I received a gifted galley of LIFE AND OTHER LOVE SONGS by Anissa Gray for an honest review. Thank you to Berkley Publishing and PRH Audio for the opportunity!
Rating: 4 / 5
Publication Date: 4/11/2023
LIFE AND OTHER LOVE SONGS by Anissa Gray follows multiple POVs, centering on the disappearance of Ozro. Ozro is a husband and a father due home for his birthday party, but he walks out of work without his coat and isn’t seen again. He was planning to lunch in a rough part of town, so his family and friends are left to wonder what happened to him.
This is a book that moves forward and backwards in time following Ozro’s wife Deborah, his daughter Trinity, and Ozro himself. We follow them from the time he disappears when Trinity is a teen, to the time when Trinity is a young mother herself. The way his disappearance impacts their life is strongly felt from the pages and no one is living a perfect life.
I think I went into this one expecting a bit more out of the mystery element of the story. Not knowing what happened to Ozro certainly adds a mystery element, but it is a slow reveal and it was definitely more character development than plot. I did really enjoy the way we got into each character’s heads and the secrets they’re keeping.
Overall I really enjoyed this one and the audiobook with the multiple narrators was very well done. I will definitely look to pick up more from Anissa Gray in the future. LIFE AND OTHER LOVE SONGS is out today!
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