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The Last Love Song

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"A lyrical and moving debut...A magical book that feels like your favorite song playing on the radio." — Rachael Lippincott, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Five Feet Apart

A queer YA Mamma Mia! with a dash of Maureen Johnson, The Last Love Song celebrates the music of an uncertain heart—perfect for fans of Nina LaCour, Laura Taylor Namey, and Emma Lord.

After high school graduation, Mia Peters faces a summer full of painful goodbyes. Songwriting is her only solace. Everyone she knows is moving on, including Britt, her biggest supporter ... and kind-of-sort-of girlfriend. Britt keeps pushing Mia to go bigger and do better than their small town, but Mia can't imagine a life beyond Sunset Cove. Besides, she refuses to follow in the footsteps of her late mother—country music star Tori Rose—who abandoned her family to pursue her dream, leaving Mia and her two grandmothers alone.

Desperate for a sign of what might lie ahead, Mia finds the opposite—a mysterious letter from the past, addressed to her in her mother's handwriting. It turns out to be the first of many. One by one, they lead Mia on a wild scavenger hunt through a Sunset Cove she never knew, buried under the memorializing that has frozen her mother in time. Each new discovery brings Mia closer to the real Tori Rose, but with the clock ticking on Britt's departure, Mia knows she is running out of time.

With the summer winding down, Mia must decide if she is ready to face the present, confront her feelings, and forge the destiny she truly wants. A dazzlingly soulful debut, The Last Love Song is perfect for anyone who's ever tried to decode the clues in the lead-up to a new Taylor Swift album.

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    • School Library Journal

      May 1, 2024

      Gr 9 Up-Upon graduating high school, Mia receives a gift from her late mother, country star Tori Rose. It's her mother's diary, along with seven envelopes that will lead her around their shared Pacific Northwest hometown to find its missing pages. She teams up with her best friend, Britt, who is set to leave town for Nashville, paralleling Tori Rose's journey there years earlier seeking stardom. As Mia finds each set of pages, the perspective shifts to Tori Rose in the late 1980s, enthralled by Nashville and forming a band. Song lyrics interspersed throughout tie past to present, offering Mia a new understanding of her mother and her town, as well as, she hopes, the identity of her father. Britt and Mia, sometimes more than friends, share a will-they-or-won't-they love story; Britt wants Mia to go to Nashville with her, but though she loves music, Mia can't face the expectations that come with having a famous parent or bear to leave her grandmothers, who are still grieving the loss of their daughter. This slow-burn has faster pacing in Mia's chapters, with the mystery element propelling the plot to a hopeful conclusion. Mia and her mother are white, one of her grandmothers has dark skin, and Britt is Latinx. VERDICT A sweet coming-of-age debut for fans of books about music, this novel is reminiscent of Maureen Johnson's 13 Little Blue Envelopes and a solid choice for readers of Nina LaCour's Everything Leads to You.-Amanda Mastrull

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    • Kirkus

      March 1, 2024
      A recent high school graduate navigates love and the music world as she discovers the true story of her deceased mother. Grams and Nana, her grandmothers, give Mia Peters an old letter from her mom, noted country singer Tori Rose Peters. Tori Rose, who was the pride of their small town of Sunset Cove, Oregon, died when Mia was young. The letter leads Mia on the scavenger hunt her mom set up for her to discover her missing diary pages and learn the truth about the woman behind the music, including the identity of Mia's father. Although Mia shares her mom's passion for music, she can't imagine abandoning her grandmothers like her mother did, even though her best friend, Britt Garcia (who's sometimes more than a friend), is leaving for Nashville and wants Mia to come along. In narratives that alternate between Mia's present and Tori's past, the young women find love and their voices. With song lyrics interspersed between lush, poetic prose, the novel maintains a strong sense of musicality even when the plot sometimes drags. Suspension of disbelief is required for readers to buy into the scavenger hunt, which all works too easily, but for those willing to go along for the ride and embrace the fun and drama of it all, it's an emotionally satisfying journey of self-discovery filled with romance and friendship. Mia and Tori are white; Britt is Colombian American. An appealing, lyrical, and romantic coming-of-age story. (Fiction. 13-18)

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