The Last Letter
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4.6 • 2.9K Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
“The Last Letter is a haunting, heartbreaking and ultimately inspirational love story.“—InTouch Weekly
Beckett,
If you’re reading this, well, you know the last-letter drill. You made it. I didn’t. Get off the guilt train, because I know if there was any chance you could have saved me, you would have.
I need one thing from you: get out of the army and get to Telluride.
My little sister Ella’s raising the twins alone. She’s too independent and won’t accept help easily, but she has lost our grandmother, our parents, and now me. It’s too much for anyone to endure. It’s not fair.
And here’s the kicker: there’s something else you don’t know that’s tearing her family apart. She’s going to need help.
So if I’m gone, that means I can’t be there for Ella. I can’t help them through this. But you can. So I’m begging you, as my best friend, go take care of my sister, my family.
Please don’t make her go through it alone.
Ryan
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Some reads are tearjerkers. And some, like The Last Letter, send you on a cathartic, emotional roller-coaster ride that you somehow never want to end. Beckett has always been a loner, but while serving in the U.S. military, his comrade Ryan changes that. Not only do the two become best friends, but Ryan introduces Beckett, through letters, to his sister Ella, a single mother of twins. We loved the unexpected tenderness that comes from Beckett and Ella becoming genuinely close as pen pals. But when Ryan tragically dies just as Ella is dealing with her daughter’s cancer diagnosis, Beckett knows he needs to step up. Both tough and independent by necessity, Ella and Beckett are like mirror images of each other. Seeing them each struggle with the fear of letting someone in is a heartbreakingly tender experience. Grab some tissues for this bittersweet story of love, loss, and learning to trust.
Customer Reviews
Need a good ugly cry? Rebecca has you covered here.
This book destroyed me. Reader beware—this book will leave you in pieces by the end.
The whole way through, I thought I knew where this was going. I thought I had it figured out. I was wrong. So completely, utterly wrong. Rebecca Yarros sets you up to think you understand the trajectory of this story, and then she pulls the rug out from under you in a way that will leave you gasping.
I was SOBBING through the last third of this book. Not tearing up, not getting a little misty—full-on, ugly-cry, can't-catch-your-breath sobbing. And I know I wasn't alone. So many readers talk about being completely wrecked by this story, about needing a full box of tissues, about still having tears in their eyes hours after finishing. I saw one reader describe it as the most gut-wrenching story of their life, and honestly, that feels accurate.
The story follows Ella, a single mother to twins, and Beckett, her brother's best friend who's left behind instructions to take care of her after his death in the military. It's an epistolary romance at its core—they "meet" through letters, and the way Yarros reveals those letters, sometimes out of order, is masterful. But it's so much more than a romance. It's about grief, sacrifice, the fragility of family, and what it really means to love someone—whether that's a soldier, a child, a sibling, or a partner.
What makes this book hit so hard is how real it feels. Yarros doesn't shy away from the heavy stuff. She explores grief, healing, and the power of human connection in a way that's honest and raw. You feel every loss, every moment of hope, every gut punch because the characters are written with such depth and humanity that you can't help but invest everything in them.
Honestly, Rebecca? I'm so damn disgusted with you. But I mean that in the best way possible, if that makes sense? You don't write a book like this without knowing exactly what you're doing to your readers, and she does it brilliantly. This book wrecked me. It's been months, and I'm still thinking about it, still trying to make peace with the ending and the sheer emotional weight of everything that happened.
If you're going to pick this up—and you should—tread carefully. Have tissues ready. And clear your schedule, because once this book grabs you, it doesn't let go.
Good Read
You know you read the reviews and be like “they did not cry for real” right?
The ending I thought we were getting and the ending we got had me teary eyed for real omg. Yep good read !
Good, sad, but slow
Slow burn, felt like it took a while to get to anywhere and by the time it got somewhere you’re basically done.