Close to Me by Amanda Reynolds

Close To Me by Amanda Reynolds
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

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My star rating system:
1 star – Awful! I couldn’t even read it.
2 stars – I only read part of it, couldn’t finish it.
3 stars – I read it all, and it was okay – not one of my favorites.
4 stars – I read it all and loved it!
5 stars – I read it all, loved it, and I would read it again!

What if you couldn't remember the last year of your life? Jo woke up in a hospital room after a mysterious fall knowing who she was, recognizing her family, but not remembering the last year of her life. She could tell that something was different. She felt like her husband and children were keeping a secret from her. What awful things could have happened in this "lost year" of her life? On top of that, how did she fall and hit her head anyway?

The author, Amanda Reynolds, spins a very captivating and suspenseful story of Jo gradually gaining back bits of her memory from the "lost year". The books flip flops in time between days "after the fall" and months "before the fall". Eventually time catches up with itself and the reader finally finds out what everyone was trying to hide from Jo.

I loved the way the book was written in two different time periods. Sometimes this style of writing can be confusing for the reader, but I felt that in this case, the writing style actually kept the level of suspense increasing. I would have rated the book a little higher, but unfortunately it was a little bit disappointing at the end. Maybe it just didn't end like I would have liked it to, and that is not the fault of the author.


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