As an already fan of Tillie Cole, Write Me for You was a really touching, emotional read. It dives deep into themes of love, loss, and illness (yes, there’s cancer and death involved), and the emotions felt genuine and raw. I definitely teared up a few times.
I’d recommend this one primarily for a young adult audience. The characters, their choices, and the intensity of their feelings felt very age-appropriate for late teens or early 20s. As an adult, I appreciated the story and the message, but I also had to remind myself I’m not the target audience — and that’s okay!
If you’re a younger reader or enjoy emotional, bittersweet YA romance with a heartfelt message, this is definitely worth picking up. Just be prepared to feel all the feels.

* I received an advanced reader’s copy of this book from NetGalley and SOURCEBOOKS Bloom Books | Bloom Books in exchange for my honest review

You know going into a Tillie Cole book that your heart is about to feel every emotion imaginable. It's why we open her books and what makes us turn her pages. She does not make us wait for what the book is a out. Quickly we learn and then pray by some miracle that we can rewrite the story... That we can change the narrative. I was so strong. Flat out determined not to make this any more than words on a page. Mission... NOT accomplished. My husband was rubbing my back as I was processing my emotions. Thank you for how you wrote out Junebug and Jesse's love story. From their first meeting to the last sentence it was pure perfection.

Tillie Cole is so great with character development and dialogue. I have really enjoyed all of her books that I've read. I had a feeling going in that this book would be hard to read at times due to the content, but sometimes you just need a sad book! I'm so glad I read this one. If you loved A Thousand Boy Kisses, you will devour this one as well.

Since I read the blurb of this book I knew it was going to destroy me and it did. I tried to stay strong while reading it, but around halfway through, I couldn’t hold back my tears. The story is so sad, and Jesse and June’s story is beautiful in a tragic way. I don’t know if it’s the fact that they’re only 17 yrs or all the hardships they’ve had to endure in such a short time that makes it so heartbreaking. This was hard to read because of the heavy topics and in some moments I need to stop and read something else but at the end I can’t put it down.

If you’re looking for a book that will make you cry, I recommend this one.

I received this ARC before release day. Thank you Sourcebooks Bloom Books.

This book was a hard read. I knew the topic, but didn’t expect the book to impact me the way it did. I flew through this book and found myself rooting for the characters. I really liked how she wove 2 stories together until you weren’t sure which one was real and which one was the story. I think this helped with the “in any universe” theme of the story. Check your trigger warnings and be prepared, but this was an amazing story. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

“ I think that, as the reader , you can decide which version of our story

June and Jesse will always have a place in my heart, watching these two have to endure the hardest thing in life, the possibility of losing theirs, was beautifully written as only this author can do.
but there is a second story in which June and Jesse get there happily ever after.
I’d like to believe both are true and I have to say that this book broke my heart in more ways than one.
It was beautifully written as only
this author can do

Write Me for You stands as a testament to young adult fiction's capacity for emotional depth and sophisticated thematic exploration. Cole has created a story that will resonate with readers long after they've turned the final page.

I DNF'ed this at about 70% because i realized i simply ddidnt care for the ending.

the book itself isnt bad, its just really not for me. i believe if youre 17 or youbnger, you can really resonate with the character and her problems, however i realized that i just grew out of her "highschool issues".
the story is extremely predictable and i just dont care to read one or both of them not making it, but also her making up their happy future? idk, just not for me.

Oh this book was so phenomenal! It was so beautiful but also heartbreaking at the same time. This is one of those books you’ll be shedding many tears throughout. The last 20 or so pages really had me bawling. You truly feel their love and their pain. I’m so speechless over this book. Highly recommend!!!

Thank you NetGalley and Bloom Books for the arc of this book.

Two teens meet and fall in love when they are both enrolled in a last-chance trial to treat their cancer. This was not the book for me, but teens who like romances that leave you in tears will love this.

4.5 stars for a tear-jerker of a book that is so good that I had to finish it in a day because although I knew what was going to happen . . . I just had to finish it. Tillie Cole has a way of writing books that just hit deep and make you think about them long after the last page is closed. Such is the case of Write Me for You, a story about two teenagers who have leukemia and meet at a clinical trial. It is just absolutely gut-wrenching if you think about how many children (and their parents and siblings) are going through Cancer treatments every day. This story is one that brings you the reader into the folds of Cancer treatments, and hopes and dreams and wishes and love and somehow shows you that love always wins.

Thank you to NetGalley, Tillie Cole (for the way-too-many tears) and Penguin publishing for allowing me to read this e-ARC - publishing July 29, 2025.

Tillie! Why do you do this to me? You write this books you know I want to read and then you rip my heart at and leave me sobbing on the floor at 2am and I keep crawling right back to you demanding more!
This book tore me apart in so many ways. Jesse and June were such amazing and soul captivating characters that I felt soooo deeply connected too. I need more!

Wow, and wow again.  These words, this story, these amazing characters. Pure heartache. Eternal happiness. A love to last throughout all time. 
June has cancer. After all her treatments have failed. Shes given a spot at the ranch for young teen with terminal cancer.  It's here she meets the most amazing friends a girl could ever have as well as the love of her life, Jesse.
Coping through treatments, these teens have a common ground that brings them close with hopes of a cure or facing the inevitable. This brilliantly written story follows the ups and downs they face at the treatment ranch. Keeping us on our toes at every turn. 
June and Jesse's story is as deep as they come. An absolute powerhouse of a book.  Im trying not to give away anything. So forgive my vague review. Grab this book. It will consume you.  Leaving you pondering life and what it means. 
5 stars.

This was the saddest, most beautiful book I have ever read. It really enforces the concept of love life to the fullest because you never know when it will end. All of the stars, all of the tears

This 4 star story that left me an emotional wreck.

Jesse and June meet under very difficult times. Their instant bond is Unbreakable. They will walk through hand in hand to face what no teenagers should face.

I binge read this story during a camping trip. It was addicting and captivating. I was on an emotional roller coaster of emotions. Be warned you will need plenty of tissues. Bottomline this is a must read.

Standalone told in a dual POV. The only reason I didn’t give a 5 star is because I’m unsure what HEA they are getting. They are getting one. You’ll need to read it to come to your own conclusion. I wish there was a group to discuss it.

𝑾𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑰𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚. 𝑭𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆.

I already knew going into this I would cry. This story is beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time. Growing up June got to experience the love between her Mom and Dad. All she wanted was to have that for her own. When she gets sick, she realizes that she might not ever get that chance. When she meets Jesse, everything changes for June. As the treatments start, they start falling for each other. I loved Jesse. He always used humor to try and make the people around him laugh, especially during the harder moments. There are parts of the story that will make you laugh, smile, and sob. The ending is heartbreaking yet beautiful.
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Tillie Cole always knows how to make me sob! Such a touching story or stories. I loved seeing the two versions come together.

this was such a beautiful, raw, and compelling story that had me hooked from beginning to end. i love tillie cole's writing style, as it is filled with so much real and raw emotional vulnerability and this story was no different. i loved the characters of June and Jesse! i thought their unique stories where so beautifully written and their character arcs were so amazing to read.

overall, i thought this was a wonderful read and i highly recommend to those who love a good, emotionally vulnerable, yet hopeful story!

Thank you NetGalley and Sourcebooks Bloom Books for this opportunity.

ARC Review of Write Me For You by Tillie Cole
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Another whoopa from Tillie Cole that has you teary-eyed and swept up in the hope, devastation and dreaming of a first love.

June has one last chance.
After years of fighting, she's been told there is nothing more the doctors can do - until she's approved for a clinical program. With a shred of hope, she attends Harmony Ranch with other young souls who, like her, await the results they dream of.
What she didn't expect was Jesse.
A sweet handsome true country boy.
Jesse's future once help a scholarship to university playing football, life bustling with possibilities and friends and more. Now, he was at Harmony Ranch starry eyed on the beautiful June.
His Junebug.
As the couple and their friends face the clinical trial, they bond over their past and desires for the future. Who they were and who they could have been if it weren't for the illness that struck them. If they would have all been friends without their sickly connection. If they would have ever found love if it weren't for fate.
If they could have their Happily Ever After.

5 stars for Tillie Cole!
Much like her previous emotional roller coasters, young lovers sucking us in with their sweet heartwarming love stories in the face of hardship, Tillie Cole did not lack providing us another fantastic read.
The plot takes us on two separate universes: the current happening as well as the story June has created for her friends and Jesse. Both filled with twists, bumps, struggles and adorable connections. Chris and Emma were amazing friends to add to Jesse and June's story, adding more to love and laugh and cry to. Loving families, supportive carers, fantastic facilities and activities not restricting the youthful bunch to a hospital room.
A book that has you taking a chance on life and unexpected happinesses.
A highly recommended read.

The story is raw and emotional, and it pulled me in from the very first page. It follows two characters who connect through letters, and the way their relationship develops felt both intimate and powerful. What stood out to me was how deeply personal the story felt. Tillie Cole doesn’t shy away from difficult emotions or situations, and that made the characters’ struggles and growth feel very real. I was invested in their journey, feeling their pain and hope as if it were my own. The writing is beautiful, simple yet evocative, and the pacing kept me turning pages even when the story got heavy. I especially appreciated how the letter format added a unique layer to their connection, giving a sense of vulnerability and honesty that was refreshing. If I had one critique, it’s that some moments were so intense that I needed to take breaks, but that’s more a testament to how emotionally involved I was rather than a flaw in the writing.