In this episode of The Write Song, Kat is joined by Kalie Holford, author of The Last Love Song, a queer YA contemporary romance novel with music in its heart.
About ‘The Last Love Song’
After high school graduation, Mia Peters faces a summer full of painful goodbyes. Songwriting is her only solace. Everyone she knows is moving on, including Britt, her biggest supporter … and kind-of-sort-of girlfriend. Britt keeps pushing Mia to go bigger and do better than their small town, but Mia can’t imagine a life beyond Sunset Cove. Besides, she refuses to follow in the footsteps of her late mother—country music star Tori Rose—who abandoned her family to pursue her dream, leaving Mia and her two grandmothers alone. Desperate for a sign of what might lie ahead, Mia finds the opposite—a mysterious letter from the past, addressed to her in her mother’s handwriting. It turns out to be the first of many. One by one they lead Mia on a wild scavenger hunt through a Sunset Cove she never knew, buried under the memorializing that has frozen her mother in time. Each new discovery brings Mia closer to the real Tori Rose, but with the clock ticking on Britt’s departure, Mia knows she is running out of time. With the summer winding down, Mia must decide if she is ready to face the present, confront her feelings, and forge the destiny she truly wants.
The Songs:
- ‘Sorry for Writing All the Songs About You’ by Clara Mae
- ‘Don’t Stop Believin” by Journey
- ‘Legends’ by Kelsea Ballerini
- ‘Funeral’ by Maisie Peters ft James Bay
- ‘coney island’ by Taylor Swift ft The National
- ‘Tim McGraw’ by Taylor Swift
- ‘Suburban Legends’ (Taylor’s Version) by Taylor Swift
- ‘I Could Use a Love Song’ by Maren Morris
- ‘Go Your Own Way’ by Fleetwood Mac
- ‘the 1’ by Taylor Swift
- ‘Thank You For The Music’ from the Mamma Mia soundtrack
- ‘We’re Not Friends’ by Ingrid Andress
- ‘Long Live’ (Taylor’s Version) by Taylor Swift
- ‘The Only Exception’ by Paramore
- ‘Castles Crumbling’ (Taylor’s Version) by Taylor Swift ft Hayley Williams
- ‘half of my hometown’ by Kelsea Ballerini ft Kenny Chesney
- ‘Elvis Song’ by Maisie Peters
- ‘WYD Now?’ by Sadie Dean
- ‘Clara Bow’ by Taylor Swift
- ‘Chasing Sunsets’ by Sydney Madison – written exclusively for this book!
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about Kalie Holford
Kalie Holford is a college student studying Fine Arts in the Pacific Northwest, where she lives with her family and two puppies. She loves writing books about messy girls falling in love, teens finding the truest version of themselves, and the power of love stories. Her debut novel THE LAST LOVE SONG is a sapphic YA contemporary that features all of those things.
