I found this book an ok read. I've read better but also worse. It seemed a bit far fetched in some places.

This is the second book I've read recently that uses face blindness as the main plotline and it must be a terrifying condition.

Thank you NetGalley for my ARC.

When I Find You by Emma Curtis sounded like the kind of book that I would really enjoy.. unfortunately it just was not for me. It took a very long time to get into the story and by then I had lost interest. It just was not for me, but a lot of people are raving about it.

The story of Laura who suffers from face blindness so she does not remember or recognise faces. When she leaves her works Christmas party with the wrong man she believes that she has been taken advantage of. It is told from different Points of view but for me it was just too slow.

Thank you to Random House UK, Transworld Publishing, Black Swan and NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book to read. All opinions are my own and are in no way biased

A highly engaging, original thriller that sees Laura, an advertising executive, waking up from a boozy Christmas party with a strange man in her bed. She figures she must know him, as he was at her office party, but he is not the man she was hanging out with, who was wearing a pink shirt. This mans shirt, flung aside by the bed, is blue. The thing is that Laura doesn't recognise either man, except by the colour of the shirts they were wearing, as Laura is face-blind. Laura can't remember peoples faces, therefore can't recognise anyone, except for subtle clues like their hair, clothes, or the way they carry themselves. She thought the only person in the office that was aware of her condition was her boss, Rebecca, but someone else has found out her secret and has used it to violate her in the worst way possible.
Laura then attempts to try to find out who her rapist is, first suspecting this person, then that one. She doesn't go to the police as she reasons they wouldn't believe her and she doesn't have any evidence anyway. She has few people she can turn to and her life starts to spiral out of control as the fear and panic catches up to her.
You have to sympathise with Laura, she feels so alone. It's hard to imagine what it would be to live with the condition of face-blindness, where you don't recognise your colleagues, your family, even your own face in the mirror. Laura's colleagues find her cold and distant, not realising it's simply because she doesn't know who she's talking to.
I found this book to be quite riveting, racing through it as the theories I made all seemed flawed, as were Laura's own. None of the conclusions I came to were right in the end, the twists, coming as shocks to me. All in all, a gripping thriller and I look forward to reading more of Emma Curtis' work in the future. Recommended for all lovers of suspense and psychological fiction.
My thanks to NetGalley and Random House UK, Transworld Publishers for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

*Thanks to NetGalley and Transworld Digital for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.* I thoroughly enjoyed Emma Curtis' previous book, 'One Little Mistake' so was excited to hear that she had another book out. 'When I Find You' did not disappoint. There seems to be a bit of a trend for books about people suffering from Prosopagnosia (face-blindness) at the moment, or maybe it says something about my reading taste. However, in the last year or so, I have read a few, including Jennifer Niven's 'Holding Up the Universe' and more recently, Louise Jensen's, 'The Date.' 'When I Find You' also features a protagonist with Prosopagnosia. Laura is a young woman who is incapable of recognising the faces of the people around her; she does not even recognise her own reflection in the mirror. Curtis has used this plot device to set up a devilishly clever dilemma when Laura goes home with the wrong man after her staff Christmas Party. A thoroughly enjoyable and fascinating read, full of suspense and twists.

With thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an open and honest review.

This is the second book I have read in 2018 about Prosopagnosia AKA face blindness.

Twenty eight year old Laura Maguire was an executive for Gunner and Monroe Advertising Agency. A young, hip agency owned by former colleagues David Gunner and Rebecca Monroe.

When Laura was told in no uncertain terms she must attend their works Christmas do she was apprehensive. However after Laura had a few drinks she started chatting and dancing with one of her work colleagues. She didn't recognise him but knew he was wearing a pink shirt. They spend a passionate night together, in the morning, Laura went to check pink shirts wallet to discover his name and was horrified to find a blue shirt on the floor.

Laura was upset and angry that one of her colleagues had taken advantage of her and felt she had been raped.

Laura became more isolated from her colleagues but vowed to find the man who attacked her. Unfortunately Laura's actions had massive repercussions.

The ethical dilemma in the story gave me pause for thought. Could it be classed as a rape if you have consensual sex with someone you know, for it later turn out to be a stranger?

My reason for awarding four stars is because the story was definitely a slow burner and did not get going for me until the 30% mark. After that I was permanently glued to my Kindle because I had to know what happened next.

The story was well written with plenty of red herrings. I think Laura suspected all the males in her office at one p0int. The events towards the end surprised me, I was not expecting that to happen.

I felt sorry so sorry for Laura who could never truly relax and felt constantly vulnerable. I also enjoyed the other story line about David Gunner and his family. I especially liked his senile grandparents Queenie and Tony.

I recommend this book to any fans of twisty turny thrillers.













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Emma Curtis' debut novel, One Little Mistake blew me away last year with its smart premise and sophisticated writing so I had very high expectations for her second book, When I Find You. And she doesn't disappoint. Her second book features strong characters and a skilfully crafted plot that will keep you guessing throughout.

Twenty-eight year old Laura Maguire suffers from prosopagnosia or face blindness, relying on other attributes such as the colour of clothing, hairstyles, body language, and mannerisms to distinguish people. She keeps her condition a secret because she's afraid that someone might take advantage of her if they know she can't recognise or identify anyone. Laura works in an advertising company, an environment that relies on appearance and facade. She is responsible for organising and launching campaigns, an ironic profession for her because she avoids social situations as much as possible due to her condition.

Laura is pressured to go to the office Christmas party and celebrates a bit too much, becoming disoriented and confused. She wakes up the next day and discovers that she's not sure who she slept with the night before. She also gets the feeling that she was taken advantage of and starts to question whether she has been raped. She identifies the most likely candidates in her office and starts trying to figure out who abused her. She can't go to the police because she can't describe the person she went home with that night. The only person in the office who knows about Laura's face blindness is her boss Rebecca but Laura wonders who Rebecca might have told or who might use that information against her.

Like in One Little Mistake, two narratives are intertwined with the main character, Laura in this case, telling her story in first person, and another character's story, Rebecca in this case, being told in third person. Here, both narratives take place contemporaneously in the present. At first, it wasn't obvious why Rebecca was narrating because she didn't seem like a very interesting character. However, it soon becomes clear why she was chosen as the different strands and narratives are brought together. The distinction between first and third person are important in this case as Laura is such an introverted character and we are encouraged to identify with her because of her condition. Curtis' sensitive treatment of the condition demonstrates the confusion, vulnerability, and frustration Laura feels and the first person narration makes it all the more palpable and visceral. Although Laura is a flawed character, she is sympathetic nonetheless because she is struggling. Curtis' sensitive treatment of a possible rape is also skilfully done as the book is never gratuitous.

Curtis skilfully crafts the world of the office, the cliques that form, the tension that is created when different personalities work in close proximity, and the rumours and hierarchies that can form within the workplace. Although Laura likes where she works, the book shows how nasty the office environment can be. Laura becomes very suspicious of and paranoid about all the men around her, both in and out of her office and this nervousness is distinctly palpable, demonstrating the strength of Curtis' writing.

Curtis' mastery of the psychological thriller is impressive as dramatic tension is built throughout. In both this book as well as her first, the characters in particular are very unpredictable, making this a very unnerving and enjoyable book. I look forward to Curtis' next book.

This is a very unusual and enthralling psychological thriller that revolves around Laura who suffers from a medical condition called Prosopagnosia or Face Blindness which means the her ability to recognise any faces, including her own, is impaired. Laura uses secondary clues such as clothing, gait, hair colour and style, skin colour, body shape and to a lessen extent voice to try and recognise who someone is. This was an incredibly unique aspect to this story which the author Emma Curtis successfully uses to create an absorbing story that has many twists and turns but keeps you spell bound even when you think it is over, it isn’t!! As boring as this phrase is.....I just couldn’t put it down!!
Well written with realistic characters. Food for thought - even with face blindness can we really recognise people for who they are?
Highly recommended read.

Thanks to Netgalley and Random House UK, Transworld Publishers for a copy to read and review.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3 easy to read stars.

This is one of those books that is quick and easy to read.

I just found the premise / face blindness to be a tad far fetched and it’s a book you have to suspend reality a bit.

Also not helped that there is another book already out there re. face blindness which is more suspenseful.

Overall the writing from Laura’s POV is intriguing but doesn’t keep you hooked in.

I liked the brilliance of the plot. I like the convoluted roadway to the identity. I liked the anger and suspense of the situation. I liked the helplessness and fear of the main character. I liked the moral dilemma which the concept threw out.

Laura goes home with a man wearing a pink shirt after a night of drinks, enjoys the love making the whole night, till the next day morning shows a blue shirt on the floor.

Why is the color of shirt significant?

Laura has face blindness, prosopagnosia, and now she has no idea whom she spent the night with.

Was it rape?

She did enjoy her time with him but he was not whom she wanted to be with. The mind and body said it was abuse. It was trickery. It was taking advantage. It was someone knowing her condition and making use of that knowledge to get his way.

Was it rape?

This was my first book by Emma Curtis, and I loved the way the main character struggled with her condition, the fear she felt knowing it was one of her colleagues at work who raped her and was now threatening her.

How was anyone to cope with such a condition where you didn't remember anything about the rapist? And would the cops believe it to be rape?

Everything was a jigsaw puzzle for Laura, and it was nothing short of a herculean task to make them fit or even to know how to make them fit. Laura trying to maintain her mental balance with work, the harassment notes, the new project, trying to identify the colleagues by their desks/cubicles/hair style/clothes, and FINDING OUT WHO RAPED HER!!

The last 30% went on a different track with everyone losing their sanity. Too many things happened at once. From rape to kidnapping to torture to peeing in the diaper to attempted murder to madness and mayhem

The author did bring the reader back to the main plot with the ending, which was great.

A lovely way to spend the Monday morning!!

My review is written with thanks to Anne Cater, who invited me on the tour, and Transworld Publishers, for providing my copy of the book through Netgalley.
Laura Maguire wakes up the night after her work Christmas party and discovers a man's shirt on her bedroom floor. It is clear that she brought someone home after the party, but the man she invited home had a pink shirt; this shirt is blue. Laura has face blindness, which means she is unable to recognise the man by his face, and therefore has no idea what happened. Will Laura ever find out what happened on the night of the Christmas party?
​Most people have done something they regret whilst under the influence of alcohol, and this meant that I could relate to Laura on some level, but at the same time, I have no idea how I would feel if I couldn't recognise the people I'd spent time with the night before. The thought scares me, and Curtis' writing brought home to me how vulnerable Laura was, making me root for her as she struggled to piece together the events of that night. The tension this created was also incredible, and I was on the edge of my seat as secrets and lies were exposed.
I thought I had When I Find You sussed after about five chapters. Oh no. Curtis' plotting is brilliantly intelligent, and I loved the little clues she leaves as the novel progresses: clues that you don't even realise ARE clues until it reaches its nail biting conclusion. There are so many twists and red herrings, and I couldn't wait to find out where Curtis would take me next. This is heightened by the fact that most of the chapters are narrated by Laura (with a few from her boss, Rebecca), and her difficulty in recognising people means that the reader doesn't always know who is who and it is more difficult for us to make guesses about who is involved.
Prosopagnosia is a fascinating subject, and Curtis has researched it very thoroughly. I was very interested by the way it affects Laura, particularly in situations where someone would take their ability to recognise faces for granted, such as dating, watching a television show and passing neighbours in the street. I enjoyed the opportunity to learn more about this condition, and it makes a great foundation for a novel!

Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for this arc in exchange for my honest review.

Laura works in marketing and after a drunken xmas party goes home with a colleague. Waking up to face the day with him he leaves before they can talk. The problem is Laura has face blindness and can’t remember his name but she remembers he was wearing a pink shirt but when this man left he was wearing a blue shirt. Who has violated her in a drunken state?

Rebecca, Laura’s boss, is having an affair with the partner at the marketing firm and is struggling to accept the affair when David seems to have his own worries. When things start to go wrong for Laura can she solve who took advantage?

This was such an interesting premise and I enjoyed the way in which it evolved and played out. Just when I worked out who I thought blue shirt was the rug was pulled from under me! Would definitely read more by Emma Curtis.

The cover of this book drew my attention, and although you can’t judge a book by its cover I thought this cover stood out!!

Laura Maguire goes to her works Christmas party and wakes up besides a stranger after a night of passion, she thought the man she had been kissing at the party was wearing a pink shirt but the guy she wakes up with has a blue shirt. The problem is Laura has face blindness, a condition I have not heard about, but does exist. I liked the concept that Laura cannot remember faces as this added a different slant to the traditional one night stand story. So who did she sleep with?

I was intrigued as to who the mystery man was, but I felt like this book won’t be everybody’s cup of tea as it did drag on a little. But persevere as the ending makes up for the slowness!!

Thank you to netgalley for my copy in exchange for a review

Emma Curtis begins her second novel, When I Find You with a really intriguing opening. Laura wakes up the morning after her office Christmas party to find a stranger in her bedroom. Laura suffers from a condition called facial-blindness, also known as Prosopagnosia. She thought she knew who the person was who she brought back to her flat the previous night. Her condition means that she has to be able to recognise certain distinguishing features about a person: what they’re wearing or the colour and shape of their hair, but this isn’t always easy. Now she realises that someone may have taken advantage of her condition and tricked her into sleeping with them. The thought leaves her feeling angry and upset and she tries to uncover who it was who did this to her.

I have only recently become aware of the condition which Emma explores in her latest book. It does make you examine what we take for granted every single day and it did make me think how difficult it must be for people living with the condition. It did make me think how it was going to be possible for Laura to get to the truth which is what made this novel very different.

The novel is told through the perspectives of both Laura and Rebecca, her boss. Rebecca is the only person who knows about Laura’s condition at their office. I think a lot of readers won’t like Rebecca but I didn’t dislike her as much as I thought I would, although she did make some decisions that I didn’t approve of. Both Laura and Rebecca lead very different lives and they are both dealing with their own separate problems. It was interesting to see how they would both collide with each other and this was one of the most gripping aspects of the plot.

As I was reading I kept thinking how horrible it must be for Laura; she has been taken advantage of but she doesn’t know who it was. I think I had my suspicions about everyone in the advertisement agency where she worked and I felt as though I couldn’t trust anyone who worked with her. It does give the novel a unique look at a crime that has taken place, but I could see that Emma had also impeccably researched the condition.

The ending of the book is so chilling. I thought how Emma tied everything up was done well and it really makes for a satisfying conclusion. When I Find You was a really enjoyable second novel from Emma Curtis. I’m really looking forward to seeing what Emma writes next. Thank you to Anne Cater at Random Things Tours for inviting me to take part in the blog tour and to the publisher and Netgalley for the advance review copy.

Face-blindness, or Prosopagnosia, is a condition that I didn’t know much about going into this novel, other than it being an inability to recognise faces. I’d never really thought beyond this, in terms of the impact that this condition would have on a person and those close to them, and the difficulties it would cause in everyday life. It’s something that Curtis has researched thoroughly for this novel, and I thought that she brought Laura’s daily struggles to life brilliantly, including the question of whether or not to tell people. It’s a real dilemma – if people know, they can introduce themselves when they speak to you, but there’s always going to be the one bad egg who will take advantage of the condition.

Of course, this is the situation Laura finds herself in after he office Christmas party when she realises the morning after that the man she took home with her is not the man she had been canoodling with all evening, the difference highlighted by the colour of the shirt she finds on the floor. Coward that he is, he does a runner before she can confront him, and she is left to work out who it was, why they would commit such an act, and how they knew, given that she has only told her boss, Rebecca – no one else knows. And Laura feels unable to report the incident to the police, fearing that they won’t believe her “sorry, officer, I don’t who he was because I don’t recognise faces”. Laura is left in a situation of not knowing who she can trust, and takes the only option available to her in not trusting anyone, attempting to cope on her own.

Laura’s character is one that it’s so easy to get behind. Her ways of coping with her condition show such determination, and whilst her intent to take her revenge on the culprit, once she works out who it is, maybe isn’t entirely advisable, I couldn’t help but admire her spirit, and I wanted her to succeed. I think that Laura also inspired sympathy in the way that those around her treat her. Most don’t know about her face-blindness, and so find her to be anti-social and standoffish, but even Rebecca is unsympathetic towards her, and makes things harder for Laura than they need to be. It has to be said that the other characters in the novel, for the most part, aren’t all that likeable, making it easier to support Laura in her quest for revenge.

When I Find You is an incredibly fast-paced story, and I couldn’t wait to find out what happened. I thought I’d been really clever in working it out, and whilst I got some elements right, the final twist was absolutely brilliant, and completely unexpected. This is a fantastically original thriller, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it.

I thoroughly enjoyed Emma Curtis’ previous book, One Little Mistake, so I was eagerly awaiting her next offering and I can already tell you I was not disappointed.

After an office Christmas party, Laura wakes up next to a man she’s spent a wonderfully steamy night with. She doesn’t know his name and realises perfectly well she won’t recognise his face. Because Laura has a condition called Prosopagnosia, or face blindness. A condition that sounds rather out there but it’s however a very real thing. At least Laura remembers her bed companion was wearing a pink shirt. Except, the shirt she finds on the floor is blue. Who is this stranger? Before Laura has a chance to find out, the man runs from her flat and now Laura must return to work every day with the knowledge someone took advantage of her condition. How will she find out who he is?

I can’t even begin to imagine how frightening this must be. Laura has multiple coping mechanisms to try and figure out who she’s talking to but they tend to fail when the environment changes. For instance, she’d recognise a colleague at work because of the desk they’re sitting at but wouldn’t know who they are if they were to bump into each other at the supermarket. While I would just look at a face and instantly know who is in front of me, Laura focuses on hair colour, gait and distinctive marks like tattoos. But none of those little tricks are helping her find out who took advantage of her. There’s obviously a bit of a list of suspects. It could be anyone and just like Laura, I was left in the dark as to their identity until the end.

The story is told through alternating chapters, switching between Laura and her boss Rebecca. Apart from Laura’s family, Rebecca is the only one who knows about Laura’s condition. Introducing Rebecca to the story immediately felt incredibly intriguing as I couldn’t at all guess at the part she would play. She’s not really a likeable person but as a plot device, she does help the story along and things will soon make a lot more sense.

Just like the author’s previous book, When I Find You is quite thought-provoking. A tense and realistic scenario that constantly makes you wonder what you would do. Emma Curtis has obviously done her research and I felt she truly managed to show what living with this condition is like. To be honest, I think I might quite favour the hide-under-the-duvet option for the rest of my life instead of stepping out not knowing who’s in front of me. Laura is definitely a character to sympathise with, although she does make a few dubious decisions.

This is a suspenseful, twisty psychological thriller that had me glued to the pages. I couldn’t predict the outcome at all and often jumped to the wrong conclusions. I can’t wait to see what’s next from Emma Curtis and I definitely recommend you give her books a go!

I was a huge fan of Emma Curtis’s first book, One Little Mistake, so was very excited and a little nervous to read her second offering. I needn’t have worried as When I find you is just as good, if not better than her first book!

The story is told from the point of view of Laura and Rebecca her boss. When it first switched to Rebecca I did find it very intriguing and immediately wondered why? Rebecca isn’t a particularly likeable character, being quite mean to Laura at times so I was very curious as to why her story was being told. Laura is a very likeable, but niave character that I felt a lot of empathy for. Face blindness must be a very difficult thing to live with. I am very short sighted and struggle to see distinguishing features without my glasses so I can only imagine how it must be to have that all the time. Her coping strategies were very poignant to read about and I found it very interesting to learn about the little differences in people that Laura uses to identify people. There was something about Laura that I wasn’t completely sure of as some parts of her narrative didn’t ring true. Why for example did she refused to let her work colleagues know about her condition when surely that would have helped her?

When I find you is quite a fast paced, intriguing novel that I raced through in a couple of days. The story is perfectly paced with little snippets of the truth coming out at intervals, leaving the reader with plenty of time to piece together the clues themselves. There were lots of twists and turns which kept me guessing and reading as I wanted to work out what was happening!

This is Emma Curtis’s second book and I very much look forward to reading more from her in the future. Huge thanks to the Cater and Transworld publishers for my copy of this book and for inviting me onto the blog tour.

Face-blindness, or Prosopagnosia using it's medical term, is a condition that I'd never heard of before this year yet When I Find You is the second book this year that features a character suffering with this condition. It's hard to imagine how frustrating it must be for sufferers to constantly live in a world where everyone, even looking at themselves in a mirror, is a complete stranger to them unless they have unique identifying qualities to make them easily recognisable. This is the condition that our central character Laura has but she's chosen to keep her condition a secret from all but a handful of her closest family and friends to her detriment.

The book is narrated in alternating chapters from the viewpoints of Laura and her boss Rebecca. At first I wasn't sure what relevance there was to the Rebecca thread, other than she was the only one in the company that knew about Laura's condition, but as the storylines played out and started to merge it all became clear. Although if I'm honest I sped through Rebecca's chapters to get back to Laura's story as this was the storyline that intrigued me the most.

Laura was a character that you couldn't help but be drawn to, she's trying so hard to live with her condition and be independent but in reality she's living a shadow of a life. She doesn't like being out in social environments where her usual methods to identify people are put under extreme pressure and add alcohol to the mix then it's a recipe for disaster especially if someone sees an opportunity and takes advantage of the situation. From that moment on she was someone who was living in fear. She was understandably humiliated and upset that someone had taken advantage of her in her inebriated state, wanting to try and work out who it was that had been in her flat but at the same time trying not to draw further attention to herself.

If Laura was a private person beforehand, she was even more so afterwards. You could really feel her pain oozing from the page as she tries to recall events from that night which quite often made her an unreliable narrator as you didn't know if what she was recalling was true or not. It's clear that Emma Curtis has done a lot of research into face-blindness portraying the difficulties that people with this condition have. It's fair to say that she gave Laura the most extreme variation of the condition which added to the authenticity of the topic and meant that we as readers were as much in the dark as to what was going on as Laura. Everyone including her closest colleagues were a suspect but will she be able to identify her attacker and will anyone believe her when she can't identify them visually?

With so many psychological thrillers in the market it's hard to stand out from the crowd but with it's unique concept, numerous twists and surprises, When I Find You certainly had me on tenderhooks throughout as I thoroughly enjoyed this riveting, suspenseful read.

I very much enjoyed One Little Mistake, the debut novel from Emma Curtis and when invited to take part in the tour for When I Find You, didn’t hesitate to say yes. I’m thrilled to be starting off the blog tour today. I have my review below but firstly my thanks to Hannah at Transworld for the Netgalley widget and to Anne Cater of Random Things Tours for the tour invitation.

When I Find You is one of a few new releases I have on my Kindle dealing with face-blindness, or to give it its proper name, Prosopagnosia. Although I had vaguely heard of it, until I started reading this book, I really had no concept of how difficult life is for sufferers. Imagine not being able to recognise a loved one, a friend, or even your own face.

In When I Find You, Emma Curtis has created a character in Laura that I could feel so much empathy for. Laura is face blind and works for an advertising agency as a creative director, a job which does require a lot of socialising – and which for obvious reasons she dreads. There is only one person at the agency who knows of her condition and that is her boss, Rebecca. I did initially wonder why you wouldn’t let colleagues know about your condition rather than let them think you were aloof or rude, when you appeared to ignore them but then I realised that Laura’s reasons for keeping it a secret from people in general were quite justified; for your own safety, the fewer people that know of your inability to recognise them, the better.

Laura has some coping mechanisms she finds useful – she relies on unusual facial features where possible or mannerisms, hair colour, or even clothing. For example when she attends the office Christmas party she knows that the colleague she was dancing with and kissing had a pink shirt. So why did she wake up in the morning in her flat with a man wearing a blue shirt.

It’s fair to say that Laura was quite drunk at the time however when she realised she had been tricked she felt angry, abused and humiliated. Determined to find out who had taken advantage of her, she decides by a process of elimination to try and flush out the person, however unknown to her, her methods of detection have unexpected and dangerous consequences.

Without going into spoiler territory and giving away any major plot details, Emma Curtis has created an engrossing story, highlighting a condition which is possibly relatively unknown but nonetheless is extremely debilitating and traumatic to sufferers. Laura knows that because of her condition, she is regarded as an unreliable witness and any official complaint most probably wouldn’t be taken seriously.

The story is narrated in alternating chapters by Laura, in the first person and Rebecca in the third. At first I couldn’t understand why Rebecca was given her own chapters when to be honest she wasn’t a particularly interesting character but all did become clearer later in the book when various strands are bought together.

I enjoyed reading When I Find You and using the concept of face blindness as a plot device adds that extra dimension to the suspense as in this story, the reader is as much in the dark as the protagonist. We only see events from her perspective and there were times when I wasn’t sure if she was being entirely honest in her narration. I had the impression that the author had done her research into face blindness and hadn’t just gratuitously plotted a story around it as the difficulties faced by sufferers felt authentic and sympathetic. As the main character, Laura was the one person we got to know the most and there were a few times when I was frustrated by some of her decisions and thinking ‘why did you do that’ when you just know that something is not going to end well!

When I Find You is an intriguing and suspenseful read with plenty of twists and surprises leading to a dramatic conclusion – definitely recommended.

Loved this book. Powerful stuff. Strong story line with strong believable characters. Fab subject with loads of twists to keep you hooked.

I was really looking forward to reading and reviewing when I find you. Sadly, I struggled to get into the book and although persevered for 45% of the book. I’ve added it to the not for me category.

But as I always say it may be for you....