My Last Kiss
Beth Neal
- Reading
- Read in manageable portions if the unanswered questions feel intense; pause to separate what Cassidy remembers from what she suspects and what other people assume about her death.
- Themes
- Memory, investigation and uncertainty: Cassidy cannot recall the weeks before her birthday and suspects her death may not have been suicide, despite that being the assumption around her. The missing memories and competing account of her death structure the mystery; the uncertainty is part of Cassidy's investigation rather than a settled explanation.
- Worth knowing
- Death is central, and suicide is the explanation others assume, though Cassidy doubts it. The uncertainty around her death and her mourning may merit attention for readers sensitive to bereavement or suicide-related themes.