NetGalley: Remember Me by Estelle Laure

Published: 3/22/2022

Publisher: St. Martin's Press/Wednesday Books

Pages: 272

Genre: Teens/YA

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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 the two are discovered by their families, the truth is revealed—Blue has paid to have her memories removed, and Adam is one of those memories. What transpires is Blue’s journey to get her memories back, uncover the truth of why she had them removed in the first place, and ultimately decide whether they were too necessary to who she is to lose in the first place.

“I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”

Have you ever wanted to erase your memory no matter the consequence? Well, this is what we find out what happens to one of our characters. I will be honest as I started the book, I was starting to think, uh, this may not be the book for me. I was starting to lose interest, but thank goodness I kept reading. I started to become invested with our character Blue. It all starts with a note about a little blue bus at 7:45, but what does it mean exactly? Why does she need to drink all this orange juice? As our story unfolds, we get further involved with Blue and what is going on inside her mind. We see why Blue wanted her memories gone, but we can not just run away from difficult things at the end of the day. We have to face what is given to us even if, in the end, it is something horrible. There is talk of suicide and death, so please be warned on that as I know some people get trigger easily. But, I can say I enjoyed watching Blue recover over time and come to terms with her life. I loved her grandmother and how willing she was to protect Blue and take her side when things went down.

Estelle Laure is a Vonnegut worshipper who believes in love and magic and the power of facing hard truths. She has a BA in Theater Arts from New Mexico State University and an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and thinks everyone should have to wait tables or work in a kitchen at least once in their lives. She lives in Taos, New Mexico with her children.