Member Reviews
Forgetting You was my first book by this author and I was very intriqued by the blurb. I was instanty hooked by the story line, though the back and forth from past to present did seem a bit much and a little confusing at times. I do think it may have taken away from the story a little. Noah wakes up in a hospital following a car accident and has memory loss and believes that she is still in a relationship with Elliot, even though they broke up many years earlier and she is currently married to another man. Even weirder is that Noah is no longer close to anyone in her life, like her parents, and she has no idea why. And to add in more weirdness, Elliot's sister was in the same accident as Noah even though they hadn't talked for years. I found this book highly engaging, though fairly predictable. I absolutely loved Elliot. I enjoyed the author's writing style and would definitely be interested in reading more of her other work. |
Julie H, Reviewer
Sorry but I could not get into this book at all. The storyline sounded good but the writing style is not my cup of tea. Thank you to Netgalley for my copy. |
**I received an e-ARC of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. When Noah wakes up in the hospital after a car accident, she has totally forgotten the last five years of her life. In her mind, she is still in love with her boyfriend, Elliot, but in reality, they broke up years ago and she is now married to Anderson, a man who she doesn’t even remember. Now Noah is faced with the dilemma of which man to trust. While I was very intrigued by the concept of this book, the execution was not a win for me. The dialogue was rough for me to read and the way Elliot’s Irish accent was written felt very unnatural. The way the characters behaved also felt very unrealistic. Noah is in the hospital, healing from a serious brain injury and fractured leg, but she is all over Elliot?! I don’t think sex would be high in my mind in that situation. The treatment Noah receives seems silly too—no one recommends counseling or some sort of therapy...no one is worried that she doesn’t remember her husband or that he is being totally excluded from her treatment and recovery? The whole idea that Noah and Elliot were together for years, then broke up during an argument when Elliot admitted he didn’t want to get married, and then...never spoke again?! Really? Elliot never tried to talk to her again and just let her go? Noah was so broken from that that like a week later, she finds herself in an abusive relationship and quickly gets married and stops talking to her family? I just don’t believe that a mentally healthy person could become that unsure of herself in that amount of time. There were just too many things about this book that made it a bit too far fetched to be enjoyable. I read the entire book, but quickly figured out the “twist” early on. The climax of the book fell flat. I just never really connected with any of the characters. I wanted to love it, but “Forgetting You” was entirely disappointing. |
Noah Ainsley can't remember who she's been for the last five years or how she got there after waking up in the hospital. Feeling battered and bruised, the only person in the world she wants to see is her boyfriend Elliot. To her shock, she's married, but not to Elliot, to a complete stranger named Anderson. As Noah tries to remember who she is and what happened, she can't shake the feeling that something is seriously wrong. I love amnesia as part of a plot, and I think that LA Casey did a great job of capturing the struggle. I also think she did a good job portraying abuse and the secrecy and isolation surrounding it. The only thing I wish the book had more of was interactions with Anderson, he didn't really become a big part of the story until the end, although I do understand it's more of a second chance with Noah and Elliot. Overall this is a well-written book, with good characters, it has second chance romance and some suspense. It's definitely not a light read, but I did enjoy it. |
kATHLEEN G, Reviewer
This is likely meant to be a second chance romance but it's not quite. Noah is shocked when she wakes up after a car accident and discovers that she's married to Anderson not Elliott. How did she end up in the hospital? Well, there's a lot of drama there and that's really what this is about- bad marriage, a terrible relationship, and a second chance. No spoilers from me but you might see what's going to happen (or has happened) early on. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. |
You know sometimes you start reading a book, and you just know you’re going to love it, and it’s going to draw you in. This happens to me occasionally, and Forgetting You was one of those stories. I was hooked from the first chapter. I had a good idea which way the story was going to go (and I wasn’t far off the mark). It was such a sweet, emotional read. Noah Ainsley loses 5 years of her life to amnesia following a car accident. This means she doesn’t remember splitting up with her boyfriend and marrying another man. Awkward! Especially when the powers that be don’t allow her husband to visit her, it doesn’t help that Noah still thinks she’s in love with her old boyfriend. Wonderful characters (I just adored Elliot so much), and a couple of plot twists mixed in with a little drama in this wonderfully written emotional romance. An entertaining and addictive storyline. I loved it. I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. This is my honest review. |
Argie S, Reviewer
I truly enjoyed this book. I wasn’t sure since I read a couple of the other reviews before reading this book but it was soo good! This book pulled your emotional heart strings. Definitely one of my favorite reads this year. |
Unfortunately I didn’t enjoy this one as much as I had hope. It was probably more of a “it’s not you, it’s me” situation because no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t connect with the characters. |
This is a book with an amnesia trope on it. That is the main reason it got me interested on this book. It's been a while since I read a book whose main character has amnesia. I had high hopes for this book. After reading this, I'm half-half on the rating. It has elements on it that I like and some things that I also don't like. On this story, Noah, our main heroine was in an accident and woke up and forgotten 5 years worth of memories. Apparently, she's now married and estranged on a lot of her loved ones. Now came in Elliot, her former boyfriend. But Noah still think that he is her boyfriend. This premise is quite exciting for me. But the execution of the plot fell flat for me. The mystery part is somehow predictable and I already knew where it is going because this book has a dual pov format. The shifting from past to present time affected the 'continuity' of the book for me. I like the characters but some choices they made contradicts the persona they are trying to portray. Also we have a one dimensional villain that doesn't have that much exposure. It is still okay but did not blow my mind. ***Thanks for netgalley, the publisher and author for making this available for review.*** |
Lyra ., Reviewer
Like all of LA Casey's books, Forgetting You was well-written, but unfortunately I didn't find this book engrossing at all. It was tough to connect and relate to the characters, and I felt bored most of the time. The plot twist was also easy to predict. |
Loved all of the plot twists in this story. Noah and Elliot go through a lot to find love and many hardships. From the car crash and healing that Noah must endure to regaining her memory and learning her past. Elliot dealing with the loss of his sister, the love of his life and learning how to live again. Was a really good story that makes you truly appreciate family and those you love foŕ being in your life. |
I’m used to reading mostly romcoms, so Forgetting You was definitely darker than the stories I usually prefer. Noah has lost her memory of the last 5 years due to a car accident. Throughout the book there is a mystery to figure out not only what caused the accident but also explanations for relationships in her life. The book stays intriguing throughout the story even as various questions are slowly answered. I personally did not like the vulgar language and steam level in this book. I felt the language distracted me from the story at times. I skipped ahead in a couple of open door chapters. I also had a problem with her body issues that she experiences from not recognizing her current size. I didn’t like that throughout the entire story she was weak (due to her injury) and there was a strong man to save the day. I hoped that she would have some kind of personal strength to help her recover but instead the story consistently glorified masculine protection. The second half of the book was better than the first half, but this just wasn’t my type of story. On the plus side, the love interest, Elliot, is an Irish fireman who sounds incredibly attractive and more importantly he seems like a really good man. At first the Irish dialect (only Elliot) was difficult to read, but then I got used to it and it became endearing. There were some obvious clues leading to the ending but it was still fun to guess theories and then discover the truth along with Noah. *Thank you to Amazon Publishing UK and NetGalley for providing an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. |
Thank you NetGalley, Amazon Publishing and L.A. Casey for gifting me an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review! I REALLY wanted to like this book, but the saying “less is more” applies here. The general idea... waking up with a new husband and last remembering being with your ex? Sign me up. The only problem was the ridiculous and unrealistic drama throughout the ENTIRE book. It was just over the top and predictable. This was one of those books that if I wasn’t expected to review, I would’ve put it down before I even got 50%. |
3 1/2 Stars for this second chance romance! When Noah wakes up in the hospital with no memory of the last five years of her life, she only wants to see Elliott ... her now ex-boyfriend. Her husband Anderson is crushed when the doctor asks him to leave because they don’t want anything upsetting Noah ... afraid she will lapse back into a coma. Noah will spend the next weeks of her life trying to remember the last five years. Elliott can’t believe that he is getting a second chance with Noah, but is afraid when she learns why they broke up she’ll go running back to Anderson. Although I enjoyed the book, I didn’t find the secrets all that surprising. And I just didn’t get why Noah and Elliott broke up when they apparently loved each other so much. The book was okay ... I was just expecting more. I received an early copy courtesy of Amazon Publishing UK through NetGalley in exchange for a honest review. |
Forgetting You by L.A. Casey is a bittersweet amnesia story. Life as Noah Ainsley knew it was shattered beyond recognition when a devastating car wreck that left her with a massive head injury and her short-term memory has been destroyed. By putting together pieces of her past, Noah learned that she broke up with the love of her life Elliot seven years ago and has been married to Anderson, a man now she doesn't even recognize. This book started with heartwrenching moments to intense lovemaking that got me in deep emotional confusion. It went from different aspects to the other without a warning. Noah's confusion and heartbreak, when she realizes that she doesn't remember her recent life, were answered in flashbacks. Noah's rediscovery of old memories, and the way it went back in time, where we learned about the past. Now, Noah needed to choose between the person she thought would be her forever and the one she loved the most from her past or her current husband of three years that she remembered nothing about. I would recommend this book to those who loved The Vow. |
This book was easy to get through and it held my interest, but also had a lot of room for improvement. The pacing felt way too unrealistic to me, the storyline was a little too insta love for my liking and the storyline felt choppy and had a lot of plot holes and left me with more questions. Like, we gather pretty early on that the current husband is abusive and has isolated the MC and made her distance herself from friends and family over the years and really had broken her down. With such an intense possession/control over her, he wasn't really around throughout the story and I felt it lacked build up to the really intense climax of the story. I also found it odd that Noah and Elliot were rekindling emotionally and even physically in the hospital while she was literally recovering from a serious brain injury. The intent was for it to be sexy, but it felt more awkward and a bit cringey to me. Overall, it wasn't a bad read but it wasn't great. A lot was going on in a short amount of time and felt a little all over the place. However, it was action packed and still held my interest and the plot did really intrigue me. I also have a thing for amnesia related storylines so that helped me enjoy it more. Thank you to Netgalley and publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review. |
You never forget your first love. Noah has been in a severe car accident and had lost years of her life. She’s married but cannot remember him and wants her ex boyfriend who she still is in love with. Elliot made a mistake years ago and lost the love of his life. Now she needs him more than ever but when her memories come back will she still want him around ? I was scared going into this one because I was expecting a love triangle or the ex gets a get out of jail free card and the husband gets screwed. That did not happen at all in this book and there are many twists and turns that occur you just won’t believe. It was good and I consumed it in one sitting. Enjoyed this one a lot!!! |
I loved the idea of this book although with the introduction of Anderson you sort of knew what was going to happen. I loved Elliot and Noah together and even the bits with Noah and Anderson were intriguing but I thought there would be more snapshots of memories slowly building to the finale. I also though the reason for Elliot and Noahs breakup would have been more. I can't imagine after all that time someone flying off the handle and leaving for good over that, maybe an argument but that did seem a little too much. Overall though, I did enjoy the story |
When Casey announced the release of this new book, I was ecstatic. I really love the author's way of writing and her stories. After a disappointment and a slight revival of her last two novels that I read, Forgetting you returns to the abyss of disappointment. I admit, the synopsis is something we have already had the opportunity to read, but knowing the author, I expected something shocking, passionate and engaging from the story. So it wasn't... I'm sorry to say it, but boredom overwhelmed me. The only positive note of the entire book? Elliot! The story between Noah and Elliot is something sweet and nice. The book as a whole is well written, flowing and devours itself in a few hours. Don't expect a crazy story, but an okay story. |
Bailey and Noah are in a deadly car accident. Although Noah survives, she remains in a coma for 15 days. This with 26 stitches to her head and countless other injuries. Noah's parents come to visit - but where is her love, Elliot? (Actually she and Elliot broke up 5 years ago). Her mum painfully tells her this. Noah cannot believe that it is not 2015. Even more surprising is when Noah finds that she is married to a man named Anderson. Noah does not even recognize the man! An interesting take on amnesia. Great plot reveal and characterization. Recommend. Many Thanks to Amazon Publishing, UK and Netgalley for a very good read! |




