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Pack Up the Moon by Kristan Higgins
4.5
challenging emotional funny informative sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I asked my husband to pick my physical book and this is the one he picked and omg this book was heartbreaking. I was in the first chapter when I started crying and there were moments I stopped. I was not expecting this book and I have already recommended it to friends. 
 
Blurb: 
 
Joshua and Lauren are the perfect couple. Newly married, they're wildly in love, each on a successful and rewarding career path. Then Lauren is diagnosed with a terminal illness. 

 As Lauren's disease progresses, Joshua struggles to make the most of the time he has left with his wife and to come to terms with his future--a future without the only woman he's ever loved. He's so consumed with finding a way to avoid the inevitable ending that he never imagines his life after Lauren. 

 But Lauren has a plan to keep her husband moving forward. A plan hidden in the letters she leaves him. In those letters, one for every month in the year after her death, Lauren leads Joshua on a journey through pain, anger, and denial. It's a journey that will take Joshua from his attempt at a dinner party for family and friends to getting rid of their bed...from a visit with a psychic medium to a kiss with a woman who isn't Lauren. As his grief makes room for laughter and new relationships, Joshua learns Lauren's most valuable lesson: The path to happiness doesn't follow a straight line. 

This book reminded me of P.S. I Love You I loved every single part of it as I gave it 4.5 ⭐️. Since this was not a typical romance it did not have any spice. I loved their love story but it made me think of how I would be if I lost my other half and I think I would be just like Joshua. 
 
Happy reading everyone 📚 
 
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