Title: Remembering Us
Author: Stacey Lynn
Genre: New Adult Romance
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Hosted by: Love Between the Sheets Promotions
Synopsis
My life was perfectly mapped out for me since before the day I was born. I followed it, begrudgingly, because it’s what was expected.
And then one day, everything changed.
I woke up.
Different. Independent. Free from all the rules that had surrounded me.
Only I have no idea how I got to where I am. I have no memory of graduating college. No memory of Adam, the boyfriend I live with.
He loves me. And I love him. At least that’s what everyone says.
Except when my memories return to me as dreams, I see a different man than the one everyone claims is perfect for me.
He terrifies me. He makes my heart race and he makes me feel things I’ve never felt before.
I have no idea if I want to welcome the emotional roller-coaster that his piercing brown eyes and messy black hair puts me on every time I get a glimpse of him, or if I want to run back to the safe shelter of the scripted life-plan that used to be mine.
I absolutely love amnesia books and this one did not disappoint. We meet Amy who has lost her memory of the past two years. After her accident, which she doesn't remember, she moves back in with Adam her boyfriend. While everyone tells her she was happy with him and in love, she doesn't remember and he feels like a stranger to her. It doesn't help that when she sleeps at night, some memories, usually unpleasant ones, return to her in her dreams.
"It's been weeks since I woke up from
my coma, and I don't remember anything more than the fact that I live with a
stranger and I don't like him when I dream."
On top of her amnesia and confusion of her relationship, she is also dealing
with a strained relationship with her family, Adam's issues that he hasn't
opened up to her about, and fighting her attraction to him.
"I turn to Adam, and for the first time
hate all the uncertainty between him and me. It's all twisted together like an
elaborate spider web, and I'm caught with no way out."
I also caught myself feeling not only for Amy for what she was going
through, but also for Adam as far as the toll the accident is taking on his
life and not being able to convince Amy that they were once in love and she
trusted him fully.
"Stop trying so hard to remember. Stop
thinking and just feel. Feel me, Amy. It's what we've always done best."
"We're such a wreck. But it's the most glorious wreck I've ever
seen."
I loved this book. It wasn't too deep yet kept it suspenseful while waiting
for Amy's memory to return and find out what happened. While the book isn't
very long (I would guess approximately 200 pages or so as I read it in one
sitting) the characters and story line were very well developed and I felt like
I knew the main cast of characters. The writing style flowed very smoothly and
for an ARC I found very few errors which is always a lovely surprise. The
ending ties up very nicely with a sweet epilogue. It was a great stand alone
story that I really enjoyed!
"We begin to move slowly, whispering
words of affection. I take them all from Adam like precious little candies and
I tuck them into my heart, hoping to never forget how he feels ever
again."
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