#Happy Publication Day, March 22nd, 2022 #Remember Me by Estelle Laure #YA Fiction @Wednesday Books

Happy Publication Day to Remember Me by Estelle Laure

From the Blurb:

A new young adult novel from the critically acclaimed author of This Raging Light and Mayhem

If you could erase all of your painful memories, would you?

Blue Owens wakes up one day with the strangest feeling that something is very wrong. Everyone’s acting weird and she’s found a note in her closet telling her to get on the Little Blue Bus at 7:45, which she does, meeting up with the exact person she was supposed to avoid: Adam Mendoza. Even though she has no idea who he is, something about him is so familiar.

When she confronts him, the truth is revealed—Blue has paid to have her memories removed, and Adam is one of those memories. As Blue struggles to piece together her history, she is torn between her desire to know why she would do something so drastic and her fear of what she will find.

Remember Me is the bold and beautiful story of a girl who must find the courage to face the demons of her past and reclaim her loved ones—even if it ruins her.

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Publisher: Wednesday Books
Publication Date: March 22, 2022
ISBN 9781250261939, 1250261937

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My thoughts:
Have you seen The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, a 2004 sci-fi romcom with Jim Carrie (one of his best roles ever), Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo and Elija Wood? If you haven’t, I highly recommend you do- the cast is stellar and the story is one of the romantic ones I’ve ever seen in my life.
So it’s no wonder I jumped at the chance to read Remember Me, the new YA novel from Estelle Laurie, and it didn’t disappoint. It had the sweetness of young love and passion which knows no boundaries, the bitterness of learning that some things cannot be undone no matter what, the sadness of a heartbreak and the awesomeness of a very clever book.
The protagonist of Remember Me Blue Owens wakes up one day and find that everything around you feels a bit off and everyone is behaving strangely. She finds a note asking her to get on a bus where she meets Adam. It is clear from other people’s reactions they have history, but what is it and why can’t she remember any part of it?
Blue finds out she underwent a special procedure designed to remove her painful memories. Gradually she manages to discover what happened and piece back together her fuzzy and fragmented world. This is obviously a concept-driven book (Would you erase your painful memories or are they and what we learnt from them an integral part of what we are?), but there is also an emotional punch. Make sure you check out the list of content warnings as some of the topics discussed in this book can be triggering.
The characters are flawed as all humans are and quirky, which makes it all even more engaging.

Thought-provoking and touching, the book is well-written and is definitely worth reading. Can’t wait to read more from Estelle Laure!

Thank you to NetGalley and Wednesday Books for the review copy provided in exchange for an honest opinion.

Content warnings: grief, depression, suicide.

ESTELLE LAURE, the author of Mayhem and This Raging Light, believes in love, magic, and the power of facing hard truths. She has a BA in Theatre Arts and an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults, and she lives in Taos, New Mexico, with her family. Her work is translated widely around the world. Visit her at estellelaure.com and on Instagram at @estellelaurewrites.

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