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A review by melbsreads
Return to You by Julie Cross
2.0
Trigger warnings: death of a parent (in the past, but she has nightmares that she's there), car accident (in the past, but she has nightmares that she's there), medical stuff.
So here's the problem with the sequels to Letters to Nowhere: they should be one book. Instead, Cross has split them up into a series of novellas, ostensibly so that people don't have to wait as long for the next bit of the story.
Except that even a novella needs a beginning, middle and end. It should be able to stand on its own two feet. These can't. And this one ESPECIALLY can't. You're thrown right into the middle of the story, there's a medical crisis of sorts, and then it ends just as it's getting interesting.
Which, sure. Have a cliffhanger ending to keep your audience hooked. Except that this wasn't even a cliffhanger ending. It was just the ending of a chapter, essentially. So yeah. One star for the gymnastics, one star for everything else.
Also, if someone has strep throat and they've been advised to have their tonsils out because they're SUPER BONKERS INFECTED? Maybe don't decide that it's sexy makeout time. Because ew.
So here's the problem with the sequels to Letters to Nowhere: they should be one book. Instead, Cross has split them up into a series of novellas, ostensibly so that people don't have to wait as long for the next bit of the story.
Except that even a novella needs a beginning, middle and end. It should be able to stand on its own two feet. These can't. And this one ESPECIALLY can't. You're thrown right into the middle of the story, there's a medical crisis of sorts, and then it ends just as it's getting interesting.
Which, sure. Have a cliffhanger ending to keep your audience hooked. Except that this wasn't even a cliffhanger ending. It was just the ending of a chapter, essentially. So yeah. One star for the gymnastics, one star for everything else.
Also, if someone has strep throat and they've been advised to have their tonsils out because they're SUPER BONKERS INFECTED? Maybe don't decide that it's sexy makeout time. Because ew.