WHY CAN’T YOU CHOOSE WHAT YOU FORGET . . . AND WHAT YOU REMEMBER? There’s a lot Zoey would like to forget. Like how her father has knocked up his twenty-four- year old girlfriend. Like Zoey’s fear that the whole town will find out about her mom’s nervous breakdown. Like darkly handsome bad boy Doug taunting her at school. Feeling like her life is about to become a complete mess, Zoey fights back the only way she knows how, using her famous attention to detail to make sure she’s the perfect daughter, the perfect student, and the perfect girlfriend to ultra-popular football player Brandon. But then Zoey is in a car crash, and the next day there’s one thing she can’t remember at all—the entire night before. Did she go parking with Brandon, like she planned? And if so, why does it seem like Brandon is avoiding her? And why is Doug—of all people— suddenly acting as if something significant happened between the two of them? Zoey dimly remembers Doug pulling her from the wreck, but he keeps referring to what happened that night as if it was more, and it terrifies Zoey to admit how much is a blank to her. Controlled, meticulous Zoey is quickly losing her grip on the all-important details of her life—a life that seems strangely empty of Brandon, and strangely full of Doug.
This was the first time I have read anything by Jennifer Echols but I am glad I started with a book that will be a classic in years to come. I hope that the book recieves all the attention it deserve which is a lot. Since reading the book I have gone out and ordered Going to Far and Endless Summer and will have to check out her other books.
The characters are first class, the devolp so much in the timeframe of the book, you learn that although Zoey is attracted to Doug she does still have feelings for Brandon and at times is blinded by love. Doug is the hunky but slightly dark love interest, where Brandon is the player who wants every girl to himself. Add a couple of quirky twins and you have the perfect cast.
My opinions on the characters changed as I went on I didn't like Doug to start with but as the book pregressed I began to fall for him, Zoey I felt sorry for in the beginning but as the story went on I began to feel annoyed with her, she had Doug waiting for her practically all her life and never really noticed him but I was really happy for her at the end of the book. I think that is a great mix for a book.
The story for me is a classic love story with a twist, the setting couldn't of been more perfect, lovely beaches and almost perfect weather. However there was a point in the novel where I felt Zoey had became a total different person, it happens about three quarters of the way through but I think it could have been handled in a totally different way. I don't want to spoil the part so I won't say what happens but I will say you will know when you come to it.
I didn't want this book to end, I think that I could have finished it sooner but I wanted it to last longer! Overall a great book, perfectly written, beautiful characters and an absolute pleasure to read. I would recommend it to everyone.
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