I, along with almost every reader out there, fell in love with Emma Grey’s last novel, The Last Love Note. It was in my top 3 favorite reads from last year. Needless to say, when I got my hands on this early copy I was ecstatic!

From the get go, Pictures of You immediately stole my attention. I loved the premise and set up. Emma Grey has such a way with words- they literally wrap themselves around you and hold tight.

I wanted to love this one the way I loved her last book, but unfortunately it didn’t land for me that way. I think my hopes were set too high. Some storylines felt too repetitive and YA which caused my interest wane at some points.

With that said, I am still a forever Emma Grey fan. She’s an exceptional writer who always pours her heart into her stories and I can’t wait for what’s next!
Thank you Zibby Books for this advanced copy.

4.5⭐️

I had a really hard time putting this down! It’s such an interesting concept with a mix of romance and mystery, and there were so many twists that I wasn’t expecting. I loved the chemistry between Evie and Drew, and I was constantly on edge to see where things would go through the flashbacks. It does deal with some heavy topics, and I feel like it was handled well, but I do just wish we got more closure in the end. Overall, I really enjoyed this story and I’m excited to read more by Emma Grey.

Thanks NetGalley & Zibby Books for this arc in exchange for my honest review.

⚠️CWs: Psychological abuse, cancer, suicide, loss of a family member.


Reviews to be added to Instagram, TikTok and Amazon on release day.

Emma Grey does it again! After LOVING The Last Love Note, I was dying to get my hands on this book! So no surprises here…I adored this book! It broke my heart and then put it back together again. This book is not only a romance but also has a mystery interwoven that kept me hooked from start to finish. I was so invested in Evie and her story. This book is filled with complex relationships and captures the layers of forgiveness in a second chance romance perfectly. Highly recommend going into this book blind!

4.5 stars (it won't led me put a star rating on the page)

HOLY TWIST.

This book took me on a JOURNEY. I’m quite confident this is my new favorite book involving amnesia. I usually struggle with the handling but this hit all of those spots so well. The romance was angsty and filled with incredible tension as you start to unravel Evie’s life and what memories she is missing.

The flashback sections were exactly what I was hoping for. Adding in the notes to build those reveals at the end. If you think you can guess EVERY single place this book will go I am impressed because I was blindsided plenty.

I loved the intensity of feelings, the themes of forgiveness, and just how complicated the cycle of abuse can be. There’s many moments that squeeze your heart and make you yearn for that elusive HEA.

My one little 1/2 star issue was that the ending was a bit abrupt. I was hoping for something else to close off a few things.

But anyways, two books in and I’m an official Emma Grey fan girl.

Overall audience notes:

Contemporary Romance
Language: low – moderate
Romance: closed door
Violence: low
Content Warnings: abuse is the main theme (mainly psychological and emotional), loss of a parent (cancer), grief depiction, mentions of suicide ideation

Pictures of You had me hooked right from the very beginning when Evie wakes up from a car accident with severe memory loss. She is told that her husband died but she thinks she is 16 and still in high school. The author slowly reveals the past and the present through her engaging writing style. The characters are totally believable and we feel all their emotions as the story progresses. Evie slowly reconciles her past and must decide her future. This is my second book by this author and I will be highly recommending this book along with The Last Love Note.
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an advanced eGalley of this book. All opinions expressed are my own.

I absolutely loved Emma Grey’s bestselling hit from last year, THE LAST LOVE NOTE and squealed with glee when her forthcoming novel, PICTURES OF YOU became available on netgalley. I couldn’t download it fast enough! I didn’t even bother reading the synopsis, so I was a bit shocked when it ended up being a lot heavier than I was expecting. But I welcomed the emotional weight and appreciated the depth and layers that it provided. It explores an extremely toxic relationship that I found maddening at times. I couldn’t help but scream internally at both parties involved. It was very intense and complex!

READ THIS IF YOU ENJOY:

- Multiple timelines
- Dual POVs
- Young love
- Second chance romance
- Love triangles
- Family drama and dynamics
- Marriage and friendship
- Intense relationships
- Photography
- Mystery and intrigue
- Heavier reads

I don’t want to say very much about this story because I believe it’s best to go in blind. There are so many surprises and twists throughout, so it’s tricky for me to discuss at length. Just please be aware that it’s an emotional read and might be triggering to some. I don’t want to reveal any spoilers, so if you’re concerned, please DM me. This novel gave me major Colleen Hoover vibes, so if you enjoyed IT ENDS WITH US or Carola Lovering’s, TELL ME LIES, then you’ll definitely dig this one as well. I already know that there’s going to be a lot of buzz surrounding this book! PICTURES OF YOU releases on November 12th! It gets 4/5 solid stars from me!

Evie wakes up in a hospital room, the last thing she remembers is a high school party with her best friend Bree when she was 16 - except she is 29 and her husband Oliver is killed in the car accident that has brought her here. Evie can't remember anything from the last 13 years, including her husband. She meets photographer Drew (well jumps into his car), without realizing he is one of her best friends from high school (but she met him after her memory stopped) and he helps her try to piece together her memory and her life. As she slowly learns who she has been these last years, she also learns the secret that drove away everyone, including her parents, Bree and Drew.

First of all, I love Emma Grey, she is one of the nicest authors so when I heard she had a new book I couldn't request it fast enough. This novel touches upon toxic relationships and how we as a society often romanticize these possessive types of men (for example when kids are little and a boy is mean to a girl and people say "oh that's because he likes you"). The two men in this book both experienced trauma in their childhoods but coped with it differently and therefore chose different paths of behavior as they matured. While the scenes when Evie, Drew and Oliver are in high school felt a little YA to me, the rest of the book is completely an adult novel with depth and an important message. Emma writes multidimensional characters and her stories depict trauma and grief while balancing it with optimism and humor.

Thank you to NetGalley and Zibby Books for the ARC to review

"Pictures of You" was such an interesting look at what happens when the person we were and the person we are are vastly disconnected, and explores the paths we take to find our true selves again.
Emma Grey's newest novel offers a unique perspective on coming of age and navigating complex relationships. In it, Evie loses her memory after a car crash, and is faced with a life and lack of relationships that are so very far from what her 16-year-old self dreamt. Evie is forced to examine the events and choices she made that led to her present, unremembered life, and the losses she endured along the way.
The characters are raw and believable, but I wanted more from each person! I imagine that would have made for quite a long novel, but I think it speaks to Emma's writing that as a reader, I would've been game to learn even more about each character and story arc represented.
Fans of Abby Jimenez and Christina Lauren will love "Pictures of You!"

.Absolutely loved it. Couldn’t put it down. Definitely some heavy topics throughout but she was able to do it in such a way that didn’t leave me feeling depressed. I really like her as an author!

I struggled with my rating for this one. For the first 3/4 of the book, I was invested. I wasn't sure where it was going, but I felt for poor Evie, who wakes up with no memory of 13 years of her life. She's 29 but she thinks she is 16 (imagine what a shock it is to realize you don't have teenage metabolism anymore!). Anyway, her husband died in a car crash, but she doesn't remember him at all.

When she looks for her parents in her phone, they aren't there. Neither is her friend Bree. In fact, the only person that appears to be genuinely looking out for her is her Uber driver (nope, turns out it is her friend Drew).

There are a lot of leaps of faith you have to take with this book, and that's fine. Oliver, Evie's husband, is a trash human being, but this was written in a way that those that have dealt with gaslighting and emotionally abusive partners will understand.

However, I didn't love a few things. First, that it seemed to be one thing after another that was being thrown at poor Evie. Second, the way this was written, it was hard to tell which chapters were present and which were past. A simple heading would have made this a lot clearer. Obviously once you start reading the chapter, you know what time line it is, but for the sake of clarity, I would have liked a header. Third, the ending was WAY too rushed. All of this stuff happened and you are slowly getting the backstory and then whoosh, there's the end and the book is done. I kept looking at the percentage on my Kindle, thinking it was wrong, that this needed longer than the 1-2% I had left to wrap it up. But nope, just wrapped up and that's it.

Wow, this was absolutely amazing. I loved it even more than The Last Love Note. It's one of those rare reads that completely consumed me from start to finish. By the time I finished, I swear my heart needed a full day recovery.

It's a tough one to review because much of the story keeps you in the dark. Evie Hudson wakes up after an accident with no memory of her past, only to learn that her husband is dead and her life is far from what she imagined as a teenager. Desperate for answers, she unexpectedly connects with Drew, a photographer she shares a much deeper history with than she realizes.

The chemistry between Evie and Drew was incredibly intense. As fragments of her past (and their shared history) come together through flashbacks, the tension and emotional stakes were off the charts, let me tell you. The angst was definitely at a solid ten, delivering drama and reveals that completely shook me!

The ending was a little abrupt, I will admit, but also welcomed after such an emotional whirlwind. I’m not-so-patiently waiting for others to read it so we can discuss ALL THE THINGS.

Evie wakes up in the hospital not remembering the last 14 years of her life finding not only is she not a high school student but her husband has died in the crash she was in. She has no memory of ever meeting him or any aspect of their relationship and can't figure out why her parents and her best friend are nowhere to be found she doesn't even have their numbers in her phone. What follows is a emotional and uplifting story of second chances and finding what is really important. This was a lovely well written story that was hard to put down, I couldn't wait to see where Evie was headed and what she would find out. I can't wait to read more from Emma Grey in the future. I want to thank NetGalley and Zibby Books for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

Evie wakes up in the hospital to the news that she’s been in a car accident and her husband Oliver, is dead. She should be devastated, but Evie does not remember Oliver, in fact her last memory is of being sixteen and at a party with her best friend Bree.

However, twenty-nine year old Evie is no longer in touch with Bree, apparently estranged from her parents, and has given up on her own academic aspirations. Present day Evie is a person she does not recognize.

At her breaking point and desperate to get away after Oliver’s funeral, Evie runs into Drew, an up and coming photographer, who is elusive about his connection to Evie and her past. Drew reluctantly agrees to help Evie piece together her memories, but as they grow closer to the truth and to each other, heartbreaking secrets threaten to break Evie’s heart.

Pictures of You was an angsty, second chance love story that dealt with some pretty heavy topics and kept me guessing until the very end.

Thank you to Zibby books and NetGalley for the advanced copy of this book

This was an easy 5 star read for me. The prologue immediately grabbed me and brought me into the story.
Emma Grey stole my heart with 'The Last Love Note' and this release was one of my most anticipated for 2024. It did not disappoint.
Emma Grey pulls the tension tight throughout this novel as she weaves a dual time line story full of questions, memories, and scattered pieces.

After a tragic car accident, Evie has forgotten her entire adult existence including her now deceased husband. As she tries to piece together her past, she finds herself estranged from her parents, no friends in sight, and conflicted feelings about her husband.

Our memories are flashes of moments in time like a photograph. A single second, minute, day captured in glimpses of the span of a lifetime.
Evie is forced to collect these images to write the story of her past and rewrite her future.

I loved the tension, the angst, and the mystery looming throughout this story. It did get a bit extra at the end, but this read was bingeable and thought provoking. I could not put it down. The characters were so well developed and the build up was everything.

Highly recommend.

“Boundaries are something you put around yourself,” Bree says quietly. “When someone else puts them around you, it’s called a prison.”  PICTURES OF YOU (Pub 11.21)  

What to Know:1. I loved Emma Grey's debut, The Last Love Note (read in print&audio) 
2. I already had it on hold at the library but when a friend about it I requested it on NetGalley.
3. I inhaled it in less than 24 hours because of the captivating writing, page turning story and affable characters. 
4. Don't read too much of the synopsis but know that it's a heartbreaking and heartwarming story about second chances, love and the choices we make and the choices that are made for us. 
5. I laughed. I cried. 
6. It was absolutely the right book at the right time and it filled my bucket.
7. Add it to your TBR, holds or preorder.

I really enjoyed Pictures of You by Emma Grey. I've heard it described as a romance - which it is - but what I enjoyed was the more suspenseful nature of the book, as Evie slowly uncovers what has happened to her since high school. The author really made me feel the terror that Evie must have felt waking up with no memory of the last few years, especially when others around you know exactly what has transpired. All of us have life-defining changes, but few of us are given the opportunity to restart things in the way that Evie does. What an interesting premise for a book!

Thanks to Zibby books and NetGalley for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

PICTURES OF YOU by Emma Grey ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It is extremely rare that I give a romance novel 5 stars, and this book deserves every last one of them! MY HEART! THIS BOOK! It has everything. I think I loved every single character (except Oliver, duh), but oh man, Drew is the perfect man. I think I’m actually in love (that artists statement, IYKYK). This is a romance, but it is complex, keeps you wondering how things are going to unfold, and hooks you immediately from the beginning. It was on my mind the entire 2 days I was reading it, and is still on my mind today. Emma, my children thank you for the extra TV time they got while I was getting in a few extra pages. I recommend moving this to the top of your TBR.

Evie wakes up after being in a car crash where her husband was killed, but her memory is gone! She remembers nothing from the age of 16 on. I think this is best to go into blind, so I’m leaving my summary right there!

Pub. Date: November 12, 2024.

Perfect if you like:
•The BEST characters.
•A romance you can’t put down.
•Back and forth timeline.
•Dual POV.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice: 🌶️
Mood: 🍜🍫🌮

⚠️: explicit language.

It pains me to write this review. I loved The Last Love Note and Emma Grey is the most fabulous, fun, positive author. She’s the best. Unfortunately, I stopped the book at 50 percent because it was too ya for my taste. The book starts out strong — it’s about a woman who wakes up after an accident and has amnesia and can only remember her life as a 16 year old girl. Apparently, she is married to a rich big deal, but she can’t remember everything. She bolts from the funeral and ends up in a car with a driver who happens to be her bff from when she was 16. But she can’t remember that; only he knows. Then there is a dual timeline of her life in high school vs. her life now. Maybe because it is telling a high school story, but the book just read very young adult to me and the coincidences were a bit much. It didn’t work for me, but maybe it will work for you.

Pictures of You
By: Emma Grey
Pub date: November 12, 2024
Publisher: Zibby Books

Evie Hudson wakes up in the hospital and has a kind of amnesia where she only remembers being a teenager. Now she is an adult. She finds out she was in a crash with her husband, Oliver and she does not remember being married or their life, because she lost so many years of her memory.
They say a brain injury can protect you from something you do not want to remember.
As her memory starts to come back, shocking details that lead up to the crash are revealed.
This novel is a little over 400 pages but goes by fast because you are so involved in Evie’s story and want her to get better.

Pictures of You is a good book that I wish was great because Emma Grey has such great potential in character, story and themes that I wish the book was better.