April Book Review

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@Barrie Summy

It's that time again . . .

This month I will be reviewing Eileen Cook's Remember. 

From amazon

A thrilling tale about what a girl will do to get back a memory she lost…or remove what she wants to forget.

Harper is used to her family being hounded by protestors. Her father runs the company that trademarked the “Memtex” procedure to wipe away sad memories, and plenty of people think it shouldn’t be legal. Then a new demonstrator crosses her path, Neil, who’s as persistent as he is hot. Not that Harper’s noticing, since she already has a boyfriend.

When Harper suffers a loss, she’s shocked her father won’t allow her to get the treatment, so she finds a way to get it without his approval. Soon afterward, she’s plagued with strange symptoms, including hallucinations of a woman who is somehow both a stranger, yet incredibly familiar. Harper begins to wonder if she is delusional, or if these are somehow memories.

Together with Neil, who insists he has his own reasons for needing answers about the real dangers of Memtex, Harper begins her search for the truth. What she finds could uproot all she’s ever believed about her life…

For those of you who know me or have followed my blog over the years know that I am a huge fan of Eileen Cook's books.  I've reviewed several of them on this blog and even interviewed her once for this blog.  She's an auto-buy author for me.  I don't have to see the cover or know what it says on the back cover.  If Ms. Cook wrote it, I will buy it.  Having said that, if I didn't really like this book, I wouldn't be reviewing it now.

It's funny because like the book I reviewed last month, the father plays a big part in what drives the main character and you find he isn't quite what you expected.  I didn't plan it that way, it's just how it worked out.

In any event, the book was very engaging and I had to keep reading to find out what happened and it did not disappoint.  Since I knew Harper was going to suffer a loss I had (correctly) anticipated what that loss would be.  Beyond that the book was not predictable and had a few quite unexpected twists and turns and I'm sure my jaw dropped a couple of times for things I didn't see coming.  Very good story and very well written.

The bottom line, for me, is that this is another Eileen Cook hit that I recommend and as an author she remains on my auto-buy list.  :)