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The Last Run, Rachel Weaver [A Book Review]

June 9, 2026 2 Min Read 0

Now this is my kind of book. A domestic drama featuring motherhood, estranged parents, the immediacy of a hard-line goal and about a million ways for it to go wrong, with a side of unexpected and hyper-realistic romance to go with it.

Yes please!

Book Cover of The Last Run by Rachel Weaver featuring an Alaskan fishing boat landscape with the sillouette of birds flying in the foreground of mountains in the top third and the bottom two thirds the water and the boat.

Ellie hasn’t been home to the Alaska coastline in a long time, but her dad is in a bad spot. He’s gambled away everything, including the means of his livelihood, his commercial fishing boat. So she packs up her young son, Drew, and sets the plan in motion. They can use the rest of the season, while they still can, to earn enough money to buy out the bookie and keep the boat. It’s a long-shot, a very long shot, but crunching the numbers, it’s possible, and that’s all Ellie needs to buckle down and get shit done.

This is a story of grit, hard-work, and determination. It’s a story of frustration and obligation, but also of second chances and real, if not messy, reconciliation. It’s a story of risk, of danger, and quick-as-anything changes that must be adapted to. It’s a story of well-trodden roads, and of unexpected encounters along the way. Of motherhood, of daughterhood, and womanhood all at once. It’s an adventure and a thriller and a love story. It’s excellent, and you should read it.

Note:: I received an early copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

Details

Title:: The Last Run
Author:: Rachel Weaver
Genre:: Contemporary Fiction
Publisher:: Lake Union Publishing
Length:: 251 pages
Published:: June 9th, 2026
The Litertarian Rating:: 5-Stars