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Spunes, OR #3
Lost and Found
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Expected 4 Aug 26A stunning novel of romance and redemption filled with heartbreak and hope from the 'master of emotion' (Rachel Lynn Solomon) Tarah DeWitt
Bea always wanted to be a mom, but she never expected she'd have to lose her best friend to do it. Armed with nothing but her best friend's eggs and a bucket list to complete, Bea's world is a sea of changes.
When Silas steps in to give her a place to live when she needs it, Bea is half-relieved she has a longtime friend in her corner. A firefighter living in the wake of an accident, Silas has his own challenges to work through that have left him cautious and vulnerable in equal measure. At first, they expect nothing. But as these two former sunshines knit together in a love that has been unfulfilled till now, a new beginning comes out of the ashes of the past. One that will lead to a love that can withstand all the slings and arrows, joys and triumphs, that life can throw.
Tarah DeWitt's novels are . . .
'Pure magic' Elsie Silver
'[Filled with] melt-your-face off intimacy' Jessica Joyce
'Aching and sexy' Julie Soto
Bea always wanted to be a mom, but she never expected she'd have to lose her best friend to do it. Armed with nothing but her best friend's eggs and a bucket list to complete, Bea's world is a sea of changes.
When Silas steps in to give her a place to live when she needs it, Bea is half-relieved she has a longtime friend in her corner. A firefighter living in the wake of an accident, Silas has his own challenges to work through that have left him cautious and vulnerable in equal measure. At first, they expect nothing. But as these two former sunshines knit together in a love that has been unfulfilled till now, a new beginning comes out of the ashes of the past. One that will lead to a love that can withstand all the slings and arrows, joys and triumphs, that life can throw.
Tarah DeWitt's novels are . . .
'Pure magic' Elsie Silver
'[Filled with] melt-your-face off intimacy' Jessica Joyce
'Aching and sexy' Julie Soto
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࣪ ˖ ֪ꮽ᱖܄ 3.5 stars˚ִִ꒱꒱ ִ݂
⤻ no spoiler review . disclaimer: this book contains a huge theme of grief. i have personally never lost someone uber close to me, so please do not take my word on how well done it is;; make sure that you are in the right headspace to read this 🫶🏻
i am so surprised at how good this book was! admittedly, i haven’t read the first two books of this series, but i decided to request this book because 1. it was on “read now” 2. the cover is absolutely breathtaking. i went in with no expectations, but now i will definitely be on the lookout on tarah dewitt’s instagram waiting for her new releases 👀.
་ 💭 ⊹ ࣪୨୧ preface. ‘lost and found’ follows silas (si) and bea (she has a million nicknames in the eyes of silas) reigniting their friendship after extremely unpropitious shifts in their lives. they are both entering new chapters in their lives and walk through the door with all the sunshine and happiness that they have left, finding it in each other along the way.
⸝⸝ the characters ⁺໒꒱
ᡣ𐭩 — bea. i LOVED her. throwback to my disclaimer: i have not dealt with grief before, so take my words about this next part with a grain of salt. i think the grief was really well done in this book — specifically with her character. the anger she dealt with and showed was palpable, i felt like i truly empathized with her in the scenarios where the most “random” anger was showing up, and i especially loved how she realized what was the root of it and didn’t just take it out on the harmless surrounding peoples. there isn’t one perfect way to grieve (obviously), but i think that she was incredibly mature about it. bea realized that she was internalizing her grief and knew that she had to do something about it (therapy). what i’m trying to say is, she handled it in a sensible way. this book made me realize that people who deal with grief in books don’t necessarily have to be annoying to the readers; i’ve read many a books that have turned their grieving characters into nuisances that are headaches to read about, and i was relieved to witness bea being a fresh interpretation of the vicissitudes of grief.
ᡣ𐭩 — silas. a thousand more silas’ better be pumped into the world because if my man is not like him, i don’t want him!! he would DIE for her. he was such a sweet, caring, and intimate man. he understood bea, he waited for her, and he nurtured her. i loved how he understood her spiritually; he had so much patience with her and let her decide how to move forward with the relationship and how she wanted to live her life and fit him into it.
𖥔 ݁ ˖ ⌗﹒ the reason that i didn’t give this a higher rating was because while i deeply appreciated the characters and adored their personalities, i didn’t really feel connected with them. yes, they were great and i feel a deep respect for both of them.. but unfortunately that didn’t equal a bond.
৻ꪆ ᩚ : the relationship was my favorite part of the book 😭. the thing that stood out to me in this book was the small and intimate ways that they tributed and treated each other. one dream i have in life is to have someone that can predict my every move, someone that knows and remembers, and that that is shown in every move they make for me. bea and Silas treated each other with so much veneration and deep understanding that i really enjoyed reading about.
﹏﹒✦ overall, i enjoyed this book so much more than i thought i would. tarah dewitt is going to become an author that i’m going to be keeping an eye on (in fact, i’ll probably be reading the rest of the series backward). one thing that i treasured was the epilogue 🥹. it was so freaking beautiful and emotional, and i’m sure the people who read the first two books will thoroughly sob. thank you bunches to netgalley for gifting me an ARC of this book, i am so grateful! 💞🪷🌟
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˒˒☁️ pre read ˒˒࿐· started apr 18・xxvi 𖦞.˖
i really need to catch up on my ARCs, and i thought this one looked great to start with 🧡 hopefully it's good!
𑁦ꗃ thank you netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review
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March 28, 2026the best thing smp have ever done is putting this book on read now😭😭
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FINALLY SILAS’s BOOK!!!!!!! I prayed for time like this
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FINALLY SILAS’s BOOK!!!!!!! I prayed for time like this
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April 4, 2026pre-read: omg one of my most anticipated for this year and I got the arc 🤭
January 11, 2026
Tarah DeWitt has done it again! Readers are in for the sweetest treat with this duo 💕 Beta read ☑️
April 11, 2026
man down so bad he plans to get over his cat allergy by sheer force of will just because she adopted one on a whim
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April 3, 2026ugly cried reading the epilogue 😭😭
November 19, 2025
Hey so I did in fact bawl my eyes out reading this. More thoughts to come closer to the release date💕
April 26, 2026
ARC provided by St Martin’s Press. I almost don’t have words for this. I am so uncomfortable.
Firstly, the plot itself sounds like a joke. It’s absolutely ridiculous. Imagine this… Your best friend dies and leaves you custody of her frozen eggs without telling you first. Then leaves a note telling you to use them. But she left behind no money to continue to store them while you make your decision so you’re basically forced to immediately start IVF while you uproot your entire life to fund the treatment. You’re 30 with no real life and trying bring A WHOLE PERSON INTO THE WORLD. And since she doesn’t explicitly tell you NOT TO, of course using the guy your dead best friend had a crush on her entire life as a sperm donor is totally normal decision not weird at all!
Merritt was the most ridiculous character I’ve probably ever read. Her and Bea’s wildly unhealthy relationship and codependency was creepy and weird. It felt violating and almost inappropriate in a way. No one should ever be expected to be surrogate for a dead person’s child and then forced to raise the child as their own, because that’s what the dead person “would’ve wanted.” Honestly, it’s unhinged. The only two people who were against this erratic fiasco were villainized–meanwhile they’re the only normal ones in the entire book!
Besides the fact that a book with this premise shouldn’t exist in the first place, it was just so boring and relied way too heavily on flashback scenes to convince the reader that the main characters had chemistry. All I got was the ick because I couldn’t get past the horrid storyline.
Firstly, the plot itself sounds like a joke. It’s absolutely ridiculous. Imagine this… Your best friend dies and leaves you custody of her frozen eggs without telling you first. Then leaves a note telling you to use them. But she left behind no money to continue to store them while you make your decision so you’re basically forced to immediately start IVF while you uproot your entire life to fund the treatment. You’re 30 with no real life and trying bring A WHOLE PERSON INTO THE WORLD. And since she doesn’t explicitly tell you NOT TO, of course using the guy your dead best friend had a crush on her entire life as a sperm donor is totally normal decision not weird at all!
Merritt was the most ridiculous character I’ve probably ever read. Her and Bea’s wildly unhealthy relationship and codependency was creepy and weird. It felt violating and almost inappropriate in a way. No one should ever be expected to be surrogate for a dead person’s child and then forced to raise the child as their own, because that’s what the dead person “would’ve wanted.” Honestly, it’s unhinged. The only two people who were against this erratic fiasco were villainized–meanwhile they’re the only normal ones in the entire book!
Besides the fact that a book with this premise shouldn’t exist in the first place, it was just so boring and relied way too heavily on flashback scenes to convince the reader that the main characters had chemistry. All I got was the ick because I couldn’t get past the horrid storyline.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 20, 2025
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March 29, 2026✨💫 Lost and Found 💫✨
I’ll be sharing my full review closer to publication date.
💖 What to Expect
• Friends to lovers
• Grief & healing
• Found family
• Small town
• Firefighter MMC
• Fertility journey
• Second chance
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📅 Pub Date: August 4, 2026
Thank you to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for the advanced copy. All thoughts are my own.
I’ll be sharing my full review closer to publication date.
💖 What to Expect
• Friends to lovers
• Grief & healing
• Found family
• Small town
• Firefighter MMC
• Fertility journey
• Second chance
_ _ _
📅 Pub Date: August 4, 2026
Thank you to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for the advanced copy. All thoughts are my own.
November 19, 2025
the love story equivalent of a warm crackling fire, a quilted blanket and fuzzy socks, and a hot london fog latte in your favorite mug, after days outdoors in below freezing temperatures barely evading frostbite. more to come closer to release day.
✰ 5 stars, I knew there was no way tarah would retire the mustache
special thank you to tarah for your online friendship and the opportunity to beta read for my favorite romance author. I love your weird, and I'm so grateful to have become part of your reader family.
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pre-read review:
ain’t no way tarah is retiring the mustache
✰ 5 stars, I knew there was no way tarah would retire the mustache
special thank you to tarah for your online friendship and the opportunity to beta read for my favorite romance author. I love your weird, and I'm so grateful to have become part of your reader family.
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pre-read review:
ain’t no way tarah is retiring the mustache
May 8, 2026
this book felt like a horror movie, my god. i genuinely had the jaws music playing in my head the more i read.
you have to be fucked in the head not to be inherently disturbed by a dead woman gifting her frozen eggs to her best friend who now feels morally obligated to be a surrogate while in a grief-stricken depression as deep as Tartarus. Merritt’s eggs are only viable for another year or two, barely giving Bea the chance to truly contemplate whether carrying the baby of her dead best friend is even remotely what SHE wants.
Merritt and Bea’s friendship is written as this epic (platonic) love story, and is why Bea decides to carry Merritt’s eggs… but the more i read about Merritt, through flashbacks and reminiscent anecdotes, the more i discovered that she’s always been an awful friend. from the moment they met to the moment she died. she was petty, spoilt and entitled, and i really did not understand why Bea wanted to 1) be friends with her 2) sacrifice so much of her life and love for Merritt. i didn’t empathise with Bea’s grief because honestly… Merritt dying actually freed Bea from her shackles and it was the first time Bea could actually live her life without Merritt’s constant toxicity. but even then she still manages to stick to Bea like a parasite from beyond the grave.
so their big epic Susannah and Laurel, Thelma and Louise, Blair and Serena duo friendship meant absolutely nothing to me and just disturbed me more than anything, because Bea’s life got infinitely better once Merritt was gone. it was the type of friendship every girl looks back on as an adult and thinks “thank GOD, i am no longer friends with her. how on earth did i convince myself that girl was my friend?” i saw another review say “who needs enemies when you have a friend like Merritt?” and i have not resonated with anything more in a long ass time.
i really held out hope that Bea wouldn’t go through with the surrogacy. i never truly believed she wanted to mother Merritt’s biological child, it just came across as her being a self-sacrificial martyr. i am just really glad Silas wasn’t the bio-dad, because i think i would have launched myself in front of a bus if the baby was biologically Silas and Merritt’s… iykyk.
gotta part ways with Tarah DeWitt. i can’t any more.
you have to be fucked in the head not to be inherently disturbed by a dead woman gifting her frozen eggs to her best friend who now feels morally obligated to be a surrogate while in a grief-stricken depression as deep as Tartarus. Merritt’s eggs are only viable for another year or two, barely giving Bea the chance to truly contemplate whether carrying the baby of her dead best friend is even remotely what SHE wants.
Merritt and Bea’s friendship is written as this epic (platonic) love story, and is why Bea decides to carry Merritt’s eggs… but the more i read about Merritt, through flashbacks and reminiscent anecdotes, the more i discovered that she’s always been an awful friend. from the moment they met to the moment she died. she was petty, spoilt and entitled, and i really did not understand why Bea wanted to 1) be friends with her 2) sacrifice so much of her life and love for Merritt. i didn’t empathise with Bea’s grief because honestly… Merritt dying actually freed Bea from her shackles and it was the first time Bea could actually live her life without Merritt’s constant toxicity. but even then she still manages to stick to Bea like a parasite from beyond the grave.
so their big epic Susannah and Laurel, Thelma and Louise, Blair and Serena duo friendship meant absolutely nothing to me and just disturbed me more than anything, because Bea’s life got infinitely better once Merritt was gone. it was the type of friendship every girl looks back on as an adult and thinks “thank GOD, i am no longer friends with her. how on earth did i convince myself that girl was my friend?” i saw another review say “who needs enemies when you have a friend like Merritt?” and i have not resonated with anything more in a long ass time.
i really held out hope that Bea wouldn’t go through with the surrogacy. i never truly believed she wanted to mother Merritt’s biological child, it just came across as her being a self-sacrificial martyr. i am just really glad Silas wasn’t the bio-dad, because i think i would have launched myself in front of a bus if the baby was biologically Silas and Merritt’s… iykyk.
gotta part ways with Tarah DeWitt. i can’t any more.
February 8, 2026
can’t see through my tears oh my god
February 11, 2026
YALL ARE GOING TO LOSE YOUR MIND WHEN YOU READ THIS!!!! TARAH DEWITT AT HER BEST TRULY!!! A GORGEOUS BEAUTIFUL BOOK ABOUT GRIEF AND HOPE!!
Ahhh!! I don’t wanna give my full review until closer to release day… but gosh i love the byrds so much. They feel like family to me. Spunes will forever be such a safe space for me. There is so much depth woven into this book it’s actually insane. The epilogue??? I WAS CHANGED. I laughed. I cried. One of my top reads of the year FOR SURE!!!!
Ahhh!! I don’t wanna give my full review until closer to release day… but gosh i love the byrds so much. They feel like family to me. Spunes will forever be such a safe space for me. There is so much depth woven into this book it’s actually insane. The epilogue??? I WAS CHANGED. I laughed. I cried. One of my top reads of the year FOR SURE!!!!
April 12, 2026
first and foremost, W H A T are they feeding these Byrd brothers!!! i c a n n o t
second, i genuinely sobbed my way through this book. what an incredible journey of grief, loss, healing, friendship, and motherhood. bea and silas have been THROUGH it and watching them learn to lean on eachother and understand eachother in ways no one else can was such a TREAT. this had all the butterflies of finally getting your high school crush, the yearning for the one that got away, the unbearable weight of dealing with your grief, and the comfort that comes with finding the person you consider home. tarah, i thank you for baring part of your soul in everything you write. this story was truly perfect 😭
literally a million stars for the epilogue alone, it has been such a joy spending the last few years in spunes 🫶🏼
thank you @netgalley and @stmartinspress for this eARC!!
second, i genuinely sobbed my way through this book. what an incredible journey of grief, loss, healing, friendship, and motherhood. bea and silas have been THROUGH it and watching them learn to lean on eachother and understand eachother in ways no one else can was such a TREAT. this had all the butterflies of finally getting your high school crush, the yearning for the one that got away, the unbearable weight of dealing with your grief, and the comfort that comes with finding the person you consider home. tarah, i thank you for baring part of your soul in everything you write. this story was truly perfect 😭
literally a million stars for the epilogue alone, it has been such a joy spending the last few years in spunes 🫶🏼
thank you @netgalley and @stmartinspress for this eARC!!
April 6, 2026
Thank you NetGalley for this eARC!
In all fairness, this is my own fault. I hate any kind of pregnancy trope in a romance, so much. But I loved the last two Spunes books and therefore needed to read this regardless. Bad choice.
From the get, the whole concept just gave me the ick. Your best friend dies and leaves you the eggs she froze (weird) with extremely vague instructions on what to do with them (rude), so you opt to have her baby to honor (/clone) her, and you do it all with the dude she was in love with her whole life? And your mom and your friend’s sister are the bad guys for thinking this is a terrible idea?
Also, the relationship between Bea and Merritt was so obsessive and weird and toxic. I don’t even have the energy to get into it, but it was too much.
I’m giving 2⭐️ because I like Silas and I love a mental health rep, but honestly that’s kind of a stretch because I don’t know if I would ever recommend this to anyone.
Please tell me I am not alone in these feelings! But ugh, I’m sad about it.
In all fairness, this is my own fault. I hate any kind of pregnancy trope in a romance, so much. But I loved the last two Spunes books and therefore needed to read this regardless. Bad choice.
From the get, the whole concept just gave me the ick. Your best friend dies and leaves you the eggs she froze (weird) with extremely vague instructions on what to do with them (rude), so you opt to have her baby to honor (/clone) her, and you do it all with the dude she was in love with her whole life? And your mom and your friend’s sister are the bad guys for thinking this is a terrible idea?
Also, the relationship between Bea and Merritt was so obsessive and weird and toxic. I don’t even have the energy to get into it, but it was too much.
I’m giving 2⭐️ because I like Silas and I love a mental health rep, but honestly that’s kind of a stretch because I don’t know if I would ever recommend this to anyone.
Please tell me I am not alone in these feelings! But ugh, I’m sad about it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 3, 2026
One thousand forehead kisses to SMP and Tarah Dewitt for the ARC!! What a beautiful way to end our time in Spunes!!
The tension in this book is some of the best I’ve ever read, building slowly from their high school years through adulthood. The way they circled each other, her resisting the pull to him and him very patiently waiting (and secretly pining) and finally ending up back in his orbit was so beautifully written.
I can’t recommend this entire series enough. I’m a firm believer in reading everything in order, even a small town romance like this because it will add so much more color to the world.
I will miss visiting this fictional town so much 🥹
The tension in this book is some of the best I’ve ever read, building slowly from their high school years through adulthood. The way they circled each other, her resisting the pull to him and him very patiently waiting (and secretly pining) and finally ending up back in his orbit was so beautifully written.
I can’t recommend this entire series enough. I’m a firm believer in reading everything in order, even a small town romance like this because it will add so much more color to the world.
I will miss visiting this fictional town so much 🥹
April 2, 2026
*sniffle sniffle* this is my fave of the three 😭 Bea and Silas, I love you forever!!! Thank you Tarah for giving us Spunes, I’m still drying the tears from my face at that epilogue 😪
March 30, 2026
thank you to netgalley and the publisher for the arc. all opinions are my own.
this is one of the best books i have ever read and i need everyone reading this to drop what they’re doing and start the spunes, oregon series.
this is a story of hope, of grief, of “we were girls together,” of losing your second half, of finding and trusting yourself, of understanding that to be loved is to be seen, of supporting your loved ones, and much more.
this book has all the lighthearted giddiness of having a childhood crush, the soulcrushing weight of carrying grief with you everywhere you go, the immense relief when you find someone you feel cosmically connected to, and the nostalgic bittersweetness of “the one that got away.”
bea and silas are, to me, two of the most real, fully fleshed out characters i’ve ever had the pleasure of reading about. not only is their collaborative journey beautiful and heart wrenching, but what they each go through on their own had me weepy and emotional. they are so strong & resilient. bea is brilliantly written and carries so much love in her heart, choosing to hope and be brave in the face of her pain. silas is the most selfless, kind, breathtakingly courageous man.
also btw: that man is a YEARNERRRR. the romance was perfect. the way you can feel the undeniable connection bea and silas have throughout the years, knowing that they continue to be “right person, wrong time” year after year.. i’m in pain. the yearning and desire are palpable and my heart was aching alongside them the entire time.
i am so so sad to be leaving spunes and these characters. the byrd family has become my family, and i know they’ll always be there when i’m looking for comfort (or to cry, honestly). also, i need to say that this epilogue had me openly sobbing (like many parts of this book tbh) and i thought it was the perfect way to end this series.
and remember: “What is bravery if not hope in action?”
this is one of the best books i have ever read and i need everyone reading this to drop what they’re doing and start the spunes, oregon series.
this is a story of hope, of grief, of “we were girls together,” of losing your second half, of finding and trusting yourself, of understanding that to be loved is to be seen, of supporting your loved ones, and much more.
this book has all the lighthearted giddiness of having a childhood crush, the soulcrushing weight of carrying grief with you everywhere you go, the immense relief when you find someone you feel cosmically connected to, and the nostalgic bittersweetness of “the one that got away.”
bea and silas are, to me, two of the most real, fully fleshed out characters i’ve ever had the pleasure of reading about. not only is their collaborative journey beautiful and heart wrenching, but what they each go through on their own had me weepy and emotional. they are so strong & resilient. bea is brilliantly written and carries so much love in her heart, choosing to hope and be brave in the face of her pain. silas is the most selfless, kind, breathtakingly courageous man.
also btw: that man is a YEARNERRRR. the romance was perfect. the way you can feel the undeniable connection bea and silas have throughout the years, knowing that they continue to be “right person, wrong time” year after year.. i’m in pain. the yearning and desire are palpable and my heart was aching alongside them the entire time.
i am so so sad to be leaving spunes and these characters. the byrd family has become my family, and i know they’ll always be there when i’m looking for comfort (or to cry, honestly). also, i need to say that this epilogue had me openly sobbing (like many parts of this book tbh) and i thought it was the perfect way to end this series.
and remember: “What is bravery if not hope in action?”
Want to Read
August 12, 2025Excited for Silas' story!!! This one sounds emotionally devastating.
Also, I just peeked the silas&bea Spotify playlist and Stolen by Dashboard Confessional is on there I can't
Also, I just peeked the silas&bea Spotify playlist and Stolen by Dashboard Confessional is on there I can't
November 22, 2025
and what if I cried???!!
April 1, 2026
leave me alone to die
Want to Read
April 12, 2026this book is on my bookshelf rn sobbing
Currently Reading
May 7, 2026Heading back to Spunes! 🥹🥰
Thank you to Net Galley, the publisher & the author for providing me with the e-ARC!
Thank you to Net Galley, the publisher & the author for providing me with the e-ARC!
March 31, 2026
What a beautiful and heartfelt story that took me to places I’ve never been before. I love characters that communicate. I love and am in awe of Tara Dewitt’s writing.
The epilogue, gosh, so good.
The epilogue, gosh, so good.
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November 14, 2025I love Tarah’s big beautiful brain 😭😭😭
April 9, 2026
I’m so grateful I’m in a timeline where I get to experience Tarah Dewitt.
Edited to add more because this book deserves it!!!
We should all be grateful to live in a timeline where an author like Tarah DeWitt exists. Left of Forever is one of my favorite romances of all time and I knew Lost and Found would have some big shoes to fill. Additionally, I hate an unexpected/accidental pregnancy trope. But I've never read anything like this: an extremely planned pregnancy with the eggs of your dead best friend and the father isn't even the MMC in the story?! I was immediately intrigued though apprehensive. This was a reminder that I should never doubt what goes on in Tarah's big beautiful brain. She is a master at storytelling, somehow mixing the most thought provoking scenes with tender romance and spice. The entire Spunes series is a delight and I'm so sad to be leaving the Byrd family but that epilogue could not have been more perfect. If you love a competent MMC who's immediately down bad for the FMC and loves acts of service, this is for you. But truly I'll be encouraging anyone who loves romance to pick up this book come August.
Thank you to Tarah, the publisher, and Netgalley for the ARC. Lost and Found releases August 4th, 2026!
Edited to add more because this book deserves it!!!
We should all be grateful to live in a timeline where an author like Tarah DeWitt exists. Left of Forever is one of my favorite romances of all time and I knew Lost and Found would have some big shoes to fill. Additionally, I hate an unexpected/accidental pregnancy trope. But I've never read anything like this: an extremely planned pregnancy with the eggs of your dead best friend and the father isn't even the MMC in the story?! I was immediately intrigued though apprehensive. This was a reminder that I should never doubt what goes on in Tarah's big beautiful brain. She is a master at storytelling, somehow mixing the most thought provoking scenes with tender romance and spice. The entire Spunes series is a delight and I'm so sad to be leaving the Byrd family but that epilogue could not have been more perfect. If you love a competent MMC who's immediately down bad for the FMC and loves acts of service, this is for you. But truly I'll be encouraging anyone who loves romance to pick up this book come August.
Thank you to Tarah, the publisher, and Netgalley for the ARC. Lost and Found releases August 4th, 2026!
November 16, 2025
my new favorite tarah dewitt book, which sounds like such an insane thing to say after how integral left of forever became to my bookish lexicon, but it's true!!
this is a dual pov second chance, "one that got away" romance ft. heavy themes of grief and healing. get your tissues out now—you'll need them!!
this is a dual pov second chance, "one that got away" romance ft. heavy themes of grief and healing. get your tissues out now—you'll need them!!
April 12, 2026
I can’t believe I’m forced to write a 2-star review on a Tarah DeWitt book.
Who let her follow through on this plot? My theory is that she made it so obscure and and detatched that no one who’s actually been through IVF could possibly relate to it, and therefore no one could call it offensive. because this would literally NEVER HAPPEN to anyone! I’ll eat my kindle if anyone in the world has experienced a similar situation. Not that I need every book to be relatable to personal experience, but a modicum of sense and valid character reasoning would be nice.
The 3 pages of trigger warnings and justifications didn’t help, because I’m not ‘triggered’ by this, it’s just a dumb plot. I wish so badly that I could’ve just vibed with this, but I fear it became a rage read that I finished purely to give fair criticism. In my mind, this is fair, because when did contemporary romance become so damn heavy, anyways? I’m going to judge it accordingly.
It starts to read like a self help book to show how ‘enlightened’ the author is, how sensible and effective this plot is at creating ‘growth’ and ‘healthy relationships.’ It’s too much 😭 just write lit fic or something, girl.
The flashbacks that were meant to show the reader how worthy Merrit & Bea’s friendship was, actually displayed absolute toxic behavior from both of them.
& now, present tense, Bea can’t say anything that isn’t drenched in grief, guilt, or therapy talk. So WHY is she making this huge decision in her fragile state? And why would any friend ask this, or even leave it as an option?
So yeah, basically I was too distracted by this weird plot, that even when the romance and banter was good- which it was, I’m reminded of what’s going on… and lose interest. It was very distracting to the romance trying to take place. This should’ve focused so much more on Silas. Couldn’t this just have been a cute little childhood friends to lovers. Why did it need to be so contrived? DeWitt forced this storyline, and it did not work.
Thanks you St. Martin’s Griffin and NetGalley for this digital ARC in exchange for an honest review. And honest it was.
Who let her follow through on this plot? My theory is that she made it so obscure and and detatched that no one who’s actually been through IVF could possibly relate to it, and therefore no one could call it offensive. because this would literally NEVER HAPPEN to anyone! I’ll eat my kindle if anyone in the world has experienced a similar situation. Not that I need every book to be relatable to personal experience, but a modicum of sense and valid character reasoning would be nice.
The 3 pages of trigger warnings and justifications didn’t help, because I’m not ‘triggered’ by this, it’s just a dumb plot. I wish so badly that I could’ve just vibed with this, but I fear it became a rage read that I finished purely to give fair criticism. In my mind, this is fair, because when did contemporary romance become so damn heavy, anyways? I’m going to judge it accordingly.
It starts to read like a self help book to show how ‘enlightened’ the author is, how sensible and effective this plot is at creating ‘growth’ and ‘healthy relationships.’ It’s too much 😭 just write lit fic or something, girl.
The flashbacks that were meant to show the reader how worthy Merrit & Bea’s friendship was, actually displayed absolute toxic behavior from both of them.
& now, present tense, Bea can’t say anything that isn’t drenched in grief, guilt, or therapy talk. So WHY is she making this huge decision in her fragile state? And why would any friend ask this, or even leave it as an option?
So yeah, basically I was too distracted by this weird plot, that even when the romance and banter was good- which it was, I’m reminded of what’s going on… and lose interest. It was very distracting to the romance trying to take place. This should’ve focused so much more on Silas. Couldn’t this just have been a cute little childhood friends to lovers. Why did it need to be so contrived? DeWitt forced this storyline, and it did not work.
Thanks you St. Martin’s Griffin and NetGalley for this digital ARC in exchange for an honest review. And honest it was.
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