by Dustin Thao
First published 2021
Julie Clarke has mapped out her entire future with Sam. They will leave their small town together, go to college in the city, and spend a summer in Japan. Then Sam dies suddenly, shattering every plan she made. Julie refuses to attend his funeral. She throws away his things. She tries to erase him from her memory completely. But Sam left a message in her yearbook that brings everything flooding back. In desperation, Julie dials his cell phone number just to hear his voicemail greeting one last time. Sam answers. Their connection works only temporarily, cutting in and out unpredictably. Each conversation makes Julie fall deeper in love with him again. Each call makes it harder to accept that he is gone. The phone calls offer Julie something she never expected to have again, but they also trap her between the world of the living and her need to hold onto Sam.
Genres: fiction, contemporary, young-adult, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional-atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: grief, loss, supernatural
298 pages · ebook · Wednesday Books
Content warnings: death