Michelle in particular came across as less of a character to connect to and more as a role: that of love interest and mature role-model for Rory to potentially grow into. The close third-person perspective allows us to see what’s going on for Rory, but the characters around her felt flat.

However, the latter point was weakened somewhat by shallow characterisation. There were also some poignant moments examining shame and the way this manifests–particularly in Rory’s desire to keep her problem a secret and how this undermines her by depriving her of a support network.

As a teetotaler, I appreciated the way the story highlighted the alcoholic culture not only of university life but of society more generally. It starts at Rory’s first AA meeting which gives a pretext for the skillful delivery of a traumatic backstory without making the reader experience it directly. The primary focus of the story is Rory’s alcoholism and her ongoing recovery. One Last Drop is a f/f romance that tackles some big issues but ultimately left me unsatisfied. Getting help seems the obvious first step, but it’s still hard to walk into the AA meeting, and harder still to stick to her goals.īut if she wants a chance to make things work with the beautiful Michelle, and further explore the submissive side she’s ignored, she’s going to have to commit to recovery and pull her life together, no matter how difficult that seems. But when she woke up with no memory of the evening, or the person beside her and what they did, that was the last straw. Rory is a university student - and she’s just a little too fond of drinking and partying. Published: August 2017 by Less Than Three Pressĭisclaimer: I was provided with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

One Last Drop by Nicole Field