Blog Tour: Letters To Molly: Devney Perry
Letters to Molly
Devney Perry
Release Date June 18, 2019
Molly and Finn Alcott had the picture-perfect marriage. With two gorgeous children, a lovely home and their own business, they were the couple others aspired to be. But when news of their divorce spreads through town like wildfire, it sends their beautiful image up in flames.
Molly spends years mending her broken heart. She finds joy in a life centered around her kids and career. Her happiness has a different picture now.
Then one day, she finds a letter in her mailbox. Written in Finn’s handwriting, dated over fifteen years ago, it’s a letter he wrote Molly after their first date.
Week after week, Finn’s letters appear. Each marks a date in their history. Each holds the confession of the man who still owns Molly’s heart. Each heals a wound from their past.
It’s just too bad Finn isn’t the one sending them.
This is the story of Finn and Molly Alcott that we met The Birthday List...once they thought they were soul mates, but their lives spiraled to the point that they have now been divorced six years. They are co-parenting their two kids and share close friendships with his sister, Poppy, and her husband, Cole.
Over the years they have found a way to get along for the kids' sake. But they are essentially lonely, starved for companionship, and filling the void with work or their kids. One night with a bit of alcohol and nostalgia, their chemistry heats back up. But Molly needs boundaries to avoid getting hurt again. And neither want to confuse their kids or complicate their shared relationships.
And now someone is sending Molly letters that Finn wrote years ago that share his raw, unedited emotions. Some are good and show how deep he loved her, but some are more hurtful due to anger, miscommunication, and painful topics. But no matter how hard it is to receive them, they do provide a catalyst for tough conversations and facing their past mistakes. Communication was their big downfall, and now it is all being exposed.
Will they have a second chance to make things right or will it be too little too late?
Reading about divorced or separated couples is not something that often appeals to me, but I was already invested enough in Finn and Molly's story to want to see the rest of it. There are some surprises and twists. There are challenges and tests. There is humor, steam, and strong emotions. These are two people who went to hell together, but now are hoping that somehow they can find their way back. But old hurts and issues are still affecting them, and new situations are making thigns even more difficult. In order to move on they will have to be willing to change, take ownership, forgive themselves and the other, fight for what they want and need. It's real, raw, and heartfelt. It brings all the feels from the lowest lows to the sweetest highs. I loved these two together and I was rooting for them the whole time.
Throughout is the mystery of who is sending the letters and why. I will admit that I had a few issues with how that all resolved, but it did not impact my overall enjoyment of the book. It is a story of true love, family love, and hope conquering the most difficult challenges.
This brings back the group we met in The Birthday List, but can be read as a stand alone. But it actually made me want to go back and reread the first book again. I also want to go to the Maysen Jar restaurant and eat food served in Mason jars.
Over the years they have found a way to get along for the kids' sake. But they are essentially lonely, starved for companionship, and filling the void with work or their kids. One night with a bit of alcohol and nostalgia, their chemistry heats back up. But Molly needs boundaries to avoid getting hurt again. And neither want to confuse their kids or complicate their shared relationships.
And now someone is sending Molly letters that Finn wrote years ago that share his raw, unedited emotions. Some are good and show how deep he loved her, but some are more hurtful due to anger, miscommunication, and painful topics. But no matter how hard it is to receive them, they do provide a catalyst for tough conversations and facing their past mistakes. Communication was their big downfall, and now it is all being exposed.
Will they have a second chance to make things right or will it be too little too late?
Reading about divorced or separated couples is not something that often appeals to me, but I was already invested enough in Finn and Molly's story to want to see the rest of it. There are some surprises and twists. There are challenges and tests. There is humor, steam, and strong emotions. These are two people who went to hell together, but now are hoping that somehow they can find their way back. But old hurts and issues are still affecting them, and new situations are making thigns even more difficult. In order to move on they will have to be willing to change, take ownership, forgive themselves and the other, fight for what they want and need. It's real, raw, and heartfelt. It brings all the feels from the lowest lows to the sweetest highs. I loved these two together and I was rooting for them the whole time.
Throughout is the mystery of who is sending the letters and why. I will admit that I had a few issues with how that all resolved, but it did not impact my overall enjoyment of the book. It is a story of true love, family love, and hope conquering the most difficult challenges.
This brings back the group we met in The Birthday List, but can be read as a stand alone. But it actually made me want to go back and reread the first book again. I also want to go to the Maysen Jar restaurant and eat food served in Mason jars.
This book left me without words! Devney Perry had me reading a trope that is usually a hard pass for me. I like my romance to be of the happily ever after sort, rather than the pain of a broken forever. But this one had everything I didn’t know I needed!
Molly and Finn had a storybook romance. Until they didn’t. Six years after their divorce, they have a functional co-parenting relationship and she continues to work closely with his sister. Their children are their focus, and when the kids are at the opposite, house they each fill their time with work. They are lonely and though they go through the motions, neither has moved on from the past. One night of too much alcohol and reminiscing finds them remembering the chemistry that once sparked between them. When Molly begins receiving letters written 15 years before, they are forced to face their past, both the beautiful and the ugly.
This was both heartbreaking and healing. Molly and Finn are both hurt by their divorce even as they appear to be ok. As they finally face the issues that caused them to drift apart, they find the comfort that would have changed history had it happened at the time. But even as they face the past, there are parts of it that neither want to relive. And though Finn knows what is in the letter, he doesn’t know who is sending them and he would stop them if he could. There are things in those letters he doesn’t want Molly to see now that so much time has passed.
I loved returning to the cast of characters introduced in The Birthday List. Finn’s sister, Poppy, and her husband are central to this story, but I also loved seeing the customers from the Mayson Jar again and watching them eat all the food they can get away with. The side characters offer wonderful advice, while also offering moments of levity amidst the emotional rollercoaster that Finn and Molly find themselves riding.
This quickly rose to the top of my favorite reads of the year, both because it is a beautiful love story and because it forced me to stretch my comfort level in a read. While the idea of a divorce in romance is usually a no-no, this story takes the end of a marriage and twists it into a bump in the road. Even with their history (or maybe because of it) these two do not have an easy road and they have a lot to consider as they contemplate a future because of their past.
Molly and Finn had a storybook romance. Until they didn’t. Six years after their divorce, they have a functional co-parenting relationship and she continues to work closely with his sister. Their children are their focus, and when the kids are at the opposite, house they each fill their time with work. They are lonely and though they go through the motions, neither has moved on from the past. One night of too much alcohol and reminiscing finds them remembering the chemistry that once sparked between them. When Molly begins receiving letters written 15 years before, they are forced to face their past, both the beautiful and the ugly.
This was both heartbreaking and healing. Molly and Finn are both hurt by their divorce even as they appear to be ok. As they finally face the issues that caused them to drift apart, they find the comfort that would have changed history had it happened at the time. But even as they face the past, there are parts of it that neither want to relive. And though Finn knows what is in the letter, he doesn’t know who is sending them and he would stop them if he could. There are things in those letters he doesn’t want Molly to see now that so much time has passed.
I loved returning to the cast of characters introduced in The Birthday List. Finn’s sister, Poppy, and her husband are central to this story, but I also loved seeing the customers from the Mayson Jar again and watching them eat all the food they can get away with. The side characters offer wonderful advice, while also offering moments of levity amidst the emotional rollercoaster that Finn and Molly find themselves riding.
This quickly rose to the top of my favorite reads of the year, both because it is a beautiful love story and because it forced me to stretch my comfort level in a read. While the idea of a divorce in romance is usually a no-no, this story takes the end of a marriage and twists it into a bump in the road. Even with their history (or maybe because of it) these two do not have an easy road and they have a lot to consider as they contemplate a future because of their past.
Our 5 star reviews
Happily married to her college sweetheart, Poppy lived a blessed life with the husband of her dreams. Then everything changed. She is no longer a wife. She is no longer the envy of her single friends. Now, people look at her with pity as they whisper a single word behind her back.
Widow.
Years after her husband’s tragic death, years of pain and sorrow and wishing for the life she’ll never get back, Poppy decides to finish Jamie’s birthday list. She’ll do the things he wanted to most. Because maybe, just maybe, if she can complete his list, she can start to live again.
Poppy expects going through the birthday list will be hard. She expects it to hurt. But what she doesn’t expect is Cole. Could the man who delivered the news of her husband’s death and shattered her heart be the one to help her put it back together again?
Devney Perry
Devney is the USA Today bestselling author of the Jamison Valley series. She lives in Montana with her husband and two children. After working in the technology industry for nearly a decade, she abandoned conference calls and project schedules to enjoy a slower pace at home with her kids. She loves reading and, after consuming hundreds of books, decided to share her own stories. Devney loves hearing from readers! Connect with her on social media.
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