Book review: One Last Gift

The cover had a couple embracing with a lighthouse in the distance. Being a lover of lighthouses, this caught my attention. I saw that it was a Christmas rom-com… I wasn’t really ready to start reading holiday books. BUT something about this really drew me in!

Synopsis:

When a young woman finds herself lost and at a crossroads, one last gift from her brother just might give her another chance at life and at love in this epic holiday romance from the author of Always, in December

Sometimes the best gifts in life are the ones you don't expect.

Cassie and Tom lost their parents at a young age and relied on each other--as well as a community of friends--to get through it. Especially Tom's best friend, Sam, who always made sure Tom and Cassie were surrounded with love. But now, twenty years later, Cassie has lost Tom as well. And in a way, she's also lost Sam; over the years they've drifted apart, and now the man she always had a crush on is someone she doesn't even recognize anymore.

She's never felt more alone.

Then she finds an envelope with her name on it, written in Tom's terrible handwriting, and she knows immediately what it is. It's the first clue in the Christmas scavenger hunt Tom made for her every year; he'd promised her for months that this year's would be the grandest one yet. At first, she's too scared to open it--what if she can't figure out the clues without his help? Or what if she does figure them all out, and her last connection to Tom is gone?

Tom's clues set Cassie on a heart-wrenching and beautiful journey that will change her life--if she lets them. And as she travels from London to the Welsh mountains to the French countryside, she reconnects with old friends, rekindles a lost love, and most importantly, rediscovers herself. But once she's solved the final clue, will she be brave enough to accept the gift her brother has given her--and the love it's led her to?

Review:

This definitely wasn’t the typical Christmas romance book. I was pleasantly surprised with this heartwarming story of grief and second chance romance. I enjoyed the slow burn romance of friends to lovers, as well the realty of grief journey. It was sad and emotional. This was my first book by this author and it won’t be my last. Very well written book and it needs to be made into a Hallmark movie!

One Last Gift will be released on October 11th.

Thank you Dell and NetGalley for the advanced copy. All opinions are my own.