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Thursday, April 2, 2026

Book Review: The First Time I Saw Him by Laura Dave (Hannah Hall #2)

The First Time I Saw Him

The First Time I Saw Him by Laura Dave
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This book is a sequel to The Last Thing He Told Me, picking up right where the previous book left off.  Hannah and her stepdaughter Bailey have been living (cautiously with the help of Bailey's grandfather) in California.  Fast forward five years and things change.  They are suddenly on the run again after Hannah's husband Owen meets her briefly enough to pass her a thumb drive and warn her to run.  

This is another page-turner and I finished this book in just two days.  Since I read the first in the series a couple of years ago, I was a little hazy on the details.  However, I was able to catch up fairly quickly, and this book fills in some of the plot points and gaps from the first book.  It's certainly a wild ride and I would recommend it for anyone who has read the first installment.

Many thanks to Scribner and NetGalley for an advanced reader copy of this book.

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