Dear Future Me By Deborah O’Connor

‘Dear Future Me’ is the latest book by Deborah O’Connor.

Twenty years ago, a group of students each wrote themselves a letter – Dear Future Me – confiding their deepest dreams and their very darkest secrets. Now the letters, thought long discarded, have begun to drop through letterboxes. For some they will make them re-evaluate the decisions they’ve made, the person they could have been. For others, the letters could be deadly

This is the first book that I’ve read by Deborah and it was so easy to sink in and get lost in this story of deceit and discovery. The story is mostly seen from the perspective of Audrey, who’s best friend Miranda tragically takes her own life after receiving a letter from her teenage self. A project her school had conducted 20 years previous and now these letters were appearing in people’s lives making them question the paths in which they had taken, particularly Miranda as it had such horrific consequences. 
 
Audrey is determined to find out what resulted in her best friend taking her life and in doing so, discovers that Miranda’s life wasn’t quite as perfect as she was lead to believe and she questions the friendship that she had, as Miranda’s letter included some questionable information. Audrey is left to pick up the pieces with Miranda’s children looking after them whilst Miranda’s husband tries to cope, but she still makes time to catch up with her old classmates to ask about their teenage letters and their memories of Miranda at school. The story also includes letter from the other pupils and this gives an extra insight into Miranda and the fateful night from when her ex-boyfriend died. 
 
I really enjoyed the pace and drama of this story, Audrey is a great protagonist, her life never turned out how she wished for it and she lived in Miranda’s shadow. Destined for Cambridge, Audrey ended up becoming a cleaner to look after her little brother after their mother died, but she’s not resentful, she carries on and is determined that he will go further in life than her. 
 
Cleverly written and packed with secrets and twists that people thought would never be revealed, ‘Dear Future Me’ is a fast paced thriller about the consequences and the past can come back to haunt you.

You can buy ‘Dear Future Me’ from Amazon and is available to buy from good bookshops.