One Last Word by Suzanne Park

 

If you could send loved ones one last message before you die, what would you say?

Sara Chae has invented an app, One Last Word, which allows you to send messages to anyone you want to when you die.  It stores the messages you have written and sends them off after news of your death.  After a drunken night of fun, Sara’s messages are accidentally sent out including to her long-time crush, Harry.  Will Sara be able to get her app launched successfully into the world?  Will she and Harry finally have a chance?

My thoughts on this novel:

·       I have read and enjoyed Suzanne Park’s novels in the past.  I enjoy her characters and stories and this one did not disappoint.

·       I enjoyed that Sara was a strong woman in the Tech world.  As a female engineer, I love and enjoy STEM novels.

·       The book was overall on Sara’s journey as an Asian female in a primarily white male dominated tech world.  How can she work to carve out her own place in this world?

·       Sara’s parents also have ideas of what Sara should be, especially compared to her sister Jia.  The family interactions and expectations were interesting.  Sara was a workaholic trying to meet her family’s expectations, but she felt like she was never meeting them.

·       I loved the sweet romance between Sara and Harry.  It is a second chance romance if they never acted on their mutual crush in high school?

·       There are a few steamy scenes in this one.

·       Sara and Harry seemed like real people that I would be friends with.  Sara especially was very relatable.  This was a great character driven novel.

·       I loved the humor in this book and laughed out loud many times.

One Last Word is a charming character driven romance set in the tech world.  I enjoyed it!

Book Source:  Review copy from NetGalley. Thank-you!