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Originally posted on ThirstforFiction.com 4.5 stars if Goodreads allowed it. Imagine this: you can see glimpses of the future, but your past is empty. Every day, at 4:33am, your brain deletes every memory you had in the previous 24 hours. Gone. For London Lane, she doesn’t need to imagine this. It’s her reality. She gets around it with help from her mother, her mobile phone and notes she writes every night before she goes to sleep, summarising the day. It’s not easy, but London has managed to live with it since she was young. But things are starting to change. When a boy steps into her life, she can no longer ‘remember’ him from the future. They’re going out but tomorrow, next week, next year, there is no sign of him. And yet, he is still there in the tomorrows that come… I started this book thinking what an interesting idea Cat Patrick had stumbled across. I finished it thinking what an amazing debut novel Forgotten is. Once you can get past the fact that the main character is called London (who in their right mind would call their child London? I think we can pull the ‘crazy Americans’ card here…!), Forgotten is a fantastic, absorbing debut novel that will have you reading in every spare second you have (and I mean it!). The concept is an intruiging one- knowing your future but forgetting your past- and initially, this was what made me read Forgotten. I’m not a particular fan of chick-lit (though I do love a good romance), and the mystery of London Lane’s condition is what made want me read Forgotten. All I can say is that it was worth it – a million times over. Forgotten is one of those books you take with you everywhere, just incase you really DO have a spare moment. And when you do, you devour the pages with a speed you never knew you were capable of. read more...

2022-11-14 16:50