Title: Memorized
Author: Alyne Roberts
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: July 7, 2015
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Willow
Landon makes a grunting sound and I clench the phone tighter. Details of his life slip out here and there. What I do know, I know from observing him. Like how he prefers structure and routine. Always with a set schedule and ordering the same coffee. I notice how he is either locked inside his own head or watching everything around him with intense focus. There is no middle ground with Landon.
"Come on," I plead. "Distract me."
"You are impossible to say to no to, woman. What you want to know?"
I chew on my lip and consider the million questions floating around in my head. I never ask them because I get the feeling he doesn't like it. Plus, I know how it feels to be treated like a science experiment. He's probably put up with it most of his life.
"Do you remember the first time you saw me?" I ask and hold my breath.
"Yes."
"Tell me about it," I urge. I cross my ankles and sit up. My body is tight with suspense. I can clearly remember our collision in the hallway the day I left. I wanted to know how he saw it.
"You were sitting in your room. It was a Tuesday and it was raining outside. You sat cross-legged on the bed, watching the rain run down your window. You wore a pair of flannel pants and black tank top."
"Wow," I whisper. "Detailed."
"I heard that an amnesia patient had been admitted that week," he continues, and I realize he saw me way before I saw him. "I walked the halls, finding the new faces and trying to guess which one it would be. I spend every day wishing that I could forget. I wanted to know what it was like to have that ability. When I saw you, I knew you were the one they talked about."
"How?"
"You looked so lost. You looked beautiful, but like you were once full of light and it was stolen from you. I figure only someone who lost something that they took for granted everyday would look like that. Maybe it's not the blessing I thought it was."
I hum into the phone and sink back into the water. "We're both cursed."
"Maybe we both needed to open our eyes," he whispers, sending shivers down my body.
Ironic how we both found each other; I can only look forward and he can only look back. I'm digging and searching for something bad that happened to me whereas Landon is trying to forget it. Neither one of us can see the world like the other, but I don't think there are two people who understand each other better than we do.
Review by Juls
4 Stars!!
After reading the synopsis for Memorized, I was hooked. I couldn't wait to receive the ARC from Alyne Roberts. The minute I started, it was hard to stop. I started reading it one night prior to bed and the next day, all I could think about was what was going to happen next!
Willow woke up in a hospital after being attacked and left for dead. As a result of her attack, she can't remember the last 3 years of her life. She doesn't remember anything about the attack and the only person she has to help her get reunited with her life is Noah. Noah is her boyfriend and he feels like a complete stranger to her. When Willow gets home from the hospital, everything in her life seems foreign to her and not a life she would've imagined living. She remembers her life growing up and going away to college, but after that, she doesn't remember how she got to where she is now.
Then there's Landon. A psychology student that is helping Willow remember the events that took place in hopes of getting her memories back. With London's help, she starts getting bits and pieces of her memory back. One thing I really enjoyed when reading this story, was it was like solving a puzzle and trying to put everything together. It definitely held my attention when it came to suspenseful situations. If you are looking for a love triangle story that keeps you guessing throughout the book, I recommend that you pick this one up!
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