With this third novel by Strawser, I’m removing her from my authors to read list. In my opinion, each of her works has gotten progressively worse. Perhaps it’s just this reader getting picker about what grabs her?

Molly and Liza have always been close, even after Molly married Daniel. But after Liza moved away, things grew more strained between the two women. When Daniel goes away on business, Molly and Liza plan to reconnect with a video chat. But then Molly leaves the room to check on a crying child …

The story starts off well enough with that video call capturing something unexpected. I was grabbed immediately with the opening of this book. But what I thought was going to be a mystery felt very far from that. Was this not supposed to be a mystery? Perhaps I missed the point? Either way, I was expecting a mystery and didn’t get one. I felt no sense of suspense and the “reveal” was very ho hum.

There is so much else going on, that I found myself distracted from the “mystery.” I found I didn’t connect to most of the characters and didn’t care one way or the other how the story ended. The one saving grace for this story was Liza. I enjoyed her interactions with her friend Max and potential love interest Henry.

I know I said I probably wouldn’t read another Strawser book. But I’ll probably end up reading her next, if only to see if she can tip the scales back to the plus side.

This story seemed interesting when I first started to read but as I continued through the chapters it didn't grab my attention anymore. Thank you Netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

Forget You Know Me starts out as a thriller, with two long time girl friends that have grown apart over time on a Skype call when Molly has to step away for a moment to check on an upset child and Liza sees a masked intruder in her friend's home. I expected the rest of the book to be more suspenseful as a result, but the book wasn't about the horror of that event as much as the relationship between these two women and their loved ones.

It took me a little while to get into the book because I was expecting a fast-paced thriller initially, but once I spent some more time with the book I got really invested in the plot and wanted to see how everything would end up. Despite my misunderstanding of what I was getting into, I ended up really enjoying this book. Had I started it expecting a thoughtful take on navigating human relationships and dealing with mistakes, I think I would have enjoyed it right from the start though.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for giving me the opportunity to review this novel, which comes out February 5, 2019!

I really wanted to like this book more - I enjoyed Jessica Strawser's last book, Not That I Could Tell and was looking forward to reading this one. But it was just so slow moving - I kept waiting for something exciting to happen. Molly was a particularly unlikable character and Daniel wasn't much better. It seemed like there were a lot of unnecessary plot points, like the complications with Steph's pregnancy and even Liza's apartment building burning down was just a way to get her back to Cincinnati. Molly's money issues weren't really resolved by the end of the book and her mindset just made her seem mean and selfish. Definitely a disappointing book.

2.75 Stars* (rounded up)

Liza and Molly have been friends since childhood. Though they now live in different states they try to check in whenever time permits. One night, while on a video chat, Liza sees a masked man intruding in Molly’s home and calls the police. When confronted, Molly pretends like nothing happened. Thereafter things get stranger and stranger. Was a masked man in Molly’s house? And if so, why is Molly poo pooing the idea?

“Forget You Know Me” is the third book I’ve read by Jessica Strawser and sadly, it fell short of my expectations. I found it to be both a bit confusing and slow from the start. That said, I really liked the characters of Liza and her friend Max and wish they had been the main focus.

This was a buddy read with Kaceey.

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press and Jessica Strawser for an ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

Published on Goodreads and NetGalley on 12.30.18.

I have read Jessica Strawser's book, Almost Missed You, and really enjoyed it. Unfortunately, I wish I could say the same about this one. I struggled through the first 50% of the book and skimmed the rest just to see what the ending entailed. I couldn't connect with the characters and the story line was extremely slow.
It just didn't work for me. Hopefully her next book will!

This story is not a thriller like her other two but still just as good in my opinion. Liza and Molly have been best friends since childhood and now are adults with busy lives. They have let life drift their relationship apart over the years. So they plan a girls catch up night over Skype. During their chat Molly gets pulled away for a few mins by her young daughter. During that time Liza sees a masked intruder come into her best friends home. Then the computer screen goes black. Frightened for her friend she freaks out and calls 911 . What happens next causes a chain of events neither of them expected or were prepared for. Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for my honest opinion on this novel.

Forget You Know Me by Jessica Strawser has a great opening. Molly and Liza are lifelong friends who now live in separate cities. One night they are video chatting and when Molly leaves the room Liza sees a masked intruder enter the house. From there the suspense builds quickly. However, the story takes several twists and turns as more characters are added into the plot. A quick read that ends rather tidily. Read and enjoy!

I was excited to see this author had a new book out, as I have read 2 others by her. This one had an exciting premise and I was looking forward to it. The first chapter started out with a bang and was mysterious and disturbing. The story sort of fizzled for me after that. It is told from alternating perspectives which I like, but the stories did not connect well with me. I found my mind wandering at time and had a hard time keeping the details. The book dealt with friendship, marriage, family etc, but the characters to me were somewhat flat. The reveal at the end wasn't a surprise or thrilling which was a little disappointing. It wasn't a horrible book, but it also wasn't her best. I would definitely read her again, but not sure if I would recommend this one.

The book started off great and I was very excited to see where it was going. After the first quarter, I started to lose interest. I forced myself to finish, skimming over most of it and still wasn’t lost to the plot. Overall, it was disappointing.

Very interesting read about love, starting over, pain and a little mystery thrown in to keep you wanting more! Definitely loved the characters and setting!!

Forget You Know Me was not the book I was expecting. For some reason, I thought it was a psychological thriller. It was actually a psychological investigation into relationships. Unfortunately I didn’t really like one of the main characters, Molly, because I felt like she was a whiner. I did enjoy Liza, dealing with issues in a headstrong manner. Overall the book dragged for me but I might enjoy it in a second read now that I really know what I am getting into.

Like other reviewers, I was expecting a suspenseful thriller due to the beginning of the book. Instead it was a story of friends and how things can change over time, through different decisions, and with growing up, but not the psychological thriller I was looking for.

Out February 5th!

Forget You Know Me was the opposite of what I expected it to be. After reading Jessica Strawser's book Not That I Could Tell, which had a strong thriller/mystery quality, I was expecting something similar this time around. The beginning of the book had me on the edge of my seat. Two friends on video chat catching up from hundreds of miles apart. Molly steps away from her computer to attend to a needy child when suddenly a man in a ski mask walks into the house. Liza panics when she sees him enter, and goes into full on freak out mode when he shuts the laptop and leaves her in the dark as to what is happening in the house. Thriller, right? Wrong.

The rest of the book evolved into more of a women's fiction novel about friendship, marriage, relationship struggles, changes people go through over the course of their lives, guilt, second chances, and more. Just because it wasn't what I was expecting does not mean I did not enjoy it. In fact, I did. Strawser's writing is enjoyable, easy to read, and real.

While both of the main characters really irked me (stop making a series of horrible decisions people!), they could have been real people from my life. A wife struggling with her new life as a mother, a husband unhappy in his marriage, a friend feeling like she's being left behind. It was all very realistic and believable.

I will admit that in the beginning of the book I felt like there were a lot of subplots all going in different directions and I was a bit confused about how they all related. But for the most part, they all intersect nicely along the way. There were perhaps a few places where I didn't understand the relevance, particularly in Luke and Steph's portion.

Overall, bravo to Jessica Strawser on another successful novel! I hope to see more from her in the future.

-This book was gifted to me in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to NetGalley, Jessica Strawser, and St. Martin's Press for the opportunity to review.-

This book has one of the best hooks I've read in a while, making me turn the pages for hours into the night. When two old friends are speaking via video chat, Molly steps away to attend to her child for a moment and Liza witnesses a masked intruder breaking into Molly's kitchen. This clever set up sets the runaway train in motion and the train keeps gaining speed right up to the satisfying conclusion. The characters are flawed, and interesting and real. I appreciate the depiction of Molly's battle with chronic illness and Liza's struggle with anxiety. The male characters—Daniel, and Rick, and Max—each have detailed backstories and challenges of their own. Henry is the one character who feels a bit flat, probably because he isn't given too much time on the page. Despite this, I rooted for them all to figure out what happened and get all of their lives back on the right track. Strawser does an incredible job with the plot and structure of this book, and the dialogue is witty, clever and fun to read. She has definitely hit her stride, and I will anxiously await to see what she writes next.

Best friends Molly and Liz are determined to have a girls night together even though they are separated by states. As they connect via video chat Molly leaves the room to check on one of her kids, leaving her computer open and Liz with a view of the empty room. Suddenly, a man in a mask enters the room and disconnects the video. This has all the makings of a fantastic thriller but unfortunately this train derails halfway through the book. This is not a thriller but a domestic drama with a laugh worthy reveal at the end. Fantastic premise but poor execution and a dissatisfied reader. It kept me turning the pages but I was so disappointed at the outcome and found all of the sidewinder stories to be too much. For me, Forget You Know Me was ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 stars, rounded up from 2.5. Thank you @stmartinspress for this advance reader in exchange for my honest review.

Forget You Know Me is my second novel by this author. I previous read and enjoyed Not That I Could Tell.

This book is listed on netgalley as Women's Fiction. It is listed other places as suspense. I think that it is a combination of the two as it has elements of both genres. Although truthfully while reading it I was thinking of it as more of a suspense (as there is a bit of a mystery).

This book has three 3rd person POVs: Liza, Molly and Daniel. The story takes place in Cincinnati and Chicago. Liza and Molly are best friends who have grown apart a bit in recent years. Daniel is Molly's husband.

Daniel is away on business. Molly and Liza are on a video chat, when Molly goes upstairs to tend to one of her kids. What Liza sees changes everything. And it completely freaked me out. This eerie feeling and what happened is what made my mind think of this book as suspense.

But this book is so much more than that. This story is also focused on relationships, friendships, and there are a lot of secrets. These are major elements in this story.

I really enjoyed this book. There was definitely a lot going on. Liza had things happening with dating, with her home and with her family. Daniel had stuff happening at home and at work. Molly had stuff happening with her health, with her marriage, and with a male friend. That male friend's daughter had issues. There were a lot of interesting elements to keep my attention.

Overall, I really liked Forget You Know Me. I was invested in all three of the main characters. And I was intrigued to learn the truth about what Liza saw that night. There were so many possibilities that I honestly was not sure which way the author would go with the reveal.

I really enjoyed both the story and the characters. They were likable and well developed and made me want to learn more about them in the same way the story kept me hooked too. It's an emotional and complex story about friendship and family and I was intrigued from the beginning.

Thank you to Netgalley for an ARC of this book.

I skimmed through most of this book. It was kind of marketed as a thriller, but really is just a domestic drama. The plot was silly and contrived to me, and the characters fairly unlikable.

Another good read by Strawser! She is able to capture the elements of suspense and weave them within a tale of a breaking friendship and marriage. I was grabbed quickly by the action and I enjoyed finding out what was really going on. The characters are all very different and interesting. Stawser does a nice job making realistic characters who are dealing with real issues. Thank you netgalley for this arc in exchange for my honest review.