Book Review: Forgotten

Title - Forgotten

Author - Catherine Gardiner

Series - In the Shadows

Genre - YA Paranormal

Published June 6th 2012

Format - Kindle Freebie

(Goodreads)(Amazon)

Synopsis

Sycamore Heights, where everyone keeps a deadly secret.

Katrina Harvey has just enrolled into the senior class of Sycamore Heights High along with her foster sister, Jessica Sinclair. Unfortunately Katrina is no ordinary enrollee as ten months previously she was brutally attacked and has been left with amnesia.

Almost a year after those horrific events took place Katrina is being stalked by someone, or something, who doesn’t want her to remember her past and will do anything to keep it that way.

Moving to a new town is never easy, as Suzanne Harvey is well aware, but focused on finding her older sister, Katrina, fate has led her to Sycamore Heights. Now, as Suzanne gets closer to revealing secrets from the past, someone from the present doesn’t like what she could unearth, even if that means they drive her to the brink of insanity to keep the secrets forgotten.

Teaser 

With her music distracting her, Katrina did not hear that someone was following her from Clayton Falls High School Library and across the school's football field. Nor did she hear her stalker raise a baseball bat and take a swing at her skull. 

The last though Katrina had was of her sister, Suzanne, before her memory faded behind a veil of darkness. 

Covers

Two covers. I prefer the one from Goodreads with the girl looking out with the eyes. The newer cover for Forgotten is the one with the dress that showed up on my kindle. Keep in mind it was my paper white so it didn't do it justice and that could be why I'm partial to the original. Which one do you prefer? 

Review

I hate to admit that I picked this one up as a kindle freebie back in 2012 and it’s been sitting on my kindle since then. Katrina is attacked leaving her with no memories of her past and without an identity. Deciding it’s time to figure out her past she agrees to hypnosis therapy which reveals that fragments of her past which she starts to remember. Someone doesn’t want her to remember her past and is sending her notes and items to keep her in the dark. While Katrina doesn’t remember her past it’s going to catch up with her one way or another.

While Katrina may not know her past her sister and friends have been searching for her for a long time. Having found her with her memories missing they are forced to wait but deep down it’s killing her sister Suzanne just watching her sister not know who she is. However Katrina isn’t the only one with someone stalking her. Will the sisters be united? Will the ones hunting them get them? What’s really going on with Marcus?

I liked the characters we have multiple points of view Katrina, Emily and Suzanne. Each girl has a little different of a background with their own tragic story and how they came to be. I like the girls and found that I was able to connect with them more than the guys. I don’t think I can pick my favorite just yet because each one has a quality or personality I liked.

I wasn’t sure about this one the cover is what hooked me in. I think the author has created an interesting paranormal concept that is set in the late 90’s which I loved. I like the way that she mixed the humans in with the vampires and werewolves they worked together instead of fighting each other. The world building wasn’t bad I could have used more but it was still a good amount and the storyline flows along smoothly. All in all it is a really captivating story I just really wish it was long because I enjoyed it very much. I have high hopes for more in the future because I would love to spend more time in Katrina’s world. Overall great first installment.