Book Review: Forget You by Jennifer Echols

WHY CAN’T YOU CHOOSE WHAT YOU FORGET . . . AND WHAT YOU REMEMBER? There’s a lot Zoey would like to forget. Like how her father has knocked up his twenty-four- year old girlfriend. Like Zoey’s fear that the whole town will find out about her mom’s nervous breakdown. Like darkly handsome bad boy Doug taunting her at school. Feeling like her life is about to become a complete mess, Zoey fights back the only way she knows how, using her famous attention to detail to make sure she’s the perfect daughter, the perfect student, and the perfect girlfriend to ultra-popular football player Brandon.

But then Zoey is in a car crash, and the next day there’s one thing she can’t remember at all—the entire night before. Did she go parking with Brandon, like she planned? And if so, why does it seem like Brandon is avoiding her? And why is Doug—of all people— suddenly acting as if something significant happened between the two of them? Zoey dimly remembers Doug pulling her from the wreck, but he keeps referring to what happened that night as if it was more, and it terrifies Zoey to admit how much is a blank to her. Controlled, meticulous Zoey is quickly losing her grip on the all-important details of her life—a life that seems strangely empty of Brandon, and strangely full of Doug.

I’m a big fan Jennifer Echols after reading Going Too Far, her first romantic drama. Unfortunately, Forget You did not have the same effect as the previous book. I found the main character Zoey a little oblivious when it came to her relationship with Brandon. For a girl who takes multiple Advanced Placement classes you would have expect her to know and execute her relationship with Brandon better then she did. Her “thing” with Doug was strained due to Zoey still having a “boyfriend” but they did manage to have some heated scenes. Where Zoey was lacking in many ways, Doug was not. He was a desirable character that redeemed the book.

Her quest to uncover what that happened the night of the accident was anything but suspenseful. When she makes a big revelation of that night it was not really surprising and seemed obvious.

Overall, was a okay book. It was not great because it did not have the same effect as Going Too Far where I read in one sitting and re-reading it (Go read!). But its worth a shot. I love this author's ability to write some very sexy romance. ;)

Book Review: Fairest of Them All

Title: Fairest of Them All

Author: Jan Blazanin

Publisher: MTV Books
Release Date: April 2009

Number of Pages: 256


(Summary from Amazon)

If life were a fairy tale, Oribella Bettencourt would have a happily ever after kind of future ahead of her. A Hollywood producer has come to Des Moines in search of a perfectly modern Princess Rapunzel, and Ori -- a model, dancer, and star of the beauty pageant circuit -- lands the part. And why shouldn't she? With her hardworking, self-sacrificing mother guiding her career, Ori is stunning, dedicated, poised...and then there's her hair. Breathtakingly lustrous blond hair that sets her apart from all the other girls at school. So what if she doesn't have any friends her age, or anyone to talk to other than her mother? She's on the verge of having everything she's ever dreamed of. But in this fairy tale, the beautiful princess wakes up to her worst nightmare -- when almost overnight, Ori begins to lose her hair....


This book is a lot different from what I usually read. It had no romance, but yet I was compelled to finish reading it. Why? Partly, because the author’s writing was really good and partly, because I wanted to see how drastically her life changed because of her unfortunate disease and okay, I’ll admit it I was hoping for maybe just a little romance but that didn’t happen. Still was good but the main character Ori, was really a odd. She was so naive at times, assuming stupid things just based on people’s appearance. Kinda got on my nerves. But then, you couldn’t help feel sorry for her, especially because during a good amount of the book her mother resents her just because she loses her chance of being in a movie.

The novel overall was not the greatest, it was just okay. However, with that being said I think Jan Blazanin did an amazing job at showing and educating readers, how something as losing one’s hair can drastically change a person’s life and finding true friends all in the same time.


Special thanks to A and B for the book!

Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols

Meg is your regular teen delinquent with blue hair, and frequently finds herself in a sticky situation. One day, Meg and her friends trespass, a railroad bridge, that is forbidden grounds. As soon as they arrive, there are handcuffed and taken to the police station by a young rookie cop, John After. He makes sure that Meg and her friends pay for what they have done and not just get out the charges by their parents paying a fine.

John Afters wants them rehabilitated and he’s got a plan.

One of them will spend a week riding with the fire truck,

one with an ambulance,

and one with the police patrol.

Meg is stuck with police patrol, with none other then the cop who arrested her, John Afters. During their week together they learn a lot about each other, more then what was bargained for.

Okay this was my first Jennifer Echols novel and definitely not going to be my last. It was such an insane book, I swear it is not what I thought it was going to be. In my head I thought it was going to be one of those light cutesy type of book with less plot more dialogue even though the plot alluded to a serious undertone. But it wasn’t. It downright had a lot of seriousness going on with great dialogue in between.

The characters were very dynamic, which made me love this book even more. Both John and Meg had reasons for doing whatever they did. He has a story, a reason for being the way he is, for wanting to be a police man, for wanting Meg to understand how reckless she is and what the consequences there are, if she doesn’t stop her ways soon. Meg, also had this amazing narrative voice. Her character is complex, and there is reason for that.

And another thing I was particularly happy about was Tiffany, an old friend of Meg’s rekindled their friendship after years of not talking to each other for a few years. They had such a friendship, loved how they were so different from each other, kinda like one of my friends and I.

There was one certain thing about the book that I felt ehh about, but it really was a very small thing. I can’t be specific, since it would be considered a spoiler. But obviously it was a very tiny thing because it was outweighed by how everything else was awesome.

The book was definitely a big roller coaster ride (I know it sounds cliche),but unfortunately there really is no other way to describe it. A torrent of different emotions, this book, yes oh yes. And I loved it.


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