Emma Grey is quickly becoming an autobuy author for me. I loved The Last Love Note and I adored Pictures of You. The very beginning sucked me right in to this story and the twists just kept coming. I loved Evie and Drew’s relationship and felt all the emotions of this book. The audio with dual narrators was perfection as well!

The story opens with Emma waking up in hospital finding out her husband has passed away but she has no memory of her recent years. In her mind she is still 16.

From there the story unfolds told in multiple timelines of past and present to put the pieces together of Emma’s life. There is a bit of mystery and events that have happened. Go in blind and just let the book take you on a journey. The story telling is just amazing. You won’t regret it- such a captivating read.

If you haven’t read a book by Emma Grey yet, you need too!! Her debut, The Last Love Note was absolutely incredible read. Her second book comes out next week and it is such a beautifully written story too! I have seen several friends say Pictures of You is one of their top reads of this year and I have to agree

I became a huge Emma Grey fan after reading her novel THE LAST LOVE NOTE last year and now I will read anything she writes!

This novel was very different than LOVE NOTE. Similar in the fact that they both have a romance and love story being told and a hard subject being worked out (grief and/or emotional abuse), but different everywhere else😆

I think this book is best read going in blind, but I’ll quickly intro it saying this book is about Evie Hudson and the aftermath of her waking up with amnesia after a car accident. She only remembers life until high school, so why does she suddenly have a husband, in-laws, and non of her old friends.

This book is incredibly entertaining! It will keep you turning the pages and will go places you weren’t ready for. And I love that! BUT, there was a certain point when this book started to feel like a soap opera. I don’t know if it was the amnesia premise or some of the specific storylines, but it was too many wild coincidences for me. And I’m incredibly sorry to say this (Emma I hope you never see this, I love you!😫), but it became eye-rolling for me by the end.

I’m still going to absolutely recommend this book because I think many readers will absolutely lap this up! And I will continue to read everything this author writes because she’s so gifted and an absolute gem in this community!

WHAT DID I JUST READ?! And I mean that in the best way possible!! This book came to an abrupt end and all I could think was I need more!! Because that’s how good this book was and how addictive Emma Grey’s writing is. If you pick this book up, make sure you have the time to read it because I could not put it down.

“For so long, she was the story I wanted to capture, until the images corrupted and all the editing in the world wouldn’t rally the happy ending I’d hoped for.”

So Evie wakes up in the hospital and can’t remember the last thirteen years of her life. She finds out her husband, who she doesn’t remember, is dead and her life is not at all what she thought it would be. A chance meeting connects her with Drew, who knows a lot more about Evie than she realizes, and this leads her on the road to discovering the truth of the last thirteen years.

“This is a New Year’s Eve kiss with a stranger and it’s a kiss with someone you’ve known several lifetimes.”

It’s so hard to review this book without giving spoilers. Grey expertly reveals things at just the right time, going back and forth between the past and the present. To see the way things unfold will have you screaming at your book. The twist and turns..ohhhh the places this book went…I WAS NEVER EXPECTING. The amnesia trope is so perfectly done and unique! At the core of it, though, is a beautiful romance that absolutely made me ache. Drew and Evie…ughhh FINALLY!! I love this book with my whole heart and soul. I’ll read anything that Emma writes. PLEASE JUST READ THIS BOOK!

Content: closed door
TW: abusive relationship, narcissism, gaslighting

Thank you to Zibby Books for the gifted copy. My thoughts are my own!

📖Title: Pictures of You
✍️Author: Emma Grey
📆Pub Date: November 12, 2024

💙After reading and ADORING Emma's previous novel THE LAST LOVE NOTE, I had very high expectations for PICTURES OF YOU. I'm happy to report that I loved this one just as much, if not more!!

📷Wow-I was truly blown away by the level of depth and thought put into this multi-layered story. It's not often that a romance novel has jaw-dropping twists and turns along the way, but this one shocked me several times.

🌊The level of detail put into this one to make all the pieces fit so perfectly together really impressed me. Emma's attention to detail really shines through in so many aspects of the book: the title, the cover, etc.

📷I really think you should go into this book knowing as little as possible. Trust the journey and you won't be disappointed! I think this would make an amazing bookclub pick!

In PICTURES OF YOU, Emma Grey tells the story of Evie Hudson, a woman who wakes up after a tragic accident. Her husband dead, Evie struggles to figure out how she wound up living the life documented in pictures and in the memories of those who she cannot understand without the help of a best friend who has known her and loved her all along, to a time when Evie gets another chance to live the life of her dreams by rummaging through the wreckage of a picture-perfect, unfeeling life and making different choices this time. I love second chance stories and this well-written, fantastically gripping story did that plus kept me up too late reading just one more page of taut, believable, and original story. I received a copy of this book and these opinions are my own, unbiased thoughts.

I wanted to like this one so much and thought it had so much potential. I really liked the different pov’s and the different time lines but because so much was in the past it read pretty much as a YA. Nothing wrong with that but I wanted more in her older years and when we got to those in the book I felt like that part was rushed. And I think it felt the author was just making it too convenient with all the things tying everything to the dad.
Not a bad read, not my favorite.

✨𝐑 𝐄 𝐕 𝐈 𝐄 𝐖✨

𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐲 𝐄𝐦𝐦𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐲

Happy pub day, @emmagreyauthor 😍 I absolutely loved this book. Thanks so much @zibbybookspublishing for the gifted copy & the fun goodie box to go along.

👍🏼: I knew this story would be a 5-star read for me pretty early on because of the unique plot & the way I could not put the book down!! This story was absolutely captivating from the start. From the beginning, it reminded me of 13 going on 30 but with much more traumatic and dramatic vibes! When Evie wakes up in the hospital, she swears she’s a teenager and has no memory of her husband that has just tragically passed away. There was so much past to unravel & lots of twists and turns as Evie works to uncover the trauma that her brain eliminates with her amnesia. The love and heartbreak between the characters pulled at my heartstrings and I was rooting for them all the way!

👎🏼: The ending was much too abrupt for me! There was a lot of build up to this giant moment and I found myself turning the last page and wanting more! Fingers crossed we get more of these characters in the future 🤞🏼

Overall, this was still a 5 - star read for me and I can’t wait to see what @emmagreyauthor writes next! 😍📖

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Thank you #Netgalley and #Zibbybooks for this advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

4.5 stars rounded down

What to expect in this book:

-Coming of age story
-Friendships
-Alternating timelines
-Dual POV
-Teenage love
-Masterful storytelling

Thoughts

From the author of the instant bestseller, The Last Love Note, Emma Grey is back with another heartbreaking story that will leave you wanting more. I highly recommend going into this book blind. I did not look up any synopsis and wanted to be surprised by where the story took me. While there is a romance interwoven within the storyline, this contemporary fiction story felt more coming of age and self-discovery than anything. Evie Hudson must navigate an unpredictable and surprising reality that takes her years into the past. The pacing of this feels like a nostalgic movie or TV series and I loved falling back into the past story line and the anticipation of how it connected to the present.

This is one of those books that feels like nothing I have ever read and yet so familiar to me. Without giving anything away, it reminded me in some ways of 13 going on 30, which is a comfort movie for me. Pictures of You gives the feel of teenage nostalgia with the pains of navigating the discomfort and pain of young adulthood. There is some content that I feel would be helpful for readers to know, including emotional abuse. So readers be sensitive to this. However, there are no graphic scenes of violence.

The last 100 pages of this book were so entertaining and I loved the direction the story took as it unfolded more into a mystery of sorts. Evie's linguistic background and study of words was a fascinating part as well. Ultimately, this is beautiful story of girlhood, friendships, and love. Emma Grey is now an auto-buy author for me and I am recommending to all those who love an emotional read with a hint of mystery.

This is another winner from Australian author Emma Grey. I really enjoyed Last Love Note but confess to wondering how she would duplicate that feat given how much of that novel was based on her own personal experiences. I need not have worried. In Pictures of You, Grey has given us another compelling well written fast paced and enjoyable romantic novel. I loved the freaky Friday vibe and who doesn’t enjoy an amnesia story? I could have done with less 16-year-old teenage love and angst, but I appreciate that Grey needed to build the foundation of what led to a knockout ending - indeed the last 100 pages raced by as our by then beleaguered and beloved Evie Hudson barrels towards the truth of the last 13 years of her life and we root along with her.

Evie wakes up from a coma and can’t remember a huge chunk of her life. You go with her on a journey as she tries to piece together why she has alienated all of her loved ones so there’s a bit of mystery involved! What happened?

I read Emma’s book 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙚 back in February and fell completely in love with it! It’s in my top two reads of the year. I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this one. I went into this one completely blind and I think that’s the way to do it! Although I didn’t love this one 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 as much as TLLN, this is still an incredible book! It’s a wild ride and it’s full of lots of very heavy themes with potential triggers. I am not going to list any because I don’t want to give away anything. If you need to know please DM me! It goes back and forth in time so a chunk of the book does feel a bit YA, but it’s all relevant to the story. The ending was a bit abrupt. I do wish there had been a bit more at the end.

I truly can’t say enough good things about this gem of a book! It is in my top 5 reads of the entire year..easily! Emma writes with such depth but also humor in spite of the grief in her personal life. I loved the dual timelines in this book, and also the whole premise was so unique. I could not put the book down, and I am telling EVERYONE to read it!

I could not have loved this book more.

I soaked up every moment. Such important subject matter handled so well.

A highlight of my reading year!

OMG THIS BOOK! It is excellent! Went in totally blind and highly recommend.

Quick premise: Evie wakes up from an accident to discover her husband is dead. Things grow more complicated when she experiences profound amnesia and believes she's only 16. Told through past and present timelines, she works to put the pieces together of how she ended up in this situation.

I don’t want to disclose too much about the plot, as I didn't know what to expect and was really taken by surprise. The characters and story are complex, and there is so much substance.

I adored Emma Grey’s debut novel, The Last Love Note, so I had pretty high expectations as I opened the first page of her newest novel, Pictures of You. It was everything I hoped for and more. Evie wakes up after surviving the car accident that killed her husband to a life that she has no memory of. As she struggles to put the pieces of her life together, she relies on Drew, her childhood friend that she turned away from, unbeknownst to her. Told in alternating chapters between Evie and Drew, then and now, readers start to get a picture of what Evie’s life is like at the same time she does, too. Readers who loved What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty will love this book and will likely look at their own lives with new eyes as a result. Emma has done it again.

This is my second winner of a book by this Australian author this year after I absolutely loved THE LAST LOVE NOTE earlier this year. Pictures of You was so hard to put down, absolutely engrossing, heart-rending, and ultimately hopeful. The characters were special, the plot was gripping, and the way the story was told really held my interest.

This book might be for you if you enjoy:-fiction with a strong dramatic component (at times it felt comparable to a Colleen Hoover type of book)-flashbacks to a past storyline and the mystery of trying to figure that out as the reader-the desire to keep reading to find out what happened ;)-young love with the possibility of a rekindling-photography and art and language studies

I don't want to spoil much of the book but I definitely see this one working for a lot of people. However, some trigger warnings would include: death of a spouse, domestic abuse, childhood cancer.

Synopsis: After a traumatic accident causes her to lose her recent memory, Evie must piece her life back together.

Thoughts: Pictures of You is easily one of my favorite books of 2024. I think you should go into this one blind. Just know that this heartbreaking and heartwarming story will take you on a rollercoaster ride of emotions. I binged it in one day because I just couldn’t put it down - from beginning to end I was absolutely captivated. I loved every moment of this journey. I truly cannot recommend this book enough!

Read this if you like:
📸 self-discovery
📸 second chance romance
📸 amnesia
📸 dual pov
📸 photography

What would you do if thirteen years of your life has gone missing? Evie wakes up in an unfamiliar hospital bed with no recollection of how she got there. She was in a car accident. She has a deceased husband. She’s 29. How?

To piece together all that she has lost, Evie relies on photographer Drew, whose chance encounter with Evie jump starts her memories and sends the two hurtling through the story of her life in ways that just may shatter both of their worlds.

This book is best to go in blind. It will capture you from the very first few pages and keep you immersed throughout the entire journey. I devoured this in two large gulps, and all I can say is Emma Grey is one of my new favorite authors. She captures the human emotion in such a beautiful way. I can’t stop thinking about this book.

Please, do yourself a favor and go grab this one. It will be in my top reads of the year for sure.

Thank you to Emma Grey, Zibby Books and NetGalley for an advance e-copy of the book for an honest review.

Happy Pub Day to another amazing read by @emmagreyauthor

@zibbybooks really knows how to pick stories that really stick to your heart!

I fell in love with Emma Grey’s writing when I read The Last Love Note last year. If you haven't read it, I highly recommend you do!

Similarly to The Last Love Note, Pictures of You explores tougher topics with grace and relatability. I was immediately absorbed into this book when I met Evie and I couldn’t stop reading. This is probably the most bingeable book I have read in some time.

I loved the dual POV, the dual timelines, and the deep character development.

I really recommend you go into this one blind but suggest you read the Author’s Note at the beginning for trigger warnings.

This one is going to live rent free in my head for some time!

4.5 stars!

WOW. I’m absolutely blown away by this book it is pure magic from start to finish. The writing is so beautifully immersive, I literally couldn’t put it down. Every page pulled me deeper into the story, and I found myself racing to the end, so keen to see how it would all come together.

The characters are so real, so raw—you feel everything they’re going through. The way Emma Grey weaves together past and present, pain and healing, is nothing short of masterful. It’s the kind of story that stays with you long after you turn the last page.

I don’t want to give too much away, but trust me, this is one of those books you’ll be thinking about for weeks. If you haven’t thought about reading this one, do yourself a favour and pop it on your list —you won’t regret it.

A definite must-read! 💫📖

A big thank you to @netgalley and @zibbybookspublishing for the #gifted eARC ~ I can’t wait to add a physical copy to my favourites bookshelf!

Congratulations Emma Grey you knocked it out of the park!