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Blurb

Molly Alcott didn’t expect to open her mailbox one summer morning and find an old letter stuffed between bills and a supermarket flyer. Penned in familiar handwriting, dated over fifteen years ago, the letter was written to Molly after her first date with the man she’ll never forget.

Week after week, new letters appear. Each marks an event in the history of their epic love affair. Each heals a wound. Each holds the confession of the man who still owns Molly’s heart.

The letters are full of promise, hope and love, but truth be told, Molly wishes she could unread them all.

Because the man who wrote these letters is not the one sending them.

 

 

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Review

5 second-chance stars!

Devney Perry is such an amazing storyteller, and she’s given us a beautiful second-chance-romance with this book! The second in the Maysen Jar series, this is the story of Molly and Finn (respectively the best friend and brother of Poppy from The Birthday List).

Molly and Finn met through Poppy, fell in mad love, got married and had two children. They were happy together… and then they weren’t. They have now been divorced for six years and they share equal custody of their fabulous children, and though there is clearly still a lot of love between them, they both acknowledge that they weren’t able to make it work, so they are going on with their separate lives.

And then Molly receives a letter in the mail. It’s a letter that Finn wrote to her after their first date but never sent her, and it stirs up all kinds of feelings. When the second letter from Finn arrives, written right before he proposed to her, she confronts him only for him to tell her that it’s not him sending the letters. So who is?

The letters keep coming, and each one brings memories with it, and as Molly shares them with Finn, it forces the two of them to look back on their relationship – remembering the happy times and just how good it was between them, and bringing all of their feelings for each other to the surface.

“What are we doing?” Molly whispered as she stood up. Her hand went to her lips, wiping them dry as she paced the office.
“It was just a kiss.”
She stopped pacing. “Why are we kissing?”
Because I couldn’t stop. Kissing her was as natural as breathing.

God, I love these characters! They are two people who still love each other deeply and who truly belong together, but their past is messy. And as the letters keep coming, they begin to change as their marriage fell apart, raising all of the hurt, pain and issues that they never dealt with at the time.

“I hate this,” she whispered.
“So do I.”
“I feel like every time I go to the mailbox, I’m going to get blasted back into the past. I already cried these tears. I don’t want to do it again.”

The ending of their marriage is all too realistic and relatable. It was a slow deterioration that just happened before collapsing with a devastating implosion. The true story of it all comes out throughout the book, and I thought the dual reveal of the letters and Molly and Finn’s memories was beautifully done.

 

 

Their relationship in the present shifts and changes as they begin to find their way back to each other, but at the same time are torn apart by the hurts of the past. Again, I thought it was really realistic, and I could relate to all they were feeling. They have a lot to work through, and a lot to come to terms with, but underneath everything, their love for each other absolutely shines.

“How was it possible for us to go so wrong? We were good together. So. Fucking. Good.”

This is such a beautiful book. It’s realistic and emotional, and I fell madly for these characters. I could feel everything that they were going through, and OMG, it hurt at times! But it’s not all heavy and super-dramatic. There are moments of fun and lightness, there’s great banter and flirting, and in addition to all of the intensity, the romance is sweet and playful.

By the time he was unzipping his jeans, I was naked but for my thong. The moment his eyes landed on the scrap of fabric, he let out a long curse that filled the room. “Fuck.”
“I’d love to.” I smirked. “Lose the pants.”

This book can be read as a standalone, but beware spoilers for the first book. Poppy and Cole are a big part of the story, and I loved the beautiful story progression for them, as well as seeing the fantastic dynamic between the whole group.

I loved this book, and I read it in a day, unable to put it down. It’s a beautiful read with all the feels, and proof again of what an amazing writer Devney Perry is.

5 stars!

An Advanced Reader copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.

 

The Maysen Jar

 

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About the Author

Devney lives in Montana with her husband and two children. After working in the technology industry for nearly a decade, she abandoned conference calls and project schedules to enjoy a slower pace at home with her kids. She loves reading and, after consuming hundreds of books, decided to share her own stories.

 

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