It's a different story from the first book, for sure. The last book ends with an air of hope and moving on, which I felt sort of odd about since it sort of glances through her grief. This book picks up many months after Will passed and Louise is drowning in her grief, and I think it was handled really carefully and well. I loved the ending to this one much more than the ending of the last one. I also love that this series includes snippets of quite comedic ridiculousness, like Louise's crazy job uniform and the dark banter from the grief group, that doesn't try to distract from the heaviness of the book but instead just kinda pops in every once in a while. I would recommend reading it!