And I do love the idea of exploring whether love goes beyond memory. Despite the packaging, this is really a tale about a love that endures despite all obstacles, including memory loss and mind alteration. This leads us to the biggest flaw of the book. Is there any reason she should know who you are, let alone trust you enough to go off alone with you? In a different genre, this would have been the prelude to a slasher horror movie. Uh, hold up, she just lost her memory here. At others, he claims he knows what’s best for the heroine and that she should just listen to him. Zen is a boy who literally climbed over a wall and barged into her life when they first met, after all. It didn’t help matters that I found Zen – short for Lyzender but yes, my reaction to that name was probably the same as that of many other readers – to be obnoxious and overbearing. I don’t want those things to be a convenient vehicle for instant love and supposedly epic teenaged love.
When a book talks about identity and lost memories, I want that to be the focus. I always expect more than I actually get. I obviously need to recalibrate my expectations for YA sci-fi. But the reason why these men are chasing her and desperate to catch her may be the most shocking thing of all. Initially skeptical, the girl – whose true name is Seraphina – soon realizes that the boy was telling the truth when mysterious men begin pursuing her. Along the way she encounters a boy who says that not only did they know each other before her memory loss, they were in love and that she is in terrible danger. Frustrated by her amnesia, she soon begins to pursue all hints and clues leading to her past.
What’s different is that she has no injuries and there is no record of her identity in any database.ĭubbed Violet for her unusual eyes, the girl is eventually sent to live with a foster family after no relatives are identified. The set-up is familiar: a plane crashes and there is only one survivor. Unfortunately, I didn’t get what I wanted. The mystery of an amnesiac girl trying to regain her memories and figure out her identity sounded right up my alley. Bonus points if they have a supernatural or science fiction bent. My reading tastes have been shifting again and I’m feeling the desire to read more thrillers. The premise of your novel, Unremembered, piqued my interest. Jia C- Reviews amnesia / Macmillan / Science Fiction / Time-Travel / Young-Adult 2 Comments
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