I am in charge of our Senior School library and am looking for a diverse array of new books to furnish their shelves with and inspire our young people to read a wider and more diverse range of books as they move through the senior school. It is hard sometimes to find books that will grab the attention of young people as their time is short and we are competing against technology and online entertainments.
This was a thought-provoking and well-written read that will appeal to young readers across the board. It had a really strong voice and a compelling narrative that I think would capture their attention and draw them in. It kept me engrossed and I think that it's so important that the books that we purchase for both our young people and our staff are appealing to as broad a range of readers as possible - as well as providing them with something a little 'different' that they might not have come across in school libraries before.
This was a really enjoyable read and I will definitely be purchasing a copy for school so that our young people can enjoy it for themselves. A satisfying and well-crafted read that I keep thinking about long after closing its final page - and that definitely makes it a must-buy for me!

The headline blurb for this book really drew me in - You are outside your front door. There are strangers in your house. Then you realise... You can't remember your name.

So it begins - who are the people in her house? Or is she actually in their house? I was intrigued to say the least.

Quite quickly I thought that she must have lived in the house in the past, otherwise why would she know the layout of the rooms.  It seemed like a case of amnesia for sure and the couple who live in the house kindly let her stay the night as she has no belongings, only the train ticket that got her to the village. But as she falls asleep she hears the guy whisper  at her bedroom door "welcome home" as he thinks she is asleep for the night. Spooky - so now does that mean he does know her.........

The book goes from a whodunnit which I began to think was getting cheesy to a really chilling thriller with a fantastic climax and I had to quickly rethink my opinion of the plot. All through the book the character who has become known as Jemma repeats "forget my name" to herself and it was only when I finished the book I realised how meaningful this was on several different levels. 

This would have been a five star book for me but I have taken one off for slightly too many red herrings than I think were necessary, which just made it a little unbelievable (yes I know it's fiction) and the line "you look like a Jemma to me with a "J" - that was the beginning of me thinking it was cheesy.

Four out of five stars and my thanks to Netgalley for a ARC to review.

Thank you for sending me this copy to review.

This is a great book by an author relatively new on my radar. 

This book is a great thriller that has plenty of twists and turns. The story starts with a girl who turns up at a house with a blank memory believing that it is her home. Only for it to be occupied by a young couple who claim they live there. 

Also coincidently a criminal with a new identity has dropped off the radar, could these two episodes be linked?

This is a great story with some believable characters that will have you gripped from the beginning!

A very interesting book with an interesting and rather unique theme. The original premise of a strangers memory loss and arrival in an English village is complicated by the growing suspicion that she is in fact a convicted murderer. A murderer who has been released with a new identity but fallen off the radar as far as the authorities are concerned. The plot thickens and progresses with many twists and turns to keep the reader guessing until the very end. A good contemporary, twisted tale

Thank you to Netgalley and Head of Zeus for the review copy.  This is an unbiased review of the author's work and style. If you want plot lines and spoilers please see the publishers blurb and other reviewers' reports. 

Published in October 2018 "Forget My Name" is the 8th novel of J S Moore (pen name of Jon Stock jounalist and writer of spy and psycholigical thrillers).

In this new book he tells the tale from various characters' view points. It is worth persevering but you need to be into puzzles to get the most out of it. If you're used to 'crime who dun it's' this may well be for you. Overall I enjoyed the book and would have given it five stars had the characters been given more rounded personalities. But it is really worth four stars. 

Now I intend to look out the spy series from Jon Stock "the Legoland trilogy".

This was a really tense thriller with some great twists.  Couldn't really work out who could be trusted throughout.  Kept me up late to find out what happened - great read.

Tense and gripping ... How would you fee not knowing your own name, convinced that you had strangers living in your house? Makes you think doesn't it and this book certainly made me think. excellent story telling from the beginning. well written and enticing.

A tense book that kept me on the edge of my seat from start to finish. It certainly took on ideas from my own worst fears and gave them a voiced.

One evening Laura and Tony are disturbed by a distressed young woman who has lost her memory, but claims the cottage is hers.  Who is this person that Tony decides to call Jemma?  A great start, the sort of book with no preambling - hits the ground running.  Who is telling the truth, who can you believe and it’s not till much later that the mist begins to clear - “oh that’s why” moments, so there are plenty of twists and turns.  I liked most of it, but there were a few coincidences where you think “really?”.  An interesting concept with a pleasing style of writing, so overall, a good read but with some unpleasant goings on, but not too descriptive for the faint hearted reader!

Thanks NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book. What a fantastic book. I enjoyed this from the first page onwards. A very gripping book with lots of twist and turns. I’ll definitely be looking out for other titles by J S Monroe. 
Forget my name is a book you won’t forget in a hurry!!

A twisty thriller with some creepy characters but lacked the tension to enable me to get into this book.

A brilliant psychological thriller. Tony and Laura are at home one evening when a girl turns up on their doorstep claiming she had lost her memory and what are they doing in her house. Tony quickly names the girl Jemma, whilst Laura is wary and unnerved by her. Into the mix comes their friend, Luke who think that Jemma is his daughter he has never seen and Sean who is convinced Jemma is a Russian sleeper spy. So what is the truth? it is one you will never guess. A good read and does not disappoint.

I loved this fast paced thriller that kept me guessing right until the end! Highly recommended! Five stars from me! 

Many thanks to Netgalley and J.S.Munroe for the copy of this book. I agreed to give my unbiased opinion voluntarily.

For some reason this has only just come up on my available NetGalley reads, despite having requested ages ago, so I'm actually reviewing a copy I read from Kindle Unlimited a couple of months ago. I found this thriller to be fairly average for the most part, although an interesting enough premise. The revelation towards the end about the "baddie" were shocking and unnerving, but the explanation for the main character's memory loss and how she came to get to where she was at the start of the story felt quite confusing.

Trying to guess how this book would end was enjoyable, however there I did not find this very believable and I struggled with that, also there was so much going on that I found it confusing especially with the length of the book.

This was a very dark psychological thriller. Lots of red herrings and a compelling storyline. The characters were excellent and kept the story alive and moving forward. The conclusion was grim but attained closure.

Slightly far fetched but intriguing and gripped me until the end! A well written thriller, a bit confusing at the end but a good read! Thank you

I have been very unwell and today was a low point , I decided it was time to read a mind melter  so I started this and could not put it down. I had kinda figured out the story twist but only partially.  A very cleverly written story with some real and relatable characters. I have fond feelings for certain characters and I could clearly see the story like a film in my head (this only happens in good books for me. Take a chance you won’t regret it.

Wow, what a great read! I was hooked from the very beginning and was amazed at the direction the plot takes by the end. So many twists and turns to fool you and keep you guessing. As for who was lying ... it's pretty obvious someone is but the truth about who is pretty well concealed with the twists and turns until near the end and I was quite surprised at who and why. Definitely looking forward to reading more from J.S Monroe in the future!

What a rollercoaster of a read.  This had e hooked from the start.  There are twists and turns all the way with an end I did not see coming.