Official Review: Forgotten by Cat Patrick

[Alexandra Bayer]

London Lane has a special gift: she can see her future, but she can't remember her past. Every night, she takes time to write down everything that happened, so she can read her notes in the morning and try and lead a normal day. With the help of her best friend, she usually gets by fine. But when she and her friend get into a fight and stop talking, London is lost. Until she meets Luke Henry, the new boy. Although London can peruse her future, she can't see Luke in it - even though, the way things are going, he'll be a big part of it. Then London stars having flash-forwards, to things she couldn't see before. Has Luke triggered these images? And does it have anything to do with why London can't see him in her future?

When I finished this book, I was very disappointed. Not with the book, but with the fact that it was over! I found this book to be very original, one of the most unaffected by other books I've ever read. Sure, there are many books where the characters may have visions of the future, but none of those characters remembered their entire future and forget their entire past as well. The only thing even slightly similar has to be the movie 50 First Dates.

There was a part in this book which very much reminded me of a scene from 50 First Dates. London and Luke fell asleep together (don't worry, nothing dirty, just watching the stars from his car) and in the morning, London didn't remember him. Luckily it didn't turn out as disastrously as it did in 50 First Dates, but I still found it to be quite similar.

I found London's predicament to be intriguing and fascinating. Who to tell, trust, rely on...? And how much of the future to reveal to others when it relates directly to them? It made me wonder if I had a friend with abilities such as these, would I want to know my future, or have it kept a secret? Would I want life to be full of surprises, or would I rather know in advance when something good will happen, or something bad, so I could avoid it? If I was in London's situation, I would definitely make very thorough notes, since there were little things London didn't write down or chose to forget that directly affected her future, and not always in a good way.

If there was one thing I would improve on in this book, it would be letting the reader in on the things London does, even if she doesn't remember doing them herself. Once she got a phone call, relating to something she had done sometime in the middle of the book. Unfortunately, since London hadn't written down what she had done, the reader doesn't find out about it until London does. I thought the story would be more exaggerated if we knew what was going on before London did.

Overall, I found this book ingenious. I would rate it four stars.I finished it in a very short amount of time (even though I didn't get around to the review until now). This book was exciting, and I never wanted to put it down! There are some books where you can just lose yourself in the pages, not caring about anything else until the very end. This was one of those books. This book is excellent for anyone looking for identity crises, mystery, and romance based on trust (even when you only meet the person for the first time every day!).

[allesha]

I loved loved loved this book! I liked the cuteness of the relationship and I liked the ending of the book too, something I wasn't expecting to happen.

[toshilou]

My best friend got me this book for Christmas a couple years ago. It was one of the best books I've ever read. So unique! Love the love story in it too.