Title: DEAR FUTURE ME
Author: Deborah O’Connor
ISBN: 9781838778118
Publisher: Zaffre
Pages: 400
Source: Private Copy
In 2003, Mr. Danler’s high school class got an assignment to write letters to their future selves. Twenty years later, they receive them in the mail. Upon opening them, the students are shocked to find that their envelopes contain old secrets that threaten to expose the truth about the tragic death of one of their classmates—and when one letter leads a student, Miranda, to jump to her death, the small community is rocked to its core. Stunned by what has happened and armed with a clue of her own, Miranda’s best friend, Audrey, decides to track down her former classmates to get to the bottom of Miranda’s death. In doing so, she sets off a chain of events that could expose the truth not just about one untimely death but two.
Official Summary
06 August 2025
I Blame Online Shopping!
This book kept popping up on my social media feed and caught my eye immediately. The cover alone ticked all the boxes and grabbed my attention—I absolutely love it. A few clicks later, I had the ebook downloaded. (Of course, now I want a hard copy to proudly add to my bookshelf.)
The story kicks off with English teacher Mr. Danler assigning his senior class a task: write a letter to your future self. What the students don’t know is that he plans to send those letters back to them in twenty years.
The concept of writing a “Dear Future Me” letter isn’t new—we’ve all heard of it—but Deborah O’Connor uses it brilliantly as the foundation for a gripping, twist-filled thriller that keeps you guessing right to the end.
Moments after receiving her letter, Miranda jumps into her car and is later found at the bottom of a cliff. Her best friend Audrey is stunned. Miranda was happy. She would’ve said something if she wasn’t—wouldn’t she?
Desperate for answers, Audrey begins digging into their past and reconnecting with people from high school. She was the invisible one back then, but now she needs her classmates to open up and share their memories of Miranda. The deeper she digs, the more she realises how much she didn’t know—not just about Miranda, but about their entire friendship. Secrets begin to surface, and Audrey is forced to question whether she truly knew her best friend at all.
This book is full of emotion—sadness, grief, and the lingering question of how well we really know the people closest to us. Just when you think things can’t possibly get any worse, O’Connor hits you with a twist that leaves your head spinning.
This is an engrossing story that keeps you hooked from start to finish. I highly recommend adding it to your TBR!
Also By Deborah O’Connor
THE CAPTIVE
Hannah knows the cage intimately. Small, the size of a shopping mall parking space. A bed, a basin, a table and chair. A hatch and metal drawer through which to exchange food and other items.
Then there’s him. Always there on the edges of her vision, no matter how hard she tries to block him out.
Every day, the same thoughts run through Hannah’s mind:
What if he speaks to me?
What if he hurts me?
What if he gets out?
About the Author
Author bio from the author’s site
Deborah O’Connor is a writer and TV producer. Born and bred in the North-East of England, she lives there with her husband and two children. Dear Future Me is her fourth novel.
Thank you to all the bookstagrammers who posted about this book; without you, I would never have stumbled across this one. Thank you for visiting the blog and reading my review. I am sure you will love this one. Until next time… Happy Reading!
