I had found the premise intriguing: the heroine, Hannah
Thompson wakes up in the hospital after having had an
accident, and has quite a few surprises waiting for her.
She is about to marry a guy on which she's had a
crush since she was a teenager but doesn't remember ever
going out with, is all slimmed down whereas she had been
overweight all her life, and is the owner of a brand new
business and doesn't know how it happened. She remembers
everything but those past 11 months of her life.
Since I
love a good amnesia trope, I couldn't pass up LOST IN ME.
Hannah also has a gorgeous fraternal twin sister, Lizzie,
who has always eclipsed her. Yet, the sisters have always
been very close, but now the relationship has changed:
Hannah senses a distance between them. Hannah's fiancé, Max
Hollowell, is the ideal boyfriend: patient, loving,
understanding but she doesn't grasp how he could love her.
She eventually discovers that she knows the local rock
star, Nate Crane, much better than she ever wished she
could, and who behaves strangely towards her. I did have a
problem though with Nix, Hannah's doctor ... and friend;
there was a definite a breach of doctor-patient
confidentiality.
Lexi Ryan uses a technique I'm not
usually very fond of, that is alternating between the
present and the past, but she did a great job and
contributes to the suspense. The reader gets to know things
at the same time Hannah does, recovering her memory one
event at a time. I was looking forward to discovering what
had happened and how it will affect all the players in the
story.
The characters are complex, well-rounded; nothing is
black and white. LOST IN ME is very well written, everything
flows
smoothly, although there are 5 or 6 unfortunate typos, but
it's a real page-turner. LOST IN ME is an unusual romantic
suspense that deals with serious issues as well: body image
and anorexia are key players in this story and the author
handles them in a most realistic manner and is heart
wrenching at times.
LOST IN ME ends on a cliff-hanger, and what a
cliff-hanger it is, and this should definitely not deter
anyone from reading this book. LOST IN ME was definitely a
most pleasant surprise, and I am very much looking forward
to the second instalment, Fall to You, which releases in
June 2014.
Lost in Me is the first book in the Here and Now series, a
spin-off of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling New
Hope series. This sexy amnesia love triangle is intended for
mature readers.
The last thing I remember is having drinks at Brady’s and
trying to avoid eye-contact with my life-long crush—the
gorgeous, unattainable Maximilian Hallowell. They tell me
that was a year ago, but I have no memories of anything
since then. What I do have is this ring on my finger that
Max says he gave me, and this much-thinner body I’ve dreamed
of most of my life. Aside from a case of retrograde amnesia,
everything seems almost...perfect.
But the deeper I immerse myself into this new world of
mine—planning a wedding to a man I don't remember dating,
attempting to run a business I don't remember starting—the
clearer it becomes that nothing is as it seems. Do I have
the life I’ve always wanted or is it a facade propped up by
secrets I don't even know I have?
I need answers before I marry Max, and the only person who
seems to have them is the angry, tatted, sexy-as-sin rocker
Nate Crane. And Nate wants me for himself.
Lost in Me is not a standalone novel, as the story continues
in Here and Now book two, Fall to You, releasing in June.
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