I really wanted to have Rev's story! And I could be happier to get the chance and read about Rev and Emma! Thier stories are of both heartbreak, difficult family life but also they harbor the dangers of bullying, dysfunctional families and the dark corners of the Internet.

Rev is considered to be the freak of the school, but no one knows the scars he carries from the abuse he got from his father. He is the adopted son of a black couple (I need to mention it due to some spoiler in the book), who love him very much and try to support him! They also work as a foster home for children and teens.

Emma, on the other hand, has a workaholic mom and a father who is almost absent from their lives. She is very smart and has also coded her own RPG game. When she starts receiving bullying messages in the game she will develop a friendship with one of her online friends.

I won't spoil the rest of the book, but there are some VERY, VERY important lessons anyone can take from this book. Friends, family and your closest people can be important to you and never let doubt and fear cloud your judgment. You can always ask for help too!

This is a strong-willed book for any teen out there and it offers love and compassion to anyone who needs it.

Emma is a coding gamer girl who wants nothing more than to follow in her fathers footsteps and seek a future in the gaming industry once she leaves school. When online gaming turns into bullying with an unknown source Emma struggles to deal with the bully and the thing she loves most.

Rev is an adopted eighteen year old with a horrible past that has left him broken and feeling damaged. He spends most of his time alone unless he's with his best friend declan, until he meets Emma. The two of them have completely different reasons for feeling broken but can they help each other see that they are not truly broken?

This was a beautiful story, I loved revs background story a lot I found it really sad to read and it was really moving. I'd be happy if the author did a story featuring Matthew as the main male lead as he was one of the side characters in this story.

I read this very fast and I'd love to read more by this author it was a highly enjoyable read.

I was lured in by the mentions of gaming in the blurb, ended up entranced by this beautiful love story of two people who are both broken in their own way finding some kind of solace in each other. Both Rev and Emma are fantastic characters, as are a lot of the side characters. I have a special soft-spot for Declan and rushed off to get "Letters to the Lost" as soon as I finished this one. Absolutely would recommend.

Letters to the Lost was one of my favourite books in 2017, so when I heard there was going to be a sequel, it immediately shot to the top of my anticipated books list. This all sounds like I was hugely disappointed by this book, but I wasn't. I just didn't like it so much as the first one.

It had all the same elements as Letters to the Lost: amazing writing, angsty family relationships, Rev and Declan's friendship, and it almost made me ugly cry (Letters to the Lost actually did make me ugly cry though). But it was just missing something for me. I loved Rev, and I loved his family, and his friendship with Declan was definitely my favourite part of this book. I just didn't really like Emma all that much.

I couldn't really tell you what about her I disliked - all I know is that I found myself almost just wanting to get through her parts quickly so I could get back to Rev's. I think part of that was because she felt a little unsympathetic especially given how she treated Cait and, from time to time, her mother.

That being said, it was still a really good book, and there were scenes that had me almost crying. Admittedly, they were mostly Declan and Rev scenes, because that was about my favourite part of Letters to the Lost too. I was a little disappointed not to have enjoyed it as much as that, but I still really enjoyed it.

When life tests you, when it throws everything at you, who can you turn to, who can you trust? Once again, Brigid Kemmerer has created a heartbreaking, emotional and moving novel. As a companion to Letters To The Lost, More Than We Can Tell evokes the same emotional response as the characters face a crisis point in their lives, fall in love, and learn to lean on the support of those around them.

Rev Fletcher has found safety and love with his adoptive parents. But when his biological father reaches out to him, it threatens to shake and destroy everything. In the midst of this turmoil, Rev meets Emma. They attend the same high school but have never really crossed paths until now. Emma, too, knows what it feels like to have her world turned upside down. Her parents are constantly fighting, her father barely acknowledges her existence, and her mother is constantly on her case, and then there is the online stalker sending her horrible messages. When things escalate for both Rev and Emma, they will need to learn to lean on each other as well as drawing on the support of the people around them.

In her acknowledgments, Brigid Kemmerer notes that after writing Letters To The Lost she knew Rev would need a story that reflected Dec’s level of childhood trauma. And she certainly didn’t hold back. As Rev slowly shares his past with Emma, the true depths of this trauma are revealed in horrible detail. Rev is an easy character to love. His self doubt, the sudden loss of security he faces, the way he struggles to connect with others, and his resilience and strength all make him a beautiful character. Watching him face his demons was so satisfying. Meanwhile, Emma is confronted with online harassment, as well as the breakdown of her family. Again, Emma is a character I connected with straight away.

Rev and Emma’s romance is very much a push and pull relationship. Both are reeling emotionally, and while their connection is profound, they struggle to balance supporting each other with pushing too hard and causing harm. This angst only makes their romance all the sweeter.

More Than We Can Tell is the companion novel to Letters To The Lost. Neither book needs to be read prior to the other and both can be read as standalones. However, both books are brilliant and well worth reading. It was lovely to catch up with Dec and Juliet from Letters To The Lost, and I loved that Rev got his own book. In both books, the secondary characters play such important roles, and once again family is a central theme of the story.

More Then We Can Tell is perfect for readers who enjoy emotional and character-driven stories, where resilience and love triumph over much hardship. With strong characters, sweet (slightly tortured) romance, and an emphasis on the support and love of family, More Than We Can Tell is a heartbreaking and yet uplifting YA novel that is very easy to enjoy.

The publishers provided an advanced readers copy of this book for reviewing purposes. All opinions are my own.

I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review (and you cannot understand how excited I am to be able to type those words).

I really enjoyed More Than We Can Tell. It's rare that a contemporary YA novel manages to balance such serious themes with genuine friendship, and I thought it was really well written in this respect, especially in Rev's story. The relationships between Emma and Rev and their parents were also explored in detail, which I often find lacking in ya novels, and I found myself really invested in their relationships with their respective parents (Geoff and Kristin are epic) and their friends.

I also really appreciated the inclusion of Declan and Juliet; I haven't read Letters to the Lost, but I want to now. I think Declan and Rev's friendship was the source of a lot of moving moments in the novel and really added depth. I think this is partly because Declan felt like a fully rounded character, something that's often missing in the 'best friend' in YA fiction. I also really loved Cait, but I don't think she was as fully developed as her character kept getting sidelined by Emma's situations - perhaps though this is a lead in to another book.

However, while I loved Emma, mainly because of her interest in video games and her focus, I feel like she would have been a stronger character in another book. Her storyline and her themes are incredibly important topics but combined with the nature of Rev's backstory it just came off as whiny. I know it's not an angst competition and that it did develop into a serious situation but it felt unbalanced. I was especially annoyed at her treatment of Cait and her mother, though a later moment between her and her mum did make me tear up a little. This also may just be my personal mood but I am bored of romances; I would have loved to see them work this out as friends.

Overall I'd like to give More Than We Can Tell 3.5 stars. Although there were some elements that irked me and there were almost too many plot elements at times, I did get emotionally invested in the characters and their story lines and I really felt for them. It definitely made me want to read Letters to the Lost (and wonder if there's another book in there for some of the side characters).

Thank you for giving me a copy of this book!

I enjoyed every page!
I also thought her first book was beautiful and she continued that in this book. She writes so beautifully and truly that it is almost impossible not to live with the story. The way she sometimes puts life lessons into the story remains beautiful.
I also like to read that she has included characters from the first book and I found out afterwards that Rev appeared in the first book. I forgot this.

We follow Rev and Emma who both have experienced something / experience what it is worth to tell and give us an idea of ​​how this shapes their lives. Even though they are still young, there are certain life lessons that might be too mature for them, it certainly fits in the story.

Brigid has done it again. The amazing Rev, best side character in Letters, gets center stage here in this wonderful story about strength and courage. He and Emma suffer through some incredible things and both come out bruised but stronger.
I was worried about one particular character and I was sad to realise I was right, but that was true to life as well. I loved all the rest of the side characters, especially Dec. Their friendship was amazing.
I think I cried three times during this novel, which is more than Letters. So they're clearly getting better. Can't wait for the next one.

Trigger Warning: Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Violence

4 Stars!

When I first read Letters to the Lost, I loved the characters in that book, Rev was 100000% included, in fact he was probably my favourite, and this time around we got Revs story and my heart is bursting with love for him. I knew this book was going to be slightly darker, but it had to be as we only knew bits and pieces of Revs story.

It starts off with Emma who is a gamer and trying to live up to certain expectations, it all gets a bit much for her, and then we have Rev who receives a letter from his “father”. This is where the two come together after both going for some down time and talk to each other about certain issues going on in their lives.

Characters:

Rev is hands down a character that I will NEVER stop loving. He is going through a very very difficult time, he believes that one day he will become violent like his father, and once the emails/letter starts he has a hard time coming to terms with what he actually wants to do. A new foster brother is introduced in to the mix who also has issues. I LOVED them talking to one another and growing closer, it was tough for them both, but we see a mutual respect come to light. Along with this Revs parents are the most wonderful parents I’ve ever read in a book. They are just so loving, caring and understanding it honestly made me see how much my parents do for me, and that loving parents can help define who you are as a person.

It’s really hard to talk about Emma, I liked her and I didn’t like her. I understand that she’s going through a difficult time as well, especially with her parents and her game that she’s built. What I found difficult was she seemed to push EVERYONE away, and sometimes her own needs had to come first. She praises her dad a lot because he also works with games and coding, but puts down her mum even though she tries to be there for her. That’s my negatives with Emma, but my positives with Emma are how understanding she can be. In particular with Rev, she doesn’t push him to do anything he doesn’t want, she makes things easier for him by texting each other back to back (SO CUTE I CANNOT), when he showed her his scars, she saw past them, it was just so lovely to see!

What I liked?
- REVS PARENTS DESERVE THE WORLD
- We still got to see Declan and Juliet and how their relationship was
- The back story of how Rev and his parents connected, I was just so touched.
- How Rev picked his name!
- The best moment in the book for me is when Rev has had a really REALLY bad day, and his dad picks him up and he’s trying to be there for him and Rev is pushing and pushing, yet his dad is STILL there for him
- So MUCH acceptance!
- We got to see Declan re-connect with his father!
- All of the links!

What I didn’t like?
- My only issue with this book is, that we didn’t get a definite outcome on a certain situation, and I kind of wanted to know what happened…

Overall I really really enjoyed this book, it deals with some tough topics that some people have to face in real life. I’d love to know more about these characters, and I’d recommend people to read this.

Finished in one day. Just could'nt stop reading. I really liked Emma (kick ass) and Rev. Declan has also a big part. Some important themes are waved trough out the book. Very well done. No "whining" teenagers. But "normal" thinking ones. Hope that the Dutch fans get an translation. Read this one thanks to Netgalley!

I just loved it!
I didn't know this author and her first book of this series. No need to have read the first one to read this one and just...go for it! The characters are wonderfully well worked, their feelings and the secondary characters around them. Rev and Emma are so adorable and I had a lot of trouble discovering their stories...my heart...
I had guessed the end, what would happen to Emma but it didn't spoil my pleasure!
I go to buy Letters to the Dead, because I looooved Declean and can't wait to learn more about him!

I read Letters To The Lost last year and absolutely loved it. Rev held such a special place in my heart upon reading that and when I heard he was going to have his own story, I was so excited.

This book is so heartbreaking, raw and real. It deals with very serious subjects and Brigid does an incredible job of sharing this story. It’s also cute and fluffy in parts.

I loved Rev & Emma and following their different but similar stories and how they come together.

I would recommend this book to everybody.

Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars

More Than We Can Tell follows the story of Rev and Emma, We first met Rev in ‘Letters to the Lost’ but this can be read as a stand-alone.

Rev and Emma both have personal struggles; Rev is a foster child who was taken in and adopted by amazing parents and continue to help him to move forward after surviving an abusive childhood; when he is contacted by his birth father it triggers past feelings and hurt as well as confusion, his parents have also taken on a new foster child so there are a few changes in his life. On a night out he comes across Emma who is a game designer with a father who is quite absent and a mother who doesn’t understand her passion; they connected despite their differences.

Honestly, I was intrigued by both of these characters and their back stories but I didn’t find any chemistry between them and their dialogue felt stilted, I also felt they were quite reliant on one another despite barely knowing each other; they also spent a majority of the book apart so there wasn’t a lot of face to face interactions.

Brigid Kemmerer covered a lot of subjects in this book such as cyber bullying, physical, sexual and mental abuse, relationship breakdowns and friendship drama but I would have liked more of a resolution to these problems rather than a mention.

What I did enjoy was the mystery of Emma’s troll, I had an inkling of who it was from the onset and I was right! I was also quite intrigued about Matthew, the new foster child and my heart truly broke for him. I thought Rev’s foster parents were wonderful.

Overall, I didn’t love this book; it had its positives but for me there was more negatives and the biggest of all was the morose feel that it had. I couldn’t fault Brigid Kemmerer’s writing but I will have to pass on any more books in this series.

Thank you to Bloomsbury Publishing via Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this title.

Rev is strong, Emma is fearless. Their worlds come together unexpectedly, but life isn’t simple for either.

Rev is use to foster children coming in and out of his life, but the new one is different. He awakens a side Rev never wanted to see of himself, a cruel reminder of his father, the monster who is trying to worm himself back into Rev’s life after 11 years.

Emma exists mostly online, she’s created her own game, a world she can get lost in but like so many industries it’s a male-dominated world. Her mother thinks she’s wasting her time, her father too intertwined into his own work, her best friend obsessed with makeup. Ethan comes to her rescue when it all goes wrong but is he all he seems?

Personally I haven’t read Letters to the Lost (Brigid Kemmerer’s last book) yet but I don’t feel I’ve missed anything, in fact it makes me want to find out more about what has happened. I know Declan and his girlfriend are the main characters in that, within MTWCT Declan has a big moment so I think if you enjoyed Letters then this is a must for you.

The book was intense in so many places, I really couldn’t put the book down but I would have enjoyed seeing Rev and Emma grow into a more, I just wanted more and more of both of them but I have to say I’m glad this book actually felt finished. So many YA’s out at the moment have a loose end feeling but this doesn’t, it was wrapped up nicely.

There are some pretty tough and heavy themes in the book including child abuse, adoption, divorce and online stalking but they are dealt with in a fantastic manner, if you are dealing with any of these talk to someone you trust.

Now please excuse me *runs out to buy Letters to the Lost*

Thanks to NetGallery, Brigid Kemmerer and Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (UK & ANZ) for the ARC, in exchange for this an honest review

I received an e-arc in exchange of an honest review.
When I read Letters to the lost I was craving for more about Rev Fletcher. I was really happy to get to More than we can tell. I was so intrigued by that character, and I was really excited to learn more about him. This book was everything I expected it would be. It was intense, raw, and even hard at some point. It reminded me that even when we think we have everything under control life can get in the way. I enjoyed how strong Rev is.
In this book we learn everything that happen to him, what his father did, and how he can still do damage without being there.

We are also following Emma, she's a gamer and she created her own online game. We find out right away that she's receiving threat messages from one of the players. I didn't love that character as much as I loved Rev, I found her a tad self centered for my liking. I wish she would have opened up more to her family and friends.

Every characters back story are really intense and realistic, and important. I'm really glad I could read it.

Overall, this book deal with cyber and real life bullying, childs abuses, foster care system, divorces. violence, jealousy and mental health. It was hard to read sometimes, but we need more books like that.

Thanks to Netgalley and Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (UK & ANZ) for the E-arc.

More Than We Can Tell by Brigid Kemmerer is a new standalone novel set in the same world as Letters to the Lost (although Kemmerer is quick to point out it is not a series). It follows Rev, who appeared in Letters to the Lost, and Emma, a new character.

Rev went into foster care at the age of 7, then was later adopted. He's never seen without his hoodie, classmates refer to him as the 'Grim Reaper'.
Emma is into gaming and coding, to the point of creating her own online role playing game.
Their lives cross paths at a time when they both feel like everything is falling apart.

No one was teen angst and drama like Kemmerer. I don't know how she does it, but she something packs so much into her writing, it's as if you are living it not just a passive bystander. I'll admit, this one didn't have the emotional punch of Letters to the Lost, but it was still an emotional and engrossing book. Once I started, I just could not put it down.

I gotta know though, will we see more of Matt? Perhaps his story could be next?

**I received a copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review**

Rev Fletcher is dealing with issues from his past, issues that resurface when his abusive father sends him a letter on his eighteenth birthday.

Emma Blue is stuck in the online world, preferring to live in the world of the game she created than face reality where her parents are getting divorced and where she’s drifting from her best friend.

When the two meet, they are both pushed out of their comfort zone. Rev learns to trust someone outside his small group and Emma learns to leave her online world and deal with reality.

Set in the same universe as Letters to the Lost, this standalone novel holds its own and doesn’t need you to be familiar with Kemmerer’s previous novel.

I really enjoyed this book. The characters were really well written and believable. I would recommend this book to other readers of young adult novels.

"I received this copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review"

When Rev and Emma meet, they both long to lift the burden of their secrets and bond instantly over their shared turmoil. But when their situations turn dangerous, their trust in each other will be tested in ways they never expected.

Brigid Kemmerer has done it again and has me hooked on a book of hers. I have read all of the Elemental series and loved her story telling with that series so I was not too shocked that I loved this book as much as I did.
I had no idea when starting this book that it was the second book in a series when I began it but it did not feel like I was missing anything when reading this book due to the way the books are set out.
Revs story was truly heart breaking and my heart broke for him in this book. At the same time I wanted him to see his own self worth and how lucky he was to have what he had now.
Emmas on the other hand annoyed me a little bit, the way she handled things drove me a little crazy but at the same time I could understand her feelings with her parents.
I ended up giving this book 4.5 stars out of 5 stars and I can't wait to get hold of the first book so I can read about the other characters in this story.
I can not recommend Brigid Kemmerers books any more strongly.

Onto the second book I read in a day (but scheduled the review for the day after), we have the same characters, but the focus has moved to Declan's best mate, Rev, who is the adopted son to two wonderful human beings. 

Rev was abused as a child. His mother died close to his birth, and his father was a leader in a church... taking his beliefs to the level of starving and beating Rev into obedience. He was home schooled, never saw a doctor, the works. It's only when his hand is held on the hot plate of the stove and his arm then broken in his struggles when he tries to run away from home, and his neighbour finally witnesses him vomiting, hurt, and absolutely petrified of his father. 

His adoptive parents are beyond lovely and patient. When he first comes to them he can't sleep for fear his father will come for him, and he's also been raised to think black people are evil... but through their kindness and intelligence he slowly begins to trust and understand just how many things his father was wrong about. That was all when Rev was about seven.

In this novel he's now eighteen. The laws restricting his father from him fell away along with his status as a minor, and within weeks of his birthday he receives a letter and then emails from his former-father. As if that isn't enough his parents have taken in another child - something he's generally used to - but instead of being a baby or kid it's now a young teen, who has also been through hell to the point of grabbing a knife for protection and staring at people while they sleep.

Rev also has to be there for his mate who wants to go visit his father in jail for the first time, and then the girl he's only just met is getting harassed online for being a gamer and her parents are getting a divorce. It's all going on, and Rev is getting more and more worried he'll turn out exactly like his father, and hurt the ones he loves.

Through this novel we see people who need lessons and patience in how to view a situation from eyes not their own, and give trust for people from the outside to reassure them that they are not bad, and everything will be okay. The hardest thing is understanding that some people out there aren't just bad, they're also misguided into thinking that they really are doing the best for the people they love - and that kettle of fish is so much harder to deal with. 

This is a beautiful and hard book, and you just have to focus on the fact there are good people out there, instead of those who are really quite shit. The poor kids in this book. We just need more like Rev and his parents.

Rev is a complex character who has been adopted by him foster parents. When his parents adopt more children he is happy but then they bring home Matthew who is a teenager too.

Rev hears from his biological father who abused him and was not allowed to contact him till he turned 18 and it unsettles Rev.

Emma escapes her day to day life through online gaming. There she can ignore her home troubles and get parents. She even built her own online game. But when she starts to get harassed by another player she can’t even escape online.

When their paths collide, they do not know if it is fate or just that they both needed to get our of the house. But they start talking and soon realise they have more in common than the would expect.

A great, addictive read that covers a broad range of challenging topics. This is not a simple boy meets girl story where it all ends happily ever after. There’s are twists and a gripping finale.