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Seventeen-year-old June Scott has always dreamt of becoming a novelist. To write the greatest love story ever told. One that would fill hearts and souls with happiness and joy.

However, June has never been in love and when she receives some devastating news, there doesn’t feel as if there’s much time left for her own beautiful love story.

That’s until she meets Jesse Taylor who treats every day as if it could be his last. Which could be true. For them both.

Together their worlds light up and a love so strong grows between them.

With days slipping away like sand in an hourglass June begins to write their love story. June is determined to give the boy she loves the story of them. And the world a reminder of who they might have been if their stars were written differently.

Because even when your heartbeat stops, a true love story never dies.

331 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 17, 2025

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Tillie Cole

55 books25.6k followers
Amazon & USA Today Best Selling Author, Tillie Cole, is a Northern girl through and through. She originates from a place called Teesside on that little but awesomely sunny (okay I exaggerate) Isle called Great Britain. She was brought up surrounded by her English rose mother -- a farmer's daughter, her crazy Scottish father, a savagely sarcastic sister and a multitude of rescue animals and horses.
Being a scary blend of Scottish and English, Tillie embraces both cultures; her English heritage through her love of HP sauce and freshly made Yorkshire Puddings, and her Scottish which is mostly demonstrated by her frighteningly foul-mouthed episodes of pure rage and her much loved dirty jokes.

Having been born and raised as a Teesside Smoggie, Tillie, at age nineteen, moved forty miles north to the 'Toon', Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, where she attended Newcastle University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts honours degree in Religious Studies. She returned two years later to complete a Post-Graduate Certificate in Teaching High School Social Studies. Tillie, regards Newcastle to be a home from home and enjoyed the Newcastle Geordie way of life for seven 'proper mint' and 'lush' years.

One summers day, after finishing reading her thousandth book on her much loved and treasured Kindle, Tillie turned to her husband and declared, "D'you know, I have a great idea for a story. I could write a book." Several months later, after repeating the same tired line at the close of another completed story, she was scolded by her husband to shut up talking about writing a novel and "just bloody do it!" For the first time in eleven years, Tillie actually took his advice (he is still trying to get over the shock) and immediately set off on a crazy journey, delving deep into her fertile imagination.

Tillie, ever since, has written from the heart. She combines her passion for anything camp and glittery with her love of humour and dark brooding men (most often muscled and tattooed – they’re her weakness!). She also has a serious side (believe it or not!) and loves to immerse herself in the complex study of World Religions, History and Cultural Studies and creates fantasy stories that enable her to thread serious issues and topics into her writing -- yep, there's more to this girl than profanity and sparkles!

After six years of teaching high school Social Studies and following her Professional Rugby Player husband around Europe, they have finally given up their nomadic way of life and settled in Calgary, Alberta where Tillie spends most of her days (and many a late night) lost in a writing euphoria or pursuing a dazzling career as a barrel-racing, tasselled-chap wearing, Stetson-sporting cowgirl... Ye-haw!

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202 reviews252 followers
August 29, 2025
ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ 3.75/5

Yeah, I definitely cried. That's such a lie, because it was more like I sobbed and bawled my eyes out. Thank you Tillie Cole for breaking my heart and somehow also piecing it back together.

Also, guys if anyone was worried about me after my pre-read, I promise I'm truly fine. Mentally, emotionally, and physically. I just wanted to read an emotional book, there wasn't any other underlaying reason behind it.

Though, I don't know if anyone needs to hear this today or ever, know that if you ever need to talk, reach out to someone you trust (or even a stranger on the internet 🥺)!! BUT, don't ever - even for a second - think that there's no one who cares about you because that's not true!! YOU are here because you have a life to live and a journey to embark on. Don't give that up for anyone or anything because you are worth so much more than that. Without getting too mushy: I love you and thank you for being here because I can never put into words how important you are to me!! 💕

I don't know if I can say anything else about this book because I find myself at a huge lack of words, but if you need a good cry or an emotional read, pick this up!!

This was another book that reiterated the fact that tomorrow isn't promised.

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pre-read: tear jerking?!?! sounds like my current vibe because I just want to read a book and cry. I'm doing great though, promise.
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2,595 reviews10.7k followers
July 29, 2025
34607668-SX540 MY REVIEW AND OTHERS can also be found on my blog:
╰┈➤KITTY KATS CRAZY ABOUT BOOKS

🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 EMOTIONAL STARS

'𝖶𝖱𝖨𝖳𝖤 𝖬𝖤 𝖥𝖮𝖱 𝖸𝖮𝖴' Is a full length captivating emotional rollercoaster young adult book by author Tillie Cole. Spoken in dual POV's. 17 year old June & Jesse.

...'𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒎𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒚. 𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆, 𝒎𝒐𝒐𝒏, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰'𝒎 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉, 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆.' (𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅 10)
How nieve was I to think that a box of tissues would prepare me for anything this Queen of Heartbreak would throw my way..Nothing could've prepared me for this..

This split my heart in two, one half for Jesse (the happy go lucky football star, with the warriors heart) the other half for June (the writer, the shy introvert with a heart of gold). '𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩, 𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙘 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨.' Two hearts that beat as one, the extrovert and the introvert who became soul mates in the truest form.

Tillie poured her heart and soul into this book and that’s showcased by the tears pouring down my face onto my iPad as I closed out of that last page, shattered by this book, you can either believe June’s story or ride the tides of despair as the inevitable happened. One path leads to love and happiness in the truest form as written in June’s own words, the other leads you to heartbreak.

It's been about a week give or take since i finished this book, and it's still playing on a loop in my mind, definitely go in prepared for Tillie to rip that heart to shreds. Because she will... 65451226-2019570151487824-6157464638251335680-n
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952 reviews132 followers
September 5, 2025
Read this as I'm a sucker for Melancholic Vibes

Now Playing: Story of My Life by One Direction
02:04 ━━━━●───── 04:08
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Oh my god. I can't stop crying. It feels-
horrible
I'm completely broken
Oh My God.

Even when life is fleeting, love can be eternal...


“Write me for you.” “What?” I whispered back in confusion. Jesse met my eyes, keeping just an inch from me as he searched them. “Write me for you. In your great love story. Fall for me.” He pressed his forehead against mine. “Allow me to fall for you. Write me for you.”

“You wrote me into existence, June. And in your words, I found my forever.”
“I wrote you so the world would never forget you. So I would never forget us.”


I can't stop crying 😭

Infinite stars for all of them there!!!

Recommended for those who loved:
Five Feet Apart
The fault in our stars
Bridge to Terabithia
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517 reviews84 followers
July 23, 2025
Write Me For You by Tillie Cole

5/5 stars

This book broke me into tiny little pieces. It was stunning, beautiful, hopeful, agonizing, heartbreaking and even though I knew how it would end, earth-shattering. I just kept on crying. It started with a scene here and there. But the last 20 pages I was bawling.

This beautiful book starts with June and her parents sitting in the doctor's office hearing that 17 year-old June is gonna die. There is nothing they can do and they are arranging palliative care for her. But a few days later Dr. Long calls them again and tells them a spot opened up in a clinical trial that might save her life. They instantly jump on the opportunity. 

They arrive at Harmony Ranch and June is part of a trial with 7 other teens who have acute myeloid leukemia. She instantly connects with Jesse. Their hearts just immediately open up to each other. And together with Emma and Chris they are a unit who fight AML together. They encourage each other, support each other and have each other's backs.

But the heart of the book is the love story of June and Jesse. I love how deep and meaningful it was. It wasn't driven by just mere lust. It's them truly seeing each other. 

It's a story of how they deal with setbacks and bad news. It's a story of how deep June's parents care for Jesse whose dad left him when he was 12. It's about friendship and ... my God my heart broke for Chris in the end. 

June is also a talented author and she is writing down her love story with Jesse. And she gives them a future after Harmony Ranch. And both she and Jesse are chasing that dream. To get wrinkles, get grey hairs and grow old together.

This quote squeezed my heart so tight I couldn't breath for a moment.

"If I die," I whispered a while later, "I want to go just like this-with you next to me, holding my hand."

These two show what unconditional love is. Their parents, Jesse's sisters, the other patients, the staff - they all show what love is. 

And that love broke me into utter pieces. 

I am glad Tillie explained why she wrote this book. How cancer suddenly popped up in her life, taking multiple people she loved. And that made me bawl again. Because like her I used to know no one close who had cancer. And then suddenly my father in law got diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Spread and untreatable. He withered away within two weeks. Poof gone. Then my brother got lymph-node cancer. Luckily the treatable kind. But I saw how the chemo attacked his body. How he got nerve damage and was in pain all the time. But his resurgence? I have never admired someone as much as I do him. He went to every doctor's session alone, and when I brought him to the hospital and he came out of that room with his hands in the air I burst with joy. He was still tired. He heard the news at 10 am. And he was at work at 12 am. Yes it was hard and difficult and he had to rest a lot. But he was done with sitting at home and instantly worked full time again. His strength was awe-inspiring. And soon after that my mother in law got blood cancer. A cancer that will never go away. She took part in a clinical trial and luckily she didn't wither away. She beat it. Recently it was noticeable in her blood again. A very small margin. So we don't know what the future brings. 

But thinking about my own experience. I think that made it even more emotional for me. I felt their pain, their love and their strength. 

5 huge stars from me for this stunning book. 
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414 reviews356 followers
July 31, 2025
Just rip my heart out, why don’t ya? 🩷

The ending was awful and beautiful all at once. Be prepared to cry. Most of the beginning of the book isn’t sad even though you have a feeling that your heart will be ripped out at any moment. It is more about the building of all the relationships between the teenage cancer patients going through the same treatment.

Then, horrible, heart breaking things keep happening towards the end. Some of the things June said right at the end ripped my heart out, because it made me think of all the cancer patients in real life who felt those things.

I would give this a 4.5 rounded up. The reason I would deduct .5 stars is because I actually really didn’t care much about the story June was writing. I only cared about what was happening to them now. The ending was so powerful though that I felt this needed to be rounded up to 5 stars. I feel this could easily be a movie or limited series.
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632 reviews2,623 followers
July 3, 2025
WOW.. actually speechless. This wrecked me. Even though this was incredibly heartbreaking and hard to read, Tillie Cole did a wonderful job writing this story.

This is a story I will probably think about for the rest of my life. I'd suggest going into this story as blind as you possibly can. Just know, it will wreck you. Have the tissues ready.

"In any universe or lifetime, for no matter how long."
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126 reviews19 followers
August 5, 2025
writing:⭐⭐⭐.5
EMOTIONSSS:♾️⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I'M NOT CRYING, YOU'RE CRYING.😭😭😭

I've yet to read a book by Tillie Cole that hasn't made me cry. I have noticed that in her books, the story is not only of Poppy&Rune's, Savanna&Cael's, June&Jesse; This is Tillie's story too. This is what her family went through. After losing my grandfather to cancer, I guess this is my family's story too, in a way. After his demise, it seemed as though my grandmother js withered away, and she too joined him after 6 months.
Tillie's grief is so potent all throughout her books- I can barely see through the haze of my tears. I had an inkling of how the story would end, but I'd hoped against hope.

I'M NOT OKAYYYY.oh well. I won't stop thinking about this for a long time now.
Why do I do this to myself time and again?!😭😭😭
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25 reviews18 followers
August 5, 2025
“She loved me and I loved her. I lifted her hand and kissed the heart that now sat on it. This girl truly did have my heart in her hands. And I was fine with never getting it back.”

TILLIE U DID IT AGAIN😭💔

Oh my gosh, after staring at my wall I finally got myself to write this review and am still crying and sobbing I knew I was not gonna finish this book with dry eyes. But oh myyy that hurt so so much, but it was so beautiful at the same time. I kinda expected the ending, but it still hurt so much just like any other Tillie Cole book😭

I’m not gonna say much other than Jesse and June are just everything the way I screamed at that ending cause it couldn’t end in any other way just NO, and definitely one of my favourite reads of the year and just soo good highly recommend if u need a good cry!

Tearjerker✅
13+✅
Heart shattering love story✅✅
Quiet/thoughtful girl/ popular sunshine jock✅
Tillie Cole favourite✅
A book you’ll never get over✅✅✅💔

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2,597 reviews5,389 followers
August 29, 2025
Five Stars ⭐️

A favorite of the year ! That’s coming from a reader who gave A Thousand Boys Kisses a 2 Star! This is a heartfelt and special read.
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373 reviews24 followers
July 28, 2025
#Review: *Write Me For You* - Tillie Cole - ARC [YA]
5/5✨
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I ran so fast to sign up for an ARC of this book!! I adooore Tillie Cole's stories, so I was elated to see that I was accepted for it!🥹 Thank you so, so much Tillie and Valentine Pr for making it happen🩵.

June was a young girl who loved to write. She wanted to create the most wonderful love story, which would melt anyone's heart. But she haven't experienced anything close to love and she might not have the chance to do so. That's until she meets the sweetest and funniest boy, named Jesse, who might irreversible steal her heart. They lived every moment together as if it was their last and they had the most beautiful connection ever. And that might just be the inspiration for a super unique and heart-warming story, one which will forever live on.

I cannot say in words how much I loved this story and how deeply it affected me! Even right now, while I'm writing this, I cannot contain my tears!🥺 It touched me to my bones, as every book I've read by the author so far. June and Jesse had that instant connection, which can be compared to two souls which have finally found their lost halves. The way they supported each other was the sweetest thing ever! I loved that they tried to be as positive as they could, trying to enjoy all the beautiful people and things around them to the fullest. I'm trying so hard to not say too much because I don't wanna spoil anything from this story.

As I expected, this book has wrecked me in to best way possible. Please prepare your tissues when you start reading this one, because I shed my first tears even from the first pages🥺. I'm an emotional person, so it might have had a stronger effect on me, but I promise you that there's no way to stay unaffected by this beautiful story.

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236 reviews176 followers
July 30, 2025
Wow. I need to sit with this one for a while. I’m not even sure how to begin putting my heart back together after reading this one. This book completely shattered me in the most beautiful, devastating way.

From the very first page, I felt like I was holding something fragile and precious, just like June and Jesse’s story was a secret the universe whispered to me. June is such a tender, brave soul, dreaming of writing the kind of love story that fills the world with light, while quietly fearing she may never live one of her own. And then Jesse crashes into her world like a burst of sunshine, wild and beautiful and alive in all the ways she longs to be.

Their connection is instant, intense, and achingly pure. You feel every glance, every quiet moment, every word between them. This isn’t just a romance, it’s a story about what it means to truly live, even when time isn’t promised. It’s about finding your person, even if only for a fleeting moment.

By the end, I was sobbing. Like full-on ugly crying. My heart felt cracked open, raw, and also so full. It doesn’t just tell a story, it writes you into the emotion. The hope. The pain. The love. And long after the last page, their story lingers.

This is the kind of book that changes you. One you won’t forget. One that reminds you that some love stories, even if they don’t get a forever, still last always. 💔✨
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339 reviews13 followers
June 27, 2025
ARC Review : 3.75 stars ✰

this book took me a while to finish,not because it wasn’t good but because the topic was heavy. grief, illness and all the emotional weight that comes with it. from the start, i expected the story to be angsty so i was mentally prepared. eventhough it was sad, it didn’t bring me to tears maybe because i was bracing myself the whole time. however, there were a few parts i skimmed through not because they weren’t important, but because i was eager to see how everything would end.

overall, i’d say this was a good read. it’s not light or easy, but if you're in the mood for something angsty and real, this is worth picking up.

Thank you to Tillie Cole, Michael Joseph, Penguin Random House & NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review!
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𖤐.ᐟ pre-read:

am i getting A Thousand Boy Kisses 2.0..?? genuinely, am i gonna cry harder than ATBK
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34 reviews
August 25, 2025
After reading A Thousand Boy Kisses and A Thousand Broken Pieces, I truly expected Write Me for You to be on par and earn a five-star rating. Unfortunately, for me, it fell short. At times it felt so similar to her previous books that I often thought I was rereading one of them.

In all three Tillie Cole novels I’ve picked up, the focus has been on teenagers battling cancer, along with the inevitable turmoil and pain that come with it. While these themes are undeniably emotional, the repetition has started to feel predictable rather than powerful.

I also struggled with the way June wrote about a future that she and Jesse were never going to have. From the very beginning, it felt inevitable that their love story would be ripped apart, and that lack of surprise lessened the emotional impact for me. With Cole’s other books I shed A LOT of tears—but this one didn’t move me in the same way.

That being said, the ending was beautifully written and captured some of the emotional depth I had hoped for. However, the constant typos throughout the book were distracting and, at times, downright frustrating.

I really wanted this to be at least a four-star read, but in my opinion, it just wasn’t up to scratch. I do hope Tillie Cole releases something new in the future that steps away from the heavy focus on cancer and death—a story that still carries emotional weight, but without being so relentlessly morbid.
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386 reviews18 followers
August 4, 2025
June Scott has a dream of being an author and writing the greatest love story ever told. But, she has never been in love and her time is running out. That is when she meets Jesse Taylor, a boy that is also running out of time. Jesse inspires June to write the love story that is inspired by their story if life worked out exactly as they pictured it.
Review:
4.5 stars
Tillie Cole knows exactly how to rip my heart out. I sobbed my way through A Thousand Boy Kisses and A Thousand Broken Pieces got me too. I thought I was going to be okay with Write Me for You, but it hit me hard at the end. It was absolutely heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time. June and Jesse are so inspiring. And there is just something about a young adult cancer story that hits me hard as a cancer survivor (diagnosed at 24), because I can relate to not only the pain and physical effects of chemotherapy, but of the emotional toll it takes on you. The not knowing, the hoping/praying, and the realization that life can end so quickly. I wouldn't wish it on anyone. Tillie Cole's acknowledgements at the end also broke my heart, because I know what it is like to miss someone so much because cancer took them away too early. All that to say, I highly recommend picking this one up, but have the tissues ready.
Write Me for You is available now!
Thank you to NetGalley, Tillie Cole, and Bloom Books for this ARC of Write Me for You in exchange for an honest review!
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592 reviews60 followers
September 5, 2025
Este livro entregou tudo o que eu esperava. As expectativas estavam lá e a autora não se esqueceu de nada, mas por isso mesmo este livro não conseguiu superar O Homem Errado, porque eu também esperava algo que me surpreendesse.
A história dentro da história dentro da história foi uma ideia genial sem dúvida, mas para mim, assoberbada pelos sentimentos e emoções de todas as circunstâncias e personagens, acabou por ser confuso e fazer nos sofrer a dobrar.
O final já era expectável também. Eu adoro finais felizes mas lá está queria algo que me surpreendesse. Assim acabou por ser um romance muito mórbido do início ao fim.
Dentro do que me fez mais sofrer neste livro foi a faixa etária dos personagens. O facto de ser oncologia pediátrica atingiu me a dobrar, porque aqui não temos só os personagens principais a sofrer mas temos o lado parental com o qual também tenho imensa empatia.
Eu própria tive um cancro aos 24 anos ainda estava eu a começar a minha vida adulta mas o que doeu mais foi mesmo quase sentir o que aqueles pais estavam a passar. Depois a questão do romance afastou os pais dos últimos dias e na minha cabeça só pensava que eu como mãe iria querer passar todos os minutos que me restavam tivesse ela encontrado o amor da vida dela ou não. Claro que percebo e é realista na mesma. Mas a minha cabeça não deixou de questionar
Podia psicanalisar tudo mas acho que vou manter me pelo romance em si e concluir que há muito tempo um livro não me fazia chorar assim mas já ia preparada. Continuo a adorar as histórias de Tillie Cole mas também continuo a preferir o seu Dark romance do que este tipo de livros. Não preciso de livros que me façam chorar, para isso já chega a vida real.
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199 reviews13 followers
July 31, 2025
Since I read the blurb of this book I knew it was going to destroy me and it did. I tried to stay strong while reading it, but around halfway through, I couldn’t hold back my tears. The story is so sad, and Jesse and June’s story is beautiful in a tragic way. I don’t know if it’s the fact that they’re only 17 yrs or all the hardships they’ve had to endure in such a short time that makes it so heartbreaking. This was hard to read because of the heavy topics and in some moments I need to stop and read something else but at the end I can’t put it down.

If you’re looking for a book that will make you cry, I recommend this one.

I received this ARC before release day. Thank you Sourcebooks Bloom Books.
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38 reviews31 followers
July 27, 2025
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❣️ARC REVIEW❣️

I am not okay and also somehow totally okay?? This book absolutely broke my heart and I loved every minute of it.

June and Jesse’s story is one of those beautiful, bittersweet romances that makes you want to freeze time and also live every moment to the fullest. It’s emotional, raw, a little devastating, and somehow still hopeful. I cried (a lot), I smiled through the tears, and I didn’t want it to end.

June being a writer added such a sweet layer to everything—like, she’s literally trying to capture their love on the page as she’s living it. And Jesse? Total chaos boy with a soft heart. Ugh. 😩 I’m obsessed.

If you’re into books like The Fault in Our Stars, If He Had Been With Me, or You’ve Reached Sam—you need this in your life. Just prepare yourself. This one’s gonna hurt… but in the best possible way. ❤️

ARC review! Opinions are my own. 🤍
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159 reviews1 follower
July 29, 2025
I adore Tillie Cole’s writing however while reading this book I have realised that I do prefer her darker writing. The lighter side to her writing is too depressing for me. However this is just my personal preference and in the future I will probably stay away from reading these books rather than pushing through them.
The topics that are touched upon in this book aren’t for everyone and it really is such a hard read. I can appreciate how well she writes these subjects and how other people enjoy them however again I really do not get any enjoyment from reading these.
Please check the trigger warnings before you do read.
Again there is absolutely nothing wrong with this book or Tillies writing I just didn’t know I was going to have the reaction I did to these topics even with the trigger warnings in place!

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Release date - 31st July 2025
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558 reviews32 followers
August 21, 2025
From just a few chapters in, you feel it...the quiet ache, the sinking truth that this story won't end with sunshine and smiles. Tillie Cole doesn’t just write words, she breathes life into pain, into love, into the moments that define us when everything else is stripped away.
At seventeen, when the world should be wide open, what do you cling to when your future is already slipping through your fingers? For Jesse and June, love becomes the only light in the suffocating darkness...a fragile, breathtaking thing that blooms when nothing else can.
Their story doesn’t just tug at your heart it tears it apart, piece by piece, with every tender moment and every brutal truth. And still, somehow, it’s beautiful. Because that’s the point. That’s the cost of loving someone with your whole soul… especially when you know you might not get forever.
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554 reviews21 followers
July 11, 2025
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for approving me to read this, I’m rating it 5 stars.

Tillie Cole’s books hold such a special place in my heart. This book took me on such a journey and although I won’t lie I feel emotionally devastated, it was still so beautiful. I found this book somewhat relatable in how well the author captures the authentic emotions of all the characters, be it the main characters or the loved ones.

This book takes you on a journey and it’s a bumpy ride, but I really want to emphasise how stunning some of the moments along the way are. We get new connections in the form of romance and friendship, it’s a story with loss but we also see how much our main characters gain and it’s overwhelming but so enriching. The end didn’t feel like an ending, it really felt like it was our characters new beginning.
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July 29, 2025
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June + Jesse

They're 17 years old and were both pretty much almost at the end of their young lives - cancer. But now there's a last chance - a new drug is being tested and off we go to this beautiful Texan Ranch Hospital.
June has always dreamed of being a writer later. A later that might not come. So she's constantly writing to get all the words out. The love story that she might never have herself.
Jesse was on his way to be a famous football QB. And he still plans on that dream to become a reality.
We only have to win against that effing disease first.
And fall in love with each other...

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Well. That was some cry-fest! Jeez Tillie!
You start crying basically in the first seconds of reading and pretty much don't stop until the end and maybe even long after.
Why am I reading these kinds of books? Why?
I loved this. And I hated it so much!
June and Jesse are so adorable and it's all so heartbreaking.
The other characters are amazing too - the parents and friends and the medical people.
Great cast - would make a great movie with that beautiful place and the horses ... but you wouldn't be able to see anything due to all the eye wetness.

I'm not really - or at all - a fan of my book people being sick. And this book is so very full of all of that. I don't like that. I understand that Tillie uses writing things like that as therapy to deal with losses in her own life. But why do we have to go through this too? It's our own fault, because we will always read these kinds of books. And it hurts so much even though it doesn't touch our private lives! Why do we still not have any real cure for children's cancer - or any kind of cancer? Gah - I hate this so much!

This was a beautiful book but I hated it.

WRITE ME FOR YOU was another super emotional Tillie Cole YA love story. Full of heartbreaking moments, of friends and family, hope and grief and all those horrible and beautiful things. I really enjoyed (hated) reading it and I would so watch the movie!

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390 reviews187 followers
August 14, 2025
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It’s not my first rodeo with Tillie Cole, so I knew what to expect from this book and tbh I was looking forward to get my heart broken.
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Dar adevărul este că probabil căutam un sentiment asemănător ca la “A thousand boy kisses”, sentiment ce nu mai poate fi redat a doua oară, cred eu, oricât ar mai încerca autoarea.
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Am înțeles acum că autoarea tot scrie despre acest subiect deoarece propria ei familie a trecut de multiple ori prin această boală crudă and that’s her way of grief and I think that’s very beautiful and healthy in a way, dar pentru mine și-a pierdut acel element de special și diferit, fiind a treia carte de acest gen pe care o citesc de la ea.
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Dacă celelalte două cărți pe care le-am citit de la ea te lăsau cu un sentiment de optimism și de speranță (cel puțin așa le-am perceput eu), “Write me for you” are un aer mult mai depresiv și apăsător. Which is ok, deoarece trebuie să avem și astfel de cărți, but keep that in mind if you want to read this. Normal că poți extrage și ideea de “trăiește fiecare zi de parcă ar fi ultima”, “bucură-te de fiecare lucru micuț”, “be grateful for everything”, dar pentru mine per total a fost mult mai tristă față de celelalte cărți ale ei.
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Nu m-am atașat prea tare de June și Jesse cum speram să o fac, de aceea am rămas surprinsă că am plâns la finalul cărții.🤣 Nu-i ca și cum nu știam ce o să se întâmple, dar Tillie Cole are un talent special în a scrie astfel de scene. Ce-i al ei e al ei.🙏🏻
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Nu pot să zic nici că recomand această carte, nici că nu o recomand. Nu se compară deloc ca și intensitate cu “A thousand boy kisses”, deci dacă nu ați citit-o pe aceea, please do that. De asemenea, dacă vă triggăruiește subiectul, poate ar fi bine să evitați cărțile autoarei. Nu e o carte rea, but I’ve read way better ones.
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560 reviews160 followers
September 10, 2025
Jeśli Wam powiem, że to była moja pierwsza przeczytana książka tej autorki, to uwierzylibyście mi? Nie wiem, dlaczego tak długo zwlekałam z poznaniem jej twórczości. A może wiem — nie byłam gotowa na to, ile ta historia wzbudzi we mnie emocji. Nie byłam świadoma, że wyciśnie ze mnie tak wiele łez.

To nie ja skończyłam tę książkę — to ona skończyła ze mną. Przeczytałam właśnie ostatnie zdanie, patrzę w ścianę i płaczę.

Ta historia była tak piękna, a zarazem tak bolesna. Momentami czułam ogromną złość, że bohaterów spotkała tak poważna diagnoza i choroba, że mimo młodego wieku musieli pogodzić się z faktem, iż wkrótce umrą. A zarazem pokazała, że nawet w obliczu czegoś takiego można znaleźć iskrę czegoś dobrego — i nawet jeśli chmury przykryły słońce, znajdzie się coś lub ktoś, kto rozświetli i sprawi, że te ostatnie chwile, które im zostały, można przeżyć naprawdę pozytywnie i zostawić po sobie coś dobrego, a mianowicie wspomnienia.

Ta historia zdeptała moje serce, pozostawiając w nim ogromną pustkę.
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65 reviews
September 9, 2025
idk what i was expecting but maybe something better than this 😭😭

it’s not even that the concept or the storyline is bad but the execution and the writing??? please save me 🤢 i wanted to dnf this at 30% but i pushed through because i liked a thousand boy kisses that mad me SOB 🥲

this one is just not it.

maybe it’s cuz whenever a couple calls the other ‘baby’ its so ICKY 🍼🍼🍼 i just don’t like that nickname and i also don’t like the nickname ‘junebug’. 🐛 like it would have been fine if it was her dad calling her that but JESSE?? nonono and every five seconds? bug bug bug 🐜

it was kind of sad one part almost had me in tears but it wasn’t even between the two love interests it was when the *spoiler* ❌❌ the best friend dies, because EMMA WAS THE ONLY DIVA THERE WAS 👸🏻.

the whole switching between fictional love story that june wrote and their own one was also kinda confusing but that’s js my opinion no hate at all… 😅
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393 reviews
September 4, 2025
felt like every single tillie cole ya mashed up into one. all the characters feel the same and the insta love was super cringe
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386 reviews14 followers
September 10, 2025
Gdybym mogła, dałabym jej 8 gwiazdek.
Teraz idę zbierać swoje serce, bo się posypało
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