Title: Amnesia
Author: Jaimie Roberts
Genre: Romance, Suspense
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I don’t use the term “bully” lightly. However, I have no qualms about using it when it comes to Max Cooper.
Arrogant.
Aggravating.
Annoying.
Those are just a few of the names I have for him that start with the letter A. I haven’t gotten through the rest of the alphabet ... yet.
From the moment I met Max three years ago, he was nothing but an arsehole. The only reason we put up with each other is because we share the same best friend.
Then, everything suddenly changes when Max is involved in a horrific accident that sets him back three years. He remembers his friends, but here’s the real kicker: He doesn’t remember … me.
At first, I think it must be a cruel joke, but then I see how serious he is. Over time, I get to know the real Max Cooper. The one who can be sweet, funny, and kind. The one who shows me he’s not such an arsehole after all.
Then, the inevitable happens. I fall for him.
Just as things between us begin to balance out, I lose my own equilibrium, and I don’t know why.
But, despite all of this, no one is prepared for the real terror that’s about to unfold.
Jaimie Roberts was born in London, but moved to Gibraltar in 2001. She is married with two sons, and in her spare time, she writes.
In June 2013, Jaimie published her first book, Take a Breath, with the second released in November 2013. With the reviews, Jaimie took time out to read and learn how to become a better writer. She gets tremendous enjoyment out of writing, and even more so from the feedback she receives.
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There’s retrograde amnesia where you lose existing, previously made memories. Then there’s Anterograde, where you can’t form new memories. Then there’s Transient global amnesia where you experience memory loss for some hours. Then lastly there’s Infantile amnesia, which I think a lot of people have. It’s where they can’t remember the first three to five years of their life.”
What a ride !! Its guaranteed to alter your perception and have you dropping your jaw at every turn. It was like going down a mountain in pitch dark at night, you're hugging the curves and just waiting for the accident to happen!
“If you move faster than the speed of light, you end up living your life in the dark.”
Jamie has unleashed her mindfuckery in full force and written a book with so contorted a plot that you won't believe what is just unfolding around you.
There's a girl called Lucy Lou. She's always had confidence issue cause she's been led to believe she's annoying with Just one of those faces !
Naturally shy, timid, reticent, her friends, esp the boy she likes thinks “You are a miserable, stuck up, frigid little cow.”
What a blow to fragile ego of a girl already trying to hide in her skin.
The boy in question-Max Cooper has an agenda against her, it seems.
He meets with an accident and his last 3 years of memories are completely wiped away. So now his charisma is turned on full, he sweeps her off her feet with right amount of flirtations, compliments and charm
"There’s something quite beautiful about a woman who doesn’t think she is. Like a full blooming rose that can never see itself. It’s admired by many, but has no idea why.”
Starting their relationship on a clean slate, the hate is replaced by friendship that inevitably turns to love.
But wait !! IT'S NOT REAL!!
Everything written in this book is a mirage, whatever you see or feel will change halfway down the book. So I was astounded!
Did I just read that Right?
Did I just hear that Right?
Did I just feel that Right?
Cause I'm sure there's something wrong somewhere, Right? YES!!!
I had been a lost soul, travelling in limbo, hoping that one day someone will catch me.
The rug will be pulled from right under you and the world you see will flip on it's axis. Wrong becomes right and right becomes sooooooooooo wrong I dunno if it's worthy of forgiveness!
And then there's the hidden source of paranoia and hallucinations lurking in the background throughout the plot. An unseen, unheard ominous presence that will definitely send a shiver down your spine whenever that evil entity nearby. Danger at every step, threats at every curve, mystery on the brink of unraveling but still so much unsolved.
First, panic attacks, then— as my therapist calls it— intimacy issue, and now paranoia.
Pick up this book and you will be drenched in a dark-ish love story(?) You will fall in love with characters, you will cry when they are cut open and bleed for them.
Be prepared to be so engrossed you will forget to eat, drink and shower like me. Read the entire book in one stretch without stopping for a break and cried in the end. Heartbreaking and poignant, frustrating and baffling, cathartic and absolving, you'll be moved by it for sure.
5 stars twinkling in the night sky
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