Forget You Know Me reminded me of Jessica's last novel that I read, Not That I Could Tell. There was a lot of foreplay and excitement, but not much for a climax. Not a lot of bang, IMO. The story-line built up to so much with each page that you turned and it could have went so many ways but ultimately fell flat for me.

The plot was weak at best. Not to mention the many sub-plots that were just as weak. The author made it to where every character had something going on and then didn't give us time and reasoning to fully understand just what was going on. I know that may not make sense to you, but I promise in my head it does.

I do want to say that Jessica's writing is very easy to read (for me) but I can see where others may not enjoy it. I tend to flow through her stories effortlessly because her writing makes it so easy. But for some reason, her writing didn't work this go around in the sense of developing any kind of "connection" with these characters. It's almost hard for me to put into words how hard it was for me to understand what was going on with them or even why.

And then...it all just falls down. I didn't like the way the story was wrapped up. I wish I could give you the reasons why but I think we all know that I don't believe in spoilers. I can appreciate good writing when I see it and every time I pick up one of Jessica's books I know that her writing will be such a treat. For You Know Me was a book that held so much potential but once it was all said and done, I was left unsatisfied.

I thoroughly enjoyed Jessica Strawser’s first two novels so I was so excited to dive into Forget You Know Me! This novel centers around besties Molly and Liza, who have been as close as sisters for years, but have become a little distant as of late. Whether it’s the fact that Molly is married with kids and Liza is single or that Liza took a risk and uprooted her life from Cincinnati to Chicago while Molly stayed put in Cincinnati, the ladies started to drift. Feeling the distance Liza and Molly schedule a video chat “girls night” to reconnected. With Molly’s husband away and her kids in bed the two started talking when Molly’s daughter wakes up. Molly tells Liza to give her a quick minute to re-tuck in her daughter. In the meantime, Liza just hangs out and then she sees a masked man walk in Molly’s house and then slams Molly’s laptop close and disconnects their chat!!!!! Liza calls the police immediately, but after the police arrive they find everything fine and nothing seems amiss. Molly texts when the police leave telling Liza there must have been a computer glitch and that she’s safe and going to bed! What the what!?!?! Liza decide to jump in the car and drives hours to check-in, in person with Molly. From that point, I had to find out what the heck was going on!

Jessica Strawser really knows how to keep your attention! I enjoyed figuring out the who, what, where and how throughout this novel! The characters were well developed, I found myself daydreaming about them after I finished! I flew through this 4 star book in a day and half because I HAD to find out! I am looking forward to reading what Jessica Strawser comes out with next!

Thank you to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for an e-ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

This one was just "meh" to me. Liza and Molly are childhood friends that now live in different states. They connect one evening on video chat and when Molly leaves the computer for a second to check on her child, Liza sees an intruder. Liza is frantic and scares them away by yelling. Then the screen goes black.

Molly ends up unfazed and Lisa panics and goes to visit her friend. In the meantime, Liza suffers a tragedy back home.

Lisa and Molly have a falling out - Molly and her husband aren't on good terms - where does this masked intruder come into play?

I loved Strawser’s previous novel, so I was very excited about reading this, but it proved very disappointing. The story of lifelong best friends, Molly and Liza, revolves around a frightening SKYPE call which makes Liza believe her friend is in danger. With that as a catalyst a silly, weak and repetitive story involves the women.

The use of coincidences and the movement of the characters made no sense except the desire to push the weak plot ahead.

There is nothing believable about the reasons for Molly’s unrelenting terror. There are so many subplots, all of which are weak, never lead the reader to any closure. The novel moves toward a saccharine ending, which provides no logical closure.

I know that I found this novel a poor follow up to the wonderful NOT THAT I COULD TELL.

Very riveting novel. So full of suspense. Makes you wonder how well you really people.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I've had the pleasure of interacting with the author on social media and she's an extremely pleasant person and a talented writer. With that said, however, I just cannot get into her books but I can definitely see this one being successful like her others. I just don't feel I'm the right audience for her novels.