Jacquelyn Middleton

The latest novel from award-winning novelist, Jacquelyn Middleton, "Until The Last Star Fades" is a gripping women's fiction story of a young woman finding her feet in the world, struggling with depression and an ailing mother, when a handsome Brit stumbles into her life and turns her world inside out...

Until the Last Star Fades

alexandra

3.5/5 –

this book was so cute! it brought out ALL the NY feels and it makes me want to travel there (and london) all over again. those are my two favorite cities and Until the Last Star Fades makes me wistful for my next visit.

one of my favorite aspects of this novel (aside from the NY vibes) was the focus on mental health. our lead struggles with anxiety and depression, and while i personally don’t suffer from either of those, i felt Jacquelyn Middleton did a really great job at representing the lead’s struggles. there’s also a lot going on in terms of other medical stuff that i felt interesting as well. 

something i want to point out/talk about is the pacing. personally, i felt it was paced a little awkwardly and often skipped days, months, or weeks then continue to skip again. i think the book writes almost like a script/tv show and it works if it were that – a tv show – but felt the filler time could’ve been improved. however, i know it’s kind of hard when there IS nothing going on during the passing time so *shrug*

the romance, friendships, and family relationships were all wonderful. i loved them, but i also felt fairly lukewarm about it. they didn’t give me ALL THE FEELZ UGH as i expected, but i still thought it was great nonetheless. 

overall, Until the Last Star Fades is a super adorable and emotional read. i would definitely recommend it if you love meet-cutes, new york city, and strong family relationships. 

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disclaimer: i was sent this book via kirkwall books and compensated for the review. however, all thoughts are my own.

Jackie

** spoiler alert **
           Oh dear... Where do I even start when it comes to putting into words how much I adored this book?

I've read Jax's other two books which were set in this exact same universe and even mentioned a few of the characters and a few even popped up in scenes of UTLSF!

The relationship between Riley and her mom is very similar to the one that I have with my own. It was wonderful to be able to relate to a mother-daughter story line since I don't usually have the opportunity when it comes to reading a book with that trope in there.

The book is full of wonderful quotes that I can't wait to share because they resonated so much within me.

Naturally, I was also a sucker for the romance that's in it. This one does have some intimate scenes in it that the other two books did not but they were very well written. I can be a bit prudish when it comes to certain scenes but these ones didn't bother me in the slightest. Just to give you all a heads up in case you're like me, you should be perfectly fine with them.

Until the Last Star Fades

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