Title: Memorized
Author: Alyne Roberts
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: July 7, 2015
Synopsis
The boy who remembers everything.
I heard she is finally going home today. The brain is very powerful. Her mind is unable to handle the memories of what happened, so it blocked it out. As I watch her, I envy her. I wish I could forget, just wipe away all the ugly and the bad. I’m not as lucky as the pretty, lost girl.
I would gladly trade places with her. She has no idea how good forgetting can be.
The girl who forgot everything.
I’m going home today. There is nothing the hospital can do to help me remember the last three years. They say I was attacked, but I can't help them find who it was. They say I'll eventually regain my memories but, it takes time. What happens when you run out of time? Regaining my memory becomes a deadly game of life or death.
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Excerpt:
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.
~My Review~
5 Stars
I Was Provided A ARC For The Blog Tour
(Possible Spoilers)
Willow Thorne was has no memory of the past three years. Left for dead in a field, Willow has blocked the incident and the past three years from her mind. She's left trying to uncover this mystery that is her life. With a social status, a new college major, designer clothes and a swanky apartment, put that all together with business man boyfriend Noah. Willow feels out of place and alone. She's confused and just wants to remember her life and the girl she seemed to become when she moved to Atlanta. She knows who she was before. The girl who wanted to start over after losing her parents. The girl who loved playing the violin, and wanted to study music. Starting to piece little things together, Willow isn't sure if she likes the girl she has become the last few years. The only time she seems to feel anything is when she is around Landon. And the pull, the connection she feels toward him is something she wants to hold on to.
Landon Presley studies the way the mind works. Having a rare mind of his own. One that lets him remember every moment of his life. Down to the fine details. It's a daily struggle for him. He's always felt like a outsider, a side show. Having no one to relate to. But his brother Aaron and his mentor Dr. Mason have been by his side through it all. Never letting him feel alone. Studying the way the mind works helps him try to understand his own better. When he See's the fragile women who was found with chucks of her life missing, Landon feels intrigued to understand what happened to her and how she could block so much of her life out. Needing a subject for his thesis, Landon is encouraged to help Willow get back those memories. And along the way try to keep the feelings he has for her turned off. But the connection Willow and Landon share, isn't something that will go away in time. And it starts to make it more complicated for both their lives.
This is a really well written book. I loved each one of this characters. Willow, who goes from lost and broken, to bubbly and sassy, to scared and confused. She's a very strong person, who deals with lost and pain, but strives to live her life and just be happy. Landon who has shut himself off from people. Scared to get attached, to really live. Just stick to his routine. He grows alot in this book. Becoming someone stronger and more brave to face his fears and the way his mind works. I also really adore the secondary characters like Aaron and Paige. They were fun and quirky. A strong unit for their friends/brother.
With all the mystery and suspense. The second chances and obstacles this group faces, help give the love story of Willow and Landon alot of depth.
Alyne Roberts did a fantastic job and I can't wait to read more of her stories.
About The Author
Alyne lives in Ohio with her husband, dog and cat. Working full time in an office all day, she spends her nights reading, writing or watching an entire TV series in a night. She refuses to grow up and loves Disney movies and anything with owls. She couldn't live without her coffee or her furry "children".
Alyne wrote her first novel titled "Light to the Darkness" in 2014, followed by the Conflicted Encounters Series.
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