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There aren’t many books that can simultaneously cut you to your core and heal the wound, but that’s what this book did to me. I haven’t read any of Derrick’s other works with Lippincott, but I’ll have to if they’re half as good as ‘Forget Me Not.’

I saw a friend on twitter call this a “queer version of ‘The Vow’,” and—seeing as that’s one of my all-time favourite romantic movies—I had to get it (on audio, because lord knows I can’t read through tears). This was a stellar choice on my part because Natalie Naudus knocked it out of the park. The raw emotion in her performance brought Stevie’s narration to life beautifully. I felt her devotion to her family and her conflicting desires to be true to herself. It was masterful, the way Derrick crafted the romance between Nora and Stevie not once but twice, and I loved every moment of it.

I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for an unputdownable read that packs a punch right in the feels. I’ve ordered myself a hardcopy and will be rereading post-haste—and also checking out Derrick and Lippincott’s other works. (Trigger Warnings: homophobia, racism, head injuries, amnesia, domestic abuse, hate-speech, casual bigotry.)

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