Published by Macmillan audio, St. Martin's Press Genres: Adult Fiction, Fiction, Romance
Format: ARC, Audiobook, eBook
3/3.5 stars
Nova Huston is an end-of-life doula who helps terminally ill people make peace with the impending death. She is a free spirit who will take on any client. When Mason Shaylor shows up, she does not recognize him. He is a singer-songwriter who recently disappeared from the public eye. He tells her that his life is over, that his deteriorating has made playing his guitar extremely difficult. Helping Mason say goodbye is what she does, but why is it so hard?
Jessica Strawser writes interesting, relevant, and often thought-provoking books. I have enjoyed every book she wrote that I have read. She is not afraid to tackle difficult subjects and she does so again in this book. I thought I would love this one and although, I didn’t love this one, I did enjoy it. I have the privilege of having the audiobook and kindle version and it was nice to go back and forth between the two. I enjoyed the narrator and how she did the voices.
There are a lot of emotions that occur surrounding death, losing a loved one, being terminal. I appreciated that she tackled them in this book.
My main issue with this book was not being able to connect with the characters. None of them stood out for me. I usually connect with characters in her books and I wonder if she was too focused on getting the facts right, that her characters paid the price?
I appreciate the author’s research and tackling of a difficult subject. A solid book that I hoped to have been more wowed by.
Thank you to St. Martin’s Press, Macmillan Audio and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.