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Remember When (2000)

by T. Torrest(Favorite Author)

3.36 of 5 Votes: 5

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English

genre

Romance

series

Remember Trilogy

review 1: My thanks to Netgalley and Smith Publicity for allowing me to read and review an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.I found this book compulsively readable! Once started, I could not stop! I think a big part of what drew me in to this book was the time period in which it was set. I was in high school in the 90's as well, so I really got a kick out of being sent back to that era - such nostalgia!Layla is a very dynamic character. Through her we get to feel all sorts of things - the pain of being abandoned by her mother, the angst of first (and unrequited) love, unconditional friendship, embarrassment, jealousy...pretty much everything you ever felt when you were "coming of age". I thought the author did a great job of immersing me into Layla's world, altho... moreugh if I were to offer a criticism here, it would be that there could have been more as far as the background of the secondary characters. For example, I never had a clear picture of Layla's father, what he did for work or why he didn't mind his daughter going out partying all the time. I think Layla's brother was mentioned less than five times. And Cooper?! One of the best characters in the book and I wasn't let in to any of the meat of Layla's history with him until near the end! Part of what I loved about this book was how Layla and Trip started out as friends. They had so much fun, studying and working a part time job together, before any of the dating mess came into the picture. Trip was a pretty neat guy, beautiful of course, but also smart and kind. So many times I end up reading books with cocky a-holes as the main love interest, so Trip was a refreshing change of pace. Same complaint here, though - I wasn't given enough background. I'm thinking especially of a scene towards the end of the book where a pretty heavy duty secret is revealed. It came completely out of left field, and then was simultaneously dropped. With an issue that big affecting Trip's life, I would have liked to see more build up and more resolution.I wonder if many readers will be disappointed with the ending of "Remember When". I wasn't - I think everything about the ending was perfect, and I am absolutely looking forward to reading the next in the series!My rating: 3.5 stars
review 2: Thank you, T. Torrest, for bringing me back to my youth. The title, Remember When, really was a walk through days past. I could smell Love's Baby Soft. I could remember my pair of Converse. The Totally Video store. Writing letters. Calling on the phone. A lovely book for reminiscing about things we forgot we'd remember when we started the book.The writing is both hilarious and sweet, snarky and honest. A book about friendships growing up as well as first real love written by someone who has an uncanny ability to build you up and then have you say NOOO!! at the Kindle. Torrest has a knack for stringing you through the story and keeps you waiting, waiting, and then POW. I love books that run the gamut of emotions, and this book had that. At one point I laughed until my stomach hurt and the kids ran in wondering what was so funny. At another point I had that big ol' lump in my throat that eventually spilled over into tears. Aw, T. Torrest, well done. Well done! less

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