Molly Alcott didn¿t expect to open her mailbox one summer morning and find an old letter stuffed between bills and a supermarket flyer. Penned in familiar handwriting, dated over fifteen years ago, the letter was written to Molly after her first date with the man she¿ll never forget.
Week after week, new letters appear. Each marks an event in the history of their epic love affair. Each heals a … Each heals a wound. Each holds the confession of the man who still owns Molly¿s heart.
The letters are full of promise, hope and love, but truth be told, Molly wishes she could unread them all.
Because the man who wrote these letters is not the one sending them.
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You need to stock tissues. Boxes of them. Because Letters to Molly will make you cry so hard. This amazing, heartbreaking and outstanding creation by Devney Perry is epitome of a deep, angsty and pure romance.
First love is something special and something one never forgets. And it’s even more difficult if one get married to that first love and then gets divorced. Molly and Finn had the special and unforgettable kind of love. But time was brutal and rough on their relationship. After years of divorce, they have settled into a comfortable understanding with their kids. But after one drunken night, it changes. And some letters from past reappear mysteriously to force them face all their anger, mistakes, resentment, bitterness and love. Can they get closure?
The main character of the story is a relationship. Yes Molly and Finn are the people in the relationship. But the author dissected, broke and rebuilt the relationship like it is a living breathing thing. The story has so much raw, honest, painful and sincere emotions. I had to stop so many times because I couldn’t go on and my eyes were blurred from tears. The author’s words squeezed my heart painfully and made me feel every gut wrenching and soulnumbing feelings. Molly is an “amazing” woman. She suffered so much, tolerated so much and yet she has the ability to love unconditionally. Finn hide massive negative feelings in his broken heart and he didn’t even realize he is ruining everything important in his life. The ending left me in a warm and smiling face.
Devney Perry has written an epic and unforgettable story of loving self and others in Letters to Molly. This story is a potent mix of intense emotions and heart rending feelings. A story that has left it’s mark permanently on my heart. And that is the most important reason I read romance.
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Ah-maaaazzzing!!! Molly and Finn are so relatable. I’ve been waiting for this book for quite some time and it was not a disappointment!! Whether you are married or in a relationship I feel you can connect with the challenges the they went through and the emotions you experience when you still love your significant other but lack of communication prevents us from being honest. Definitely a must read!
I cannot explain how much I loved this book, Devney Perry just made me have so many emotions at once.
When I first started this book I didn’t know if I could get part a certain thing, but as I read the book I realized that it didn’t matter….Finn and Molly will forever be one of my favorite book couples. Molly and Finn used to be in love, after getting a divorce years ago the last thing they expected was for some hidden, never before delivered letters to appear in Mollys mailbox. Molly is ready to move on finally with her life, she is making it her mission to be happy and just find her new normal. So when she gets a letter written by the guy she loved, her ex husband… the last thing she expects is to be thrown back by the memories and past feelings. But these might be letters written by her ex husband, but he isn’t the one sending them…. Finn, boy did I love him. He was PERFECT!!! I just loved how he wasn’t this demanding guy, I got his pain, anger, and feelings. I just loved how raw he was in his letters. I loved everything about him. This was such an amazing read, a read that is a MUST!!!!
This story will stick with you, it will have you crying, swooning, and loving EVERYTHING about it. I was so not ready for this, but I am so happy I read it. I now have a new favorite book. Letters to Molly will leave you speechless.
Letters To Molly has a feeling that’ll touch you so deep. At times I felt it too much I had to walk away but only for a minute or two because the draw to keep reading was way to much! A second chance that they both had to really look into themselves and decide if they were worth it. The letters opened up wounds that needed to heal, hard at first but added to their journey. Loved the guessing game as to who sent them and she keeps you guessing to the end!
Devney Perry thank you for this story and thank you for giving them the second chance that I always felt the had coming!
where do I begin? Letters to Molly was just an amazing book. I read so much that I love when books take you out of the typical romance scene and give you a book that is so different that it will stay with you for a very long time.
Devney Perry has hit it out of the park with 2nd in the Maysen Jar series. I typically don’t run towards second chance romances because they are usually so predictable and mostly the same. This is the polar opposite with Letters to Molly.
Molly and Finn are divorced and coexisting because of their kids. I won’t spoil it for you but they have an very broken road to come back to each other. They both have issues and no one is innocent in what happened to cause their divorce but they both fight to get back to each other. Lots of twists and turns and some shocking craziness happens that will literally have your jaw on the floor and needing tissues . Please Please pick this gem up and get ready for a wild ride. It is just one of my favorites of the year. Such a great read and would love to see this series made into movies its that good.
Goodness… Letters to Molly was pretty brutal on my heart! I really am lacking on what to say here. I loved this book. Marriage is incredibly hard. Divorce is incredibly hard. Finn and Molly are divorced. Finn is Poppy’s brother, Poppy is from Birthday List, book 1 in the Maysen Jar series. Molly and Poppy are best friends. I love them. I love all the characters. My heart went through a complete up and down roller coaster ride. There’s really no other way to say what this story put my heart through. I know I’m being crazy vague but I don’t think there is a way to tell you about the storyline without telling you too much so I’m only going to tell you that I love it! There wasn’t a single word written that didn’t touch some part of my heart.
Devney Perry is a master. She can cut right through the heart of the story and make you cry. That’s right, like most of Miss Perry’s books; I had tears streaming down my face… while I was working. See what happens when you open a Perry book? You can’t put it down, even while working… shhhh do not tell the boss lady!! Devney Perry’s books are so relatable, so normal-feeling, that they seem like real, solid people. These are people that make mistakes. People that love, love wildly.
I was super lucky and received an advanced copy of the audiobook. The narrators Teddy Hamilton and Jillian Macie were fantastic in narrating this book. Let me tell you all… these narrators were really able to inflict so much emotion into their voices. The heart and soul of Devney Perry’s words were brought to life by these two narrators. Their narration was heartfelt and full of life! One of the best audiobooks yet!
I received a complimentary copy of this audio book with the hope that I would leave an Unbiased Opinion. I was not required to leave a review, positive or otherwise, and my opinions are just that… my opinions.
I’m not crying….are you crying? Oh Gosh, yes I’m crying.
I love this author, absolutely freaking love her writing. With every word she pulls me in and I just can’t help falling into her world. When I read The Birthday List, it gutted me. I really never thought she could outdo that but Letters to Molly is right up there with it.
The heartbreak, pain, tears and forgiveness. It’s a story that is so utterly beautiful that I will definitely re-read it. Molly and Finn are such great characters and had me routing for them the whole way. I cried happy tears and yes, sad ones. I’m so in love with this….
*Review by Michelle
I’m not crying….are you crying? Oh Gosh, yes I’m crying.
I love this author, absolutely freaking love her writing. With every word she pulls me in and I just can’t help falling into her world. When I read The Birthday List, it gutted me. I really never thought she could outdo that but Letters to Molly is right up there with it.
The heartbreak, pain, tears and forgiveness. It’s a story that is so utterly beautiful that I will definitely re-read it. Molly and Finn are such great characters and had me routing for them the whole way. I cried happy tears and yes, sad ones. I’m so in love with this….
4.5 Stars!
“I put up boundaries to keep out the ugly. I embraced the beautiful. I found the Molly without Finn. This time around, I was holding onto her with a death grip. She was too important to loose again.”
“She tasted like mint and sunshine. She smelled like heaven and earth.”
“Be the man she needs or walk away.”
Letters to Molly is an emotional, second chance romance that is sure to take your emotions on a roller-coaster ride and leave you with all the feels.
Letters to Molly follows the story of Molly and Finn. Molly and Finn’s life appeared to be picture perfect. They had it all: great friendship, amazing sex, two adorable kids and a booming business. However somewhere along the way, Molly and Finn lost sight of what was important and their romance dissolved into flames. The following six years will really test Molly. She jumps into the roll of a single mom and tries desperately to mend her broken heart. Finally she’s at the point where she can be around Finn without feeling like she’s going to break apart. Molly’s life is anything but what she thought it would be. And even though her new happy is different than she imagined, she’s ok with it…. Just as Molly is getting ready to get out there and experience life again, her world gets turned upside down once again. She starts receiving letters that Finn wrote to her many moons ago. Letters that mark important moments in Finn and Molly’s story. Each letter pulling at her heart, and breaking it at the same time…..
Letter’s to Molly is angsty, heartbreaking and really tugs at your heart. Molly and Finn’s story is filled with anger, resentment, longing and hurt. Their journey is raw and unforgiving. The truths are real and not sugarcoated. Finn and Molly’s story, so incredibly well written, that it will feel like it is a part of you and that you are experiencing it right along with the characters. So many times, I was left wondering how these two characters could come back from all the damage they inflicted on one another. There was so much pain, so much devastation. I found myself on the edge of my seat, not wanting to put this book down. I had to know what would happen next. I had to know if Molly and Finn’s love was strong enough to survive the storm. And let me tell you, Devney Perry does not disappoint. Sure, there are lots of ups and downs and moments that feel like all hope is lost. But, I knew in my heart of hearts that this author would find away to make sense of the storm and see the characters come out to the other side.
Letter’s to Molly is an absolutely incredible read and I really enjoyed getting to know Molly and Finn. I thought the concept of the letters was really unique and I loved trying to figure out who was sending them. As painful as those letters were to read, I loved the honesty in them and how it forced these two characters to face their issues and finally hash things out.
Letter’s to Molly is a story that is going to make you feel. You will rage. Your heart will ache. You will get angry and want to put this book down. Your heart will swoon one minute and then break the very next. It is a story about the mistakes we make and owning up to them. It’s about letting go of the past and not letting go of that once in a lifetime love. It is a story that I know I won’t be forgetting anytime soon.
In the end, all I can say is I’m glad that I trusted this author with my heart. The pain, the heartache, the journey…Ugh! It was so worth the ride…..
6 huge Darling Molly Stars! My oh my, I’ve been waiting for this book ever since I read The Birthday List! I was desperate for Finn and Molly’s story. And it didn’t disappoint one bit. I completely devoured this book from start to finish. So much emotion, heartbreak and love. This book was so packed full of love, it bleeds off the pages, even when the characters are in pain, you can feel all that love. I already want to read it again!
By far, one of my top reads of 2019.
Molly and Finn’s story hit me hard in the feels. I started the book thinking I knew what had split these two soulmates apart but then the letters started showing up. Gah! Every single twist and turn was perfection and I may have shed a few tears along the way. Devney writes so beautifully and she pulls my heart into her stories effortlessly. Her characters are devoted to each other with a timeless love that we should all strive for. Each and every one is always such a pleasure to read.
You know that book you have been wanting to read for ages, you create great expectations and are almost afraid to read it? Letters to Molly was this kind of book for me. Since reading The Birthday List, I wanted to read Molly’s story. At first Devney said she didn’t know if it’d be written. I waited, and waited, and finally she said it’d happen. Now, after devouring it in one sitting, I can say it is so much more than I could hope. It’s a breath of fresh air in one of my favorite troupes in romance. Second chance Romances have always been a favorite of mine and Letters to Molly is now at the top of my list. The love, the heartbreak, the angst. The past, the present, the future. All of it. I cried, I laughed, I swooned, I hoped. This is a story of healing, of owning your mistakes and making an effort to be better. It’s a story how love strong enough can survive. How you can hope, but at the same time, how you have to work for what you want. It’s a story about a family. And I completely recommend that you read it.
I finished this book over the course of a day. It was THAT good.
WOW!!! I was blown away. Completely. This book took on a whole other level of writing, and threw me into a story so completely different than your average love story.
This is DEEP Ya’ll. DEEP!!!! In all good ways possible.
Absolutely adored Finn. My goodness his heart. Love love love. He’s the guy all you romantic lovers dream of. Holy smokes.
Molly is absolutely precious too. I felt for her several times, and found myself saying “girl I feel that!” or “yep been there”. Because it truly felt like she was real, and that I’d been talking to a friend.
My mind is still reeling, and this review probably makes no sense to anyone reading it…but seriously just go get the book and read it!! Just do it!!
My god this book. I’ll tell you right now this review will be a bunch of me rambling incoherently about how magnificent Letters to Molly is. You’ve been warned. Deal with it. Seriously though, Devney Perry never fails to deliver a story that’s deeply emotional and this one is no exception. Maybe it’s because I have a similar story to these two, but the connection I had to this book and these characters was unreal. Letters to Molly is be of those books that sticks with you. My mind will probably be traveling back to Molly and Finn for years to come and I know I’ll find myself reaching for this book and reading it all over again.
These two are more than just a second chance. So much more. They are finding themselves. They are healing. They are knocking down the walls of the past. None of it is easy. Chunks of it are brutally painful. But the beauty of the love Molly and Finn share out weighs everything. Just as deeply moving as the first book in the series, but in an entirely different way. It doesn’t just hit you in the feels, it moves your soul.
I am not the biggest romance fan but lately I have been finding some really great ones and feel like the biggest cheerleader for them. I haven’t figured out the various tropes completely but from what I have heard divorced second chance relationships aren’t the most sought after but Devney Perry wrote this book with so much heart that you can’t help but fall so deeply in love with this story.
All marriages go through rocky patches and its so relatable that a couple could stop focusing on each other due to work and kids and other responsibilties. I know because that is where my marriage is. I understood Molly so much with her resentments towards Finn and how her heart slowly broke. It also gave me hope that if both parties are willing to put in the effort things can turn around.
This is actually a follow up to The Birthday List, which I have not read so Letters to Molly can definitly be read as a standalone. However, I feel like I may have cheated myself out of some raw emotions that can only be experienced by reading these books in order. The book hangover I experienced after reading Letters to Molly lasted close to two weeks and I loved the book so much that I actually preordered the physical copy and even bought the physical copy of The Birthday List despite having it on Kindle because I just needed to hold these in my hands.
(5 out of 5 stars) This book gets all the stars!! Devney Perry knows heartache and relationships better than any other romance author I have read and I am ready to devour each and every single one of her books!!
5 second-chance stars!
Devney Perry is such an amazing storyteller, and she’s given us a beautiful second-chance-romance with this book! The second in the Maysen Jar series, this is the story of Molly and Finn (respectively the best friend and brother of Poppy from The Birthday List).
Molly and Finn met through Poppy, fell in mad love, got married and had two children. They were happy together… and then they weren’t. They have now been divorced for six years and they share equal custody of their fabulous children, and though there is clearly still a lot of love between them, they both acknowledge that they weren’t able to make it work, so they are going on with their separate lives.
And then Molly receives a letter in the mail. It’s a letter that Finn wrote to her after their first date but never sent her, and it stirs up all kinds of feelings. When the second letter from Finn arrives, written right before he proposed to her, she confronts him only for him to tell her that it’s not him sending the letters. So who is?
The letters keep coming, and each one brings memories with it, and as Molly shares them with Finn, it forces the two of them to look back on their relationship – remembering the happy times and just how good it was between them, and bringing all of their feelings for each other to the surface.
“What are we doing?” Molly whispered as she stood up. Her hand went to her lips, wiping them dry as she paced the office.
“It was just a kiss.”
She stopped pacing. “Why are we kissing?”
Because I couldn’t stop. Kissing her was as natural as breathing.
God, I love these characters! They are two people who still love each other deeply and who truly belong together, but their past is messy. And as the letters keep coming, they begin to change as their marriage fell apart, raising all of the hurt, pain and issues that they never dealt with at the time.
“I hate this,” she whispered.
“So do I.”
“I feel like every time I go to the mailbox, I’m going to get blasted back into the past. I already cried these tears. I don’t want to do it again.”
The ending of their marriage is all too realistic and relatable. It was a slow deterioration that just happened before collapsing with a devastating implosion. The true story of it all comes out throughout the book, and I thought the dual reveal of the letters and Molly and Finn’s memories was beautifully done.
“I’m failing you. I know I’m failing you, and I’m not sure how to fix it.”
Their relationship in the present shifts and changes as they begin to find their way back to each other, but at the same time are torn apart by the hurts of the past. Again, I thought it was really realistic, and I could relate to all they were feeling. They have a lot to work through, and a lot to come to terms with, but underneath everything, their love for each other absolutely shines.
“How was it possible for us to go so wrong? We were good together. So. Fucking. Good.”
This is such a beautiful book. It’s realistic and emotional, and I fell madly for these characters. I could feel everything that they were going through, and OMG, it hurt at times! But it’s not all heavy and super-dramatic. There are moments of fun and lightness, there’s great banter and flirting, and in addition to all of the intensity, the romance is sweet and playful.
“By the time he was unzipping his jeans, I was naked but for my thong. The moment his eyes landed on the scrap of fabric, he let out a long curse that filled the room. “Fuck.”
“I’d love to.” I smirked. “Lose the pants.”
This book can be read as a standalone, but beware spoilers for the first book. Poppy and Cole are a big part of the story, and I loved the beautiful story progression for them, as well as seeing the fantastic dynamic between the whole group.
I loved this book, and I read it in a day, unable to put it down. It’s a beautiful read with all the feels, and proof again of what an amazing writer Devney Perry is.
5 stars!
This books needs many more than 5 stars, it’s that phenomenal.
This book was everything I look for in a romance novel! While it’s not your conventional romance book in the sense that were working backwards here with this one, it has more heart and soul than anything I’ve read lately. And I’ve read some really good books! The impact Letters to Molly has lasts way beyond the end. It really makes you think and feel and just know that “the one” is meant to be your “one” no matter what life throws at you.
If you haven’t read the Birthday list yet I highly recommend it. You don’t have to but I feel the impact of this book is even more profound if you do.
Do yourself a huge favor and get this book for your next summer (or winter) read, you will not be sorry that you did!
There’s nothing like word-of-mouth recommendations and The Birthday List just happened to be one of them. Perry was a new author for me and her storytelling literally took my breath away. Since then, she’s become one of my trusted authors whom I wouldn’t hesitate to turn to time and time again. I can honestly say that Letters to Molly surpasses any books I’ve read by her to date. Now we’ve been given the opportunity to revisit Bozen, a charming town in Montana where it all began and I can’t put into words how happy meeting up with what felt like long-lost friends made me. Having said that, Letters to Molly can be enjoyed as a stand-alone as the author’s streamlined the past with the present in such a way the reader is never confused.
‘We’d had so much love. How did we get here? How did we get all the way from that letter to us now?’
I found it very, but very difficult to walk away from this full-length novel, yet still managed to finish it in less than two days much to my better half’s consternation! Perry brings her characters to life. Her take on them is so unique that I lived their pain, got to learn their strengths, analyze their weaknesses and when they seemed to let bygones be bygones, feelings of sadness set in. However, sometimes regrets cannot be ignored.
‘Until I forgave myself for being human and flawed and impulsive, the past would haunt me.’
So, I knew how much Molly was suffering in The Birthday List and ooh boy, was Finn’s ire cuttingly hurtful or what! Now divorced; things are a tad better as they’ve found a status quo of sorts. Both have joint custody of their kids and go out of their way to protect them from any family turmoil which actually, they do damn well. I loved that neither Molly nor Finn had spiteful tongues or put each other down in front of the children. An attitude of courteousness was maintained until letters started appearing in Molly’s mailbox, bringing back painful memories and compelling them to question why they destroyed what they’d had together.
‘It wasn’t just the words or the sudden appearance of his letter that had rocked me. It was reading the words and being thrown backwards in time.’
My heart went out to Molly. Guilt is awakened, and although she’s paid dearly for her mistake, I really did think she was getting back on the right track. I thought Finn had forgiven her too, but there’s much more to him than meets the eye. Well-paced, all his feelings come spilling out. But, be that as it may, those rays of hope in touching scenes were whisked away, making me want to give both of them a good talking to.
‘I put up boundaries to keep out the ugly. I embraced the beautiful.’
Communication is the key. Waiting for next letter written years ago to arrive kept me on my toes and all I hoped for was that the content wouldn’t be too harsh. Ooh, my word! Talk about pouring your heart out on paper isn’t in it, either. I really liked how the reader is kept guessing as to who is responsible for Molly receiving the letters that weren’t supposed to be for her eyes. For what purpose were they sent when it’s causing so much heartache? Will they upset the balance of these divorcees’ already delicate relationship, and how does Finn cope while watching his ex-wife try and keep it together, not fall apart?
“I don’t want these letters anymore.”
“I’m sorry.”
Letters to Molly is a magnificent second chance romance that must be read. So true-to-life regarding relationship breakdowns, Perry stirred my emotions on every page turned. I smiled and cried from one minute to the next, I rooted for a happy ending. Outside interference was treated intelligently, yep…there’s always someone ready to criticize, isn’t there? Her narrative style continues to dazzle me, her character trait development couldn’t have been more perfectly perfect. The kids and their aunt and uncle, Poppy and Cole; and Randall and Jimmy…two loyal patrons who take great pleasure in patronizing each other where Molly works, had me in fits of laughter, softening this soul-searching novel. Left with a huge grin on my face at the end of a book I didn’t want to say goodbye to, my last word has to be Bravo!
‘The power of fear was terribly magnificent.’
Letters to Molly, a beautiful second-chance love story, so original and unpredictable, grabbed my attention from the first page not letting me go at all!
I loved this book so much! The reality of life behind it, the emotional state and feelings of a true love, makes this perfection!
Molly and Finn are divorced for 6 years, but even in The Birthday List, the first book in the Mason Jar series, you can feel they aren’t finished. There’s a lot to resolve between them and now Devney Perry gives us the raw truth behind their separation. It isn’t an easy book to read. It brings everyday emotions to the surface. But the most beautiful part is when both of them face their faults and responsibilities behind their shattered marriage and make things work.
Once again, Devney Perry took my breath away with an amazing story that I wont forget so soon!
I’m giving this book all the freaking stars! How have I never read Devney Perry before is beyond me. This book, Letters to Molly, is EXQUISITE!! I can’t explain it to you. The story is beautifully written, a love story so full of regret, heartbreak, tears, fears and loaded with LOVE, with PASSION for each other that I couldn’t wait to read more. I can see why people are addicted to Devney’s words. I’m completely smashed! Finn and Molly slayed me!
This isn’t your traditional love story, I don’t think I expected it would be, but I couldn’t have expected this. Devney’s writing style is mesmerizing. The transition of past to present, describing each moment with such artistry that I felt Finn and Molly’s pain in my bones. The hurt they impacted on each other, mostly without words, sunk so deep within me. It raised some of my greatest fears in my relationship, that this story continues to bring tears to my eyes. The hangover is real! But the letters, phewwww, they are genius! To use them as catalysts for healing – truly remarkable.
The wonder that is Devney Perry’s writing is AMAZING in itself. I’m LOVING her storytelling, and I’m dying to make her backlist my summer project – if my heart can take it lol. Don’t wait to devour Letters to Molly. It will steal your heart and capture all the feels in a BIG Mayson jar!