I have loved all the books I’ve read from Emiko Jean and Love Me Tomorrow might be my favorite. Talk about a book about love, moving on, and evolution. If you’re looking for a heartfelt book about living in the moment, look no further! Keep reading this book review of Love Me Tomorrow for my full thoughts.
Summary
Seventeen-year-old Emma Nakamura-Thatcher doesn’t believe in love, not after her parents’ bitter divorce. So when she attends the festival of Tanabata, her wish is simple: proof that love is real and can last.
Emma thinks little of her wish…until she finds a note from someone claiming to be her greatest love writing to her from the future. It has to be a prank, right? But as the notes pour in, each revealing secrets only she knows, Emma is forced to accept the impossible: This is really happening. Someone is actually reaching out to her from across time.
But who? Ezra, the musical prodigy who makes her pulse race? Theo, the literal boy next door who’s known her since childhood? Or Colin, the overly confident, overly handsome, overly rich kid she meets while cleaning his mega-mansion?
As Emma races to uncover the identity of the letter writer, she’ll discover that love is more than real—it’s the most powerful force in the universe. And it’s been waiting for her all along.
Review
(Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)
Love Me Tomorrow‘s premise is fascinating. I loved the future letter writing, the idea of what would happen if we were already talking to the one we love, when nothing in the present seems certain. We immediately wonder how this can be real and speculate about who it could be. What might happen today which will ripple and result in these letters? We begin to look towards only the future, living today only for how it will impact the future. But what if that’s not the point? I immediately loved Emma and how strongly she wants to take care of her family, but also how headfirst she dives into the letters.
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When we have a direct letter to the future, it can be tempting to only focus on that. But what happens in the present? Can we change the outcome? Love Me Tomorrow is a roller coaster of emotions and I couldn’t stop reading. I too fell into the speculating of who it might be. But sometimes we can’t rush our own evolution, getting to know ourselves, and enjoying the ride. The character work is fantastic here, especially the side characters! If you love a swoony and emotional contemporary about self-growth, this is for you! Find Love Me Tomorrow on Goodreads, Storygraph, Amazon, Bookshop. org, Blackwells, & Libro. fm.