Julie's Review: Pictures of You

Author: Emma Grey
Series: None
Publication Date:  November 12, 2024
Publisher: Zibby Books
Pages: 416
Obtained: Publisher
Genre:  Contemporary Fiction
Rating: 5/5
Bottom Line: When your brain protects you, how do you reconcile your life?
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Summary: When Evie Hudson wakes in an unfamiliar hospital room, she thinks she’s fresh out of a teenage party with her best friend, Bree. Except, Bree isn’t around anymore and high school was years ago. Evie had just survived the crash that killed her husband, Oliver―whom she can't remember either. After suffering a traumatic loss of memory, she’s left to connect the dots. But how? Enter: Drew, a promising photographer whose chance encounter with Evie unravels the elusive details of her marriage and her husband’s death. As Drew watches Evie stitch the story of her life together, secrets emerge that might shatter both of their worlds. This tangled second-chance romance leads Evie to question every decision she ever made. This time around, she’s seeing all the things she missed–and the life she gets to choose...again. ~amazon.com

Review: This book is magnificent in the story it tells and the way it is told. The way it works is way from the present back to high school when the story started for all of them. Except Evie can't remember it at the present time and all Drew can remember is their past. Evie doesn't understand why all the people she knew at 16 are no longer in her life; including her parents. The only thing she knows is that her husband Oliver is dead and she's not clue what happened and where to go. 

Drew doesn't quite know what to do when Evie reappears in his life except that he knows it complicates it. In fact, their reunion is going to throw both of them for a loop. As Evie begins to unravel her life, she wonders exactly how she got to where she is and if she can undo it. Has her accident given her a second chance?

I absolutely loved this book. It is filled with fear, heartache, hope and love. As the story unfolds it is not comfortable to hear about Evie's life. It is even more painful to see how distrustful those she loves are of her and how she doesn't understand why. The story of Evie's life is a painful one; as a reader you kind of see what's coming but the reveal happens to us as the same time Evie. 

I can't dive too deep or it'll give the book away and this is one you want to experience on your own. I will be circling back to her other novel The Last Love Note and can't wait to read whatever else she writes.