Shock, anger, confusion, sadness and joy are all the feelings I felt in the last 20 pages of “The Last Letter” by Rebecca Yarros.
A tragic love story about a soldier, his best friends’ sister, and her twins.
As United States Army Tier 1 Special Operations soldiers, Beckett and Ryan were required to write “last” letters, in case they died, to be delivered to their loved ones.
In a heart wrenching letter, Ryan asks Beckett to take care of his sister, niece and nephew for him. As the family was going through another loss and rough patch, he didn’t want his sister to carry the burden alone.
Despite Beckett not wanting a family, getting attached to anyone outside of the army let alone to ever leave the army he feels he owes it to his brother in arms to fulfill this final mission for him. Little does he know how much that decission will change his life forever.
I won’t go into detail about Ella, Ryan’s sister, or her twins Colt and Maisie, because that would lead to spoilers and the main plot, but I will say that no matter how much you think this book will not make you cry, you are completely wrong.
I went through the ups and downs with Ella. The grief, the stress and worries and sleepless nights. I also went through the love and the happy moments, but the last twenty pages or so the entire book shifts and I couldn’t tell what was up and what was down.
Yarros flawlessly executes this twist and then ties it up in a perfectly neat bow at the end. However, that nice little bow has a snag in it, because the last two chapters are short, sweet and to the point. I wanted more. I wanted longer, more detailed chapters about what happened between the last plot twist to present day.
I didn’t want a rushed 5-year time lapse of “oh Hey” this is what we have been up to. I wanted to ride out the last of the emotions and cry more, believe it or not. We spend the first two hundred pages getting letters and details to help guide us through it all then BAM it comes to a speedy halt.
There are also scenes with the biological father of the twins that I feel was just kind of left at a cliffhanger. What happened to that storyline? I can’t believe it was just resolved and we all went back to our own business.
I will also warn those who cannot stand the miscommunication trope, that this book rides that wave like it’s the last one on earth. It works for this book, but it is also super cringe. It is so cringe that the main characters even point out that had they just talked half of what happened in the book could have been avoided.
But if you can get past that then you can ride that wave into the definitely opened door spice. This book isn’t spicing all the time, but there are about three to four scenes that will make you giddy and have your toes curling.
Overall, the storyline was refreshing, well put together and worth the tears and tissues. That is why I am rating this book four out of five stars and three out of five chili peppers.
★★★★
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