May Book Review

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@Barrie Summy

It's time to review another book!

This month I'm reviewing Jessica Brody's latest release Unremembered.  As Ms. Brody is an auto-buy author for me, I didn't have a lot of information about the book.  I knew someone had lost their memory and was under the impression that getting it back would be a bad thing and that bad guys were after that person.  I knew it would be good and I knew it would be well written.  Beyond that I had no pre-conceived ideas or thoughts on the book.

I started this book a few weeks ago when I didn't have a lot of time to read.  I was pulled in immediately and was frustrated that I wasn't able to do a lot of reading at the time.  Then, this past Saturday I was out taking care of some business and I took the book with me so I could read while I waited.  First stop I was only allowed 15 minutes of reading time (if that).  Second stop the guy in front of me stormed out because he'd been told it'd be about an hour and a half wait.  When they told me that I said that was fine because I had a book.  They got me out in 45 minutes.  :(

At the third stop I was told it would be 45 minutes and I was there over two hours, and I didn't care one bit.  In fact, I didn't even realize that much time had passed because I was so into the book.

The book opens with Sera waking up in the ocean amongst a bunch of dead people.  When she's retrieved she has the distinct impression that no one expected to find her - at least not alive.  She's taken to a local hospital where she's asked a lot of questions she can't answer . . . like what her name is.  She's told she's the sole survivor of a plane crash and not only does she not know why she would be on the plane, she doesn't even know what a plane is.

In an effort to help relax her, one of the nurses gives her a sedative via her IV drip.  As she's going under a boy appears in her room.  There's something familiar about him and he's trying to get her to wake up and remember him.   He tells her he's going to get her out of there and then everything goes dark as the drugs kick in.  She wakes up in the morning and thinks it was all a dream.

Zen (the boy) shows up several more times but until someone asks her "who was that boy?", she  wonders if he's real or not.  Is he someone she can trust?  Why does she feel this connection when she's around him?  Who is he to her?  These are the questions she has as she tries to remember who she is and how she got to where she is.

One of the quotes on the cover said they'd loved the twist at the end so for the entire book I kept trying to guess what the twist would be.  I can't say a lot without giving too much away but the ending wasn't what I expected . . . for a lot of reasons.  But it seemed to perfectly fit the rest of the story.

Then, after I finished the book (after I got home from all of my Saturday appointments), I read the book blurb, which included "From popular young adult author Jessica Brody comes a compelling and suspenseful new series . . . "  I hadn't known this was part of a series.  That's exciting to me because there's a lot of places this story can go and I'm glad it doesn't end here - and not just because I could still be right about the surprise twist at the end.  ;)

Ms. Brody was among the authors that generously donated their books for the auction at work benefitting the American Cancer Society.  So, if you believe in supporting those that would generously give to help others, you should buy your book.  Or, if you don't care about that but just want a good book to read, then you should buy this book.  Bottom line, I think you should buy this book.  :)

The title is  Unremembered, but I promise you, you'll remember this book.  I highly recommend it.