This is a story about 3 women who are mourning their childhood friend Sadie who passed away from cancer. Sadie writes a series of letters for her friends to open on a road trip from San Diego to Gatlinburg. Along the way they make multiple stops to fulfill their old bucket list that they made when they were 18.

I Enjoyed the road trip and the places they saw. Growing up in Ohio we had lots of lightening bugs to chase and catch. The last stop on their trip is in Gatlinburg to watch a Firefly event where they all light up simultaneously. I’ve read on line that firefly’s are headed to extinction. So sad if true.

There is an enemies to friends romance story that was believable and fun to read.

Thanks to BSB and Net Galley for the opportunity to read and review this. ARC.

This story was pretty predictable, and honestly, I was expecting more. The premise sounded great, and I've really enjoyed other books by this author. But it just didn't live up to my expectations. I found it repetitive, especially since the whole love-hate thing between two of the friends, Reid and Audrey, was so obvious from the start. Emma, the third friend, felt like a minor character, even unnecessary at times Even the road trip and them checking off that bucket list they made in high school before college didn't really grab my attention. Honestly, the story was a bit bland for my taste It might've been because I just didn't care much for any of the main characters, especially Audrey. Not sure, maybe a little bit of everything

Wow, just wow. This was one hell of an emotional read. I should have suspected it considering the blurb, but it's not always done well. This one exceeded my expectations. From chapter 1, this book pulled me in and didn't let go until the end.

This follows a friend group wanting to finish a bucket list they made when they were teenagers after the death of their friend Sadie. They had a fallout years prior between Reid and Audrey. This was still a book mending past relationships and a hope for the future. The only romantic relationship in the book was between Reid and Audrey and them mending fences before becoming more. Emma and Sadie both help and its interesting to watch the dynamic unfold.

I recommend this book, but before you do, be prepared. You will have all the emotions.

I received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

3,75⭐️

In this book we follow Reid, Audrey and Emma after their best friend Sadie tragically passes away and leaves them a note with her last wish that is to complete the bucket list they made together on high school but Audrey and Reid haven’t spoken in six years and so they are forced to confront their unresolved emotions to fulfill Sadie’s wish.

The thing i enjoyed the most about this book was how grief was portrayed since we got to see how it affected each one of them in different forms and also how Sadie was always present even if not physically.
I have to say that it took me a while to warm up to Reid and Audrey’s relationship, I wasn’t particularly invested in their relationship because I didn’t see the development of romantic feelings until halfway through which I understand knowing that Audrey had just gone through a break up but I expected something different I guess.

Although in the second part of the story they ended up winning me over.
Definitely a good story about friendship and how grief affect us all differently.

Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for this ARC!

I promised myself I wouldn’t read this in one sitting and truly failed. This was such a heartwarming read. The book explored grief in a raw, emotional way, showing how it impacted both relationships and friendships.
I loved the special bond between Reid, Audrey, Emma and Sadie, even in death, as they completed the bucket list from their teenage years. It was heartwarming to read, whilst still being fun and full of banter.
Both Audrey and Reid had emotional damage that we got to explore both through their reconciled friendship and beginning of their relationship. I loved both characters and reading their development as they confronted their pasts and supported each other was beautiful.
My only critique would be that I don’t feel the cover did this book justice. I found it gives a fantasy vibe and doesn’t communicate the heart warming nature of the book.

My goodness, that was such a good read! I loved it! I was all in the feels because this book had a bit of everything I love. Audrey, Reid, Emma, and Sadie were so special, and I fell in love with all of them. Whenever Sadie was mentioned, I got big feelings and lots of waterworks. 

I’ll admit that I wasn’t a fan of Reid in the beginning, but with just the right amount of character development she grew on me. The pacing was realistic and believable when it came to how things progressed with Audrey and Reid. Did things get spicy? You betcha. It was so passionate and damn well-written that I was embarrassingly left hot and bothered. They were sweet too though, and I just couldn’t get enough of them. 

A new favorite of mine that I will definitely reread. Overall, it was a bittersweet and heartwarming read that I highly recommend! 


I’d like to thank NetGalley and Bold Strokes Books for the arc, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

This is a sweet YA book. The writing was a little too pedestrian for me but it will be a great read for readers who want a tearjerker friendship story.

This was an emotional read but also so endearing. To have such an amazing friend group that when one of them is dying, all she thinks about is how to get her old friends to reconnect after a falling out 6 years prior between Audrey and Reid. Despite that the book starts off on a very sad note, Sadie’s funeral just 11 years after graduation when they are just 29 years old, it is also a book about hope and how to mend old hurts and find happiness.

I loved to read about how Reid and Audrey slowly reconnected and started to see each other in a new way after both having horrible break-ups and thus have a lot of hang-ups. Sadie from the grave and Emma both have such a good influence on them, and you really see them grow during the trip and start to hope there may be happiness out there also for them.

This is a book I really recommend if you want an emotional read.

This was perfect.

I mean nothing is really perfect but this is close. It had me tearing up from chapter 1 and it never let me go. It was a great journey to take with these characters and it’s a journey I will reread multiple times.

The writing felt real and the way the characters interacted felt natural to who each of them was. They had moments I laughed with them, moments I cried, times I was annoyed, and times I just wanted to hug them and tell them it would all be ok.

I couldn’t stop reading. It’s a book that will stay with me. One of the best books I’ve read this year.

Thanks to NetGallery and the publisher for this arc in exchange for my honest review.

no your crying. no your smiling like a giddy reader. no your feeling all the emotions under the sun! okay okay i am. and dam you Morgan for doing this to me! but no actually thank you. when a book makes you feel these things then i cast myself lucky.
these characters had me wanting to be by the side, shake them, hug them and then laugh with them.
their stories all so bold and uniquely their own but oh so real. these girls and then woman jumped off the page to me. for me. they swirled around my head and mind and didn't leave even when id finished the book. i felt so lucky to feel part of their story even if it simply meant i was the one reading it. Morgan knows how to write heart. she knows how to hold hearts. she knows how to write stunning stories. and this one hit every single mark and more. mmmmmm just could sit here and and ruminate over the book for a while longer....