Before I Let Go

Gather initial thoughts and broad opinions about the book.

1. Share and discuss your biggest takeaways from Before I Let Go. Which scenes, scenarios, and relationships were most emotionally resonant, and why?

2. Compare Before I Let Go to Kennedy’s This Could Be Us. What narrative and thematic overlaps do you notice between the titles?

3. Discuss the similarities and differences between Before I Let Go and other contemporary romance novels. How does Kennedy’s title compare to novels such as Naima Coster’s What’s Mine and Yours and Tia Williams’s Seven Days in June?

Encourage readers to connect the book’s themes and characters with their personal experiences.

1. How did you respond to Yasmen and Josiah Wade’s attempts to co-parent throughout the novel? What parallels and differences exist between their family structure and your own?

2. Consider Yasmen’s and Josiah’s personal growth journeys. Which character’s  quest for self-realization and healing resonated with most strongly with your own experiences? 

3. Discuss Yasmen’s character arc. What role does trauma and heartbreak play in how she sees the world? Do your past experiences similarly inform your behavior in the present?