex!

READ THIS IF YOU ENJOY:

- Multiple timelines
- Dual POVs
- Young love
- Second chance romance
- Love triangles
- Family drama and dynamics
- Marriage and friendship
- Intense relationships
- Photography
- Mystery and intrigue
- Heavier reads

I don’t want to say very much about this story because I believe it’s best to go in blind. There are so many surprises and twists throughout, so it’s tricky for me to discuss at length. Just please be aware that it’s an emotional read and might be triggering to some. I don’t want to reveal any spoilers, so if you’re concerned, please DM me. This novel gave me major Colleen Hoover vibes, so if you enjoyed IT ENDS WITH US or Carola Lovering’s, TELL ME LIES, then you’ll definitely dig this one as well. I already know that there’s going to be a lot of buzz surrounding this book! PICTURES OF YOU releases on November 12th! It gets 4/5 solid stars from me!

Evie wakes up in a hospital room, the last thing she remembers is a high school party with her best friend Bree when she was 16 - except she is 29 and her husband Oliver is killed in the car accident that has brought her here. Evie can't remember anything from the last 13 years, including her husband. She meets photographer Drew (well jumps into his car), without realizing he is one of her best friends from high school (but she met him after her memory stopped) and he helps her try to piece together her memory and her life. As she slowly learns who she has been these last years, she also learns the secret that drove away everyone, including her parents, Bree and Drew.

First of all, I love Emma Grey, she is one of the nicest authors so when I heard she had a new book I couldn't request it fast enough. This novel touches upon toxic relationships and how we as a society often romanticize these possessive types of men (for example when kids are little and a boy is mean to a girl and people say "oh that's because he likes you"). The two men in this book both experienced trauma in their childhoods but coped with it differently and therefore chose different paths of behavior as they matured. While the scenes when Evie, Drew and Oliver are in high school felt a little YA to me, the rest of the book is completely an adult novel with depth and an important message. Emma writes multidimensional characters and her stories depict trauma and grief while balancing it with optimism and humor.

Thank you to NetGalley and Zibby Books for the ARC to review