When Noah Ainsley wakes up in a hospital room with no recollection of how she got there, all she knows is that she needs to see Elliot, the love of her life. Then she learns the horrifying truth: her short-term memory has been destroyed by a car accident . She and Elliot broke up five years ago. And now she’s married to Anderson, a man she doesn’t even recognize.

In an instant Noah’s world is turned on its head. All she wants is Elliot by her side, but it’s clear Anderson is hurt by her rejection. Can she really have fallen in love with this stranger? Nothing makes sense—and when even Elliot refuses to answer her questions, Noah is left feeling all alone.

But as her memories slowly return, Noah begins to wonder if she’s been wrong to shut Anderson out—and wrong to put all her trust in Elliot. The ex she loves and the husband she doesn’t remember hold the keys to her past. And when the truth is finally revealed, which future will Noah’s heart choose? #ForgettingYou #NetGalley

Wow, where do I start? Forgetting You, written by LA Casey, an author I’d never heard of but in passing, I saw this book online, read the blurb and thought it sounded like a book I’d enjoy. I’m always hesitant to do this as I’m rather a fussy reader and new authors to me are sometimes hit and miss.

This story encompasses the lives of Firefighter Elliot, girlfriend Noah, their parents, work colleagues and medical staff as Noah enters the hospital in critical condition after a car accident and wakes up not remembering the past 5 years of her life, including her marriage to Anderson.

This book had angst, heart, suspense and all the feels of a perfectly complicated love triangle as Noah struggles to piece together the pieces of her past and the accident.

I absolutely loved this book and I’ve purchased more books by the author now. A definite 5 🌟 for me!

Many thanks to Netgalley and Amazon Publishing UK for a free copy of this book in return for an honest review. All opinions of this book are my own.

Forgetting You is the first book I’ve read from this author; it was an ok read, I struggled to get through some parts as I felt like the dialogue just kept going and going unnecessarily. Noah’s character got under my skin, there was not much I liked about her. But my saving grace was Elliot who was the perfect gentleman and hero of the story.

Noah and Elliot had a young love and had what seemed like an unbreakable relationship early on in life. Noah however, unexpectedly broke things off for very selfish reasons and they didn’t speak again for several years. Until one night, Elliot gets a call about an accident that involves Noah. She wakes up in the hospital with amnesia of recent years, throwing her back to a different time in her life when she and Elliot were still together. As she struggles to heal physically and remember the last years of her life and figuring out how and why she and Elliot are no longer together, the details start to unfold.

There is a level of mystery, although, it was horribly predictable and not much of a surprise to me. Still, reading through the drama that ensues kept me entertained for the most part. I found myself rooting for Elliot throughout the story; I wanted him to get his happily ever after; it just so happened to be with Noah. I really tried to like her, but it just didn’t happen. I found her selfish and weak and her dialogue to be so juvenile.

I really wanted to like FORGETTING YOU by L. A. Casey, the premise was intriguing but I just couldn’t invest in any of the characters.

The book begins in the present with flashes to the past, it is well done and flows smoothly which I find is not always the case. The book begins with a tragedy unfolding and still I did not invest in the story.

The characters were not fleshed out enough for me and the plot seemed formulaic.

It was not one of my favorite books, but I enjoyed it enough. Just left me wanting more depth, more character.

L.A. Casey strikes again!!! This author storylines are absolutely explosive and the best thing is that Irish Accent she has in some of her books. I absolutely love it!!! Also the funny scenes have me laughing so hard which automatically puts all her books on my top favourites shelf.

This one was no less. It was a standalone contemporary second chance Romance that I loved a lot! The Story was amazing and so were the characters. Noah has been in a terrifying accident. She has lost her memory of the last 5 years and the last thing she remembers is being with her soulmate, Elliot. He is the boy whom she has known right from her childhood and has always loved. They were childhood sweethearts and we're destined for each other.

Imagine her surprise when she gets to know that she broke up with him years ago and is now married to another man , Anderson. She has no idea who he is and just wants to be with Elliot.
Elliot can't imagine his luck. Noah has been the girl who he has always loved. That is until he messed it all up , forcing her to marry someone else. He never got over her. So now when she looks at him with love in her eyes again , can handle that? Win her again? Not to mention her marriage status. Anderson sure isn't going down without a fight.

This book's was absolutely amazing! It has that funny parts and those amazing twists that this author has in her books which make them so freaking amazing! A definite top read of mine and a must read for all the contemporary romance lovers out there!

This book has captured my attention from the first page! I can promise, I won't be "Forgetting You" L.A. Casey, when I am searching for new reads!!
This was an emotional roller coaster, a story you won't forget anytime soon!


When Noah Ainsley wakes up in a hospital room with no recollection of how she got there, all she knows is that she needs to see Elliot, the love of her life. Then she learns the horrifying truth: her short-term memory has been destroyed by a car accident . She and Elliot broke up five years ago. And now she’s married to Anderson, a man she doesn’t even recognise.

In an instant Noah’s world is turned on its head. All she wants is Elliot by her side, but it’s clear Anderson is hurt by her rejection. Can she really have fallen in love with this stranger? Nothing makes sense—and when even Elliot refuses to answer her questions, Noah is left feeling all alone.

But as her memories slowly return, Noah begins to wonder if she’s been wrong to shut Anderson out—and wrong to put all her trust in Elliot. The ex she loves and the husband she doesn’t remember hold the keys to her past. And when the truth is finally revealed, which future will Noah’s heart choose?

This was my first read by this author and wow, she'll be on my TBR pile now.
This story had all the 'feels'. I don't know why so many reviews are bad, but that's just an opinion and here's mine.
The two main characters had a history, one that was not really over and we'll find out why as the story progresses. Noah has amnesia after a tragic accident giving her and Elliot a second chance to start over. She doesn't know her husband or the last 5 years of her life. You just know there is more to this story, I had an inkling and couldn't wait for the story to unfold as we learned the truth. It was a slow burn, the chemistry sizzled, the characters real and the excitement at the end had my heart racing. Great story and I will look out for more books by this author.

I was soooo intrigued by this story because I really wanted to know what happened to Noah and Bailey. I fell for Elliot and his love for Noah. Really enjoyed how the author wrote his accent, it was fun. What I didn’t enjoyed much was that there was too much unnecessary detail for me right when the plot was in its climax and I was desperate to know what in the world happened and I kept getting information that honestly I didn’t care much about. But overall it was a fun and entertaining read.

Sadly, this book didn't work for me. It felt contrived and excessively dramatic. It felt like a lot of effort trying to keep up with an amnesia storyline, and flashbacks, and she feels she loves her ex-boyfriend, but doesn't really question whether she should be with her husband and then, when everything unravels, all that effort in keeping up with the story just doesn't pay off: it turns out their reason for breaking up wasn't that monumental after all and the husband's storyline turns out to be too convenient. So, it was twisty and dramatic, but ultimately not satisfying.

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

It’s kind of a jumbled mess. The flashbacks don’t really make sense in the order they’re in. There is #CW for cheating, domestic violence, fat shaming..

Noah and Elliott are the MCs but even though Noah is married when they reunite, they sleep together. Her husband is abusive so I don’t know if this is a justification or not because she has memory loss and doesn’t remember that.

So I'm a huge LA Casey fan but this book was a little bit of a let down, especially considering the hype since early on in the year. It wasn't necessarily a bad book it was just wasn't very good either, it was on the negative end of okay.
I was intrigued by the storyline at first from the blurb, but honestly the story itself just felt a little flat with over the top drama and overrunning dialogue. Considering this was supposed to be a suspenseful romance the suspense itself was actually missing (I saw the plot twist coming from a mile away) and I felt that there was very little chemistry between our main MCs. I didn't really like or connect with either of them, Noah came across as selfish a lot of the time and I was constantly thinking "what the hell are you doing" with a lot of her decisions. Finding out the reason they actually broke up was also very anticlimactic, I was just like seriously.... thats it?

I really really wanted to like this book, especially because I'm a lover of amnesia romances, but unfortunately I have to chalk it up to another 2020 disappointment.

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC.

I really loved this book. So much happens over a relatively short period of time, and honestly, I didn’t see much of it coming. When Noah woke up from her coma, I was shocked along with her family and Elliot that she had forgotten five (!!!!) years of her life. It was so wild that she forgot the little fact that she was married to someone that wasn't Elliot. It became apparent to me throughout the book that Elliot and Noah were absolutely soulmates and that something in their relationship had gone terribly wrong. I was on the edge of my seat waiting to find out with Noah what happened in their relationship and their time apart to lead to her marrying Anderson. I knew that there was something off about him, but I didn't expect him to be actually psycho crazy and to be abusing Noah. I felt incredibly sorry for everything that she faced through that relationship and happy to see her free from that toxicity and abuse in the end of the book.

I really wanted to like this book based on the blurb, but as I got into it, it was all over the place but at the same time moved slowly. Unfortunately, it was a disappointing and DNF read for me, but that's just my opinion. I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC for NetGalley.

This was my first book by this author and it didn't leave a lasting impression. The dialogue was a bit repetitive and the Irish accent seemed forced at times. I love amnesia stories but this one missed the mark. It was pretty predictable and the ending was overkill. I didn't feel the connection between Noah and Elliot so I wasn't fully invested in their story.

I have read other novels by L.A. Casey, in comparison to those others this book is below average and extremely predicable. I read the synopsis, took a guess on how the book would play out...100% correct in my guessing. If you have read other books like this before; save your time this one is the same and more boring than those. Nothing groundbreaking.
Thanks NetGalley for giving me an ARC of Forgetting You by L.A. Casey in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts are my own.

Where to begin...

1. The romance
The sex scene in chapter two was way too early into the story. Nothing profound has happened in the actual story yet to warrant a sex scene even as a flashback. I get its purpose, to show me their oh so deep love for each other even at 17 but nah, this was like getting thrown into the deep end. The romance was built without any finesse. Too “in-your-face”.

2. The plot
You’d think the book would either focus on the accident that caused the amnesia or on the characters properly reconnecting but IMO there was no real focus on either. It was all very boring.

3. The Cheating
I thought I wouldn’t mind cheating when it’s with the one you end up with. Well, I was wrong. Turns out I mind it. A lot, like a whole lot.
I hated that she didn't think of her husband and used the "I don't know him" to basically explain and whine about everything. She still consciously cheated on her husband even though she knew of his existence. She just didn’t really care thus giving me the impression of someone incredibly inconsiderate, amnesia or not, bad husband or not.

4. The main characters Noah and Elliot
I didn’t like either of these characters. Elliot didn’t even feel bad for trying to get Noah back even though she was married. He was determined to hold onto her, not giving a fuck about the husband which I find disrespectful.

I hated that Noah was so dependent on him and trusted him so much when he obviously did something wrong, she just didn't care, she said she needed to get behind the story but she didn't. There was no urgency in her actions.

5. The reason for the fallout
The reason was incredibly stupid. It was especially hard for me to understand because she was so dependent on him after she woke up at the hospital that all she needed was her rock and the knowledge that she loved him. I don’t understand why he wasn’t enough for her back then and needed the commitment. It just didn’t make sense to me.

All in all, not a book I'd recommend.

Love conquers all

Amnesia due to a tragic accident causes her to forget the last 5 years, her ex is her ex, and that she's married to someone else. I'd say that Noah is definitely having a rough patch.

What she does remember is an all encompassing live from 5 years ago that hasn't diminished in her mind. How can you go from married to a one man to professing love for a memory...? Is it because he's her only memory?

No. No it's not. L.A. Casey has a very good reason for Noah not being able to get over the one who got away. Forgetting You is about falling in love again with the one who got away. I am trying so hard not to give spoilers so I will need to cut this short but, Irish, you are dreamy. I think Noah is a lucky lady.

BOOK REVIEW: Forgetting You by L A Casey

2 stars

I thought this book was a debut but knowing it was from a well established author, I am even more let down. I went into this book after reading Burying Water by K A Tucker which is also about a woman that wakes up with severe amnesia (worse that Noah, the protagonist in this book). I therefore had a very close comparison in my mind with another book.
Unfortunately this book was a disappointment. The writing is okay but the dialogue was so long and tiresome and repetitive. It seemed to me that the author didn't know how to show the feelings of the characters within the writing and had to do it during the dialogue which went on forever, especially in the case of the love interest Elliott. The dialogue was often rather cringeworthy and didn't flow very well.
The storyline could have been really good if executed well. Unfortunately the big "shock" moment was obvious right from the start and so there wasn't anything that surprised me. The story was dual POV with flashbacks which is fine but it made the story crawl and made me frustrated.
I am a character lead reader and so I found this book hard to connect to when the chemistry between the two main characters wasn't there. I struggled to connect with lead female Noah as in my opinion her character focused on so many things that didn't matter in the grand scheme of things.

I don't want to say much more and give the story away but for me so much detail, suspense and chemistry was missing. And for a romance like this, those 3 aspects are really needed.
Sadly I won't be recommending this book to others.

Please note that I was #gifted this book in exchange for an honest review

3.5 stars! Here are my honest thoughts

Let me start by saying that I am a huge fan of this author. Her Slater Brothers series is one of my favorites to re-read, which is why I’m sad to say that this book was not a hit for me.

Don’t get me wrong, the book is well-written. The blurb and premise were intriguing and I liked the suspense around it. My problem is that the storyline was predictable. I figured out what happened about a quarter into the story- that’s one of my pet peeves. I want authors to keep me guessing and this was too easy to figure out.

It was very lovey-dovey to me and although it had angst, it needed more struggle. Some parts didn’t flow well for me. The characters' actions seemed forced. I loved Elliott, and although I liked Noah, I had a hard time connecting with her in some parts because her reasons didn’t make sense to me.

But, I still love this author and will definitely read her next book.

I was looking forward to reading this book as I hadn’t read LA Casey for quite a while.
The synopsis was intriguing and caught my interest so I was pleased when NetGalley sent me an Arc to read and review. The story is written in dual POV with flashbacks to main events in Noah and Elliot’s lives. It is a second chance romance but does cover some sensitive issues.

We have a good dramatic and horrifying start with the disturbing voicemail, car crash and the heroic rescue of Noah by Elliot.

Elliott is from Dublin. He moved to London when he was seventeen and met moved next door to Noah. He is a firefighter and comes across as a sweet guy , a real gentleman. We really see his sadness, anger and guilt over the situation he finds himself in after the accident.

Noah finally wakes from being in a coma for fifteen days with amnesia and thinks she back in 2015. The main problem with this is that was a period in her life when she was madly in love with Elliot so desperately clings to those memories and him. She has not only lost five years of memories but she also has no recollection that she is married to Anderson. She is confused and heartbroken at this revelation. While recovering from her injuries she struggles to understand and remember but with the strange comments passed by her parents and Elliot so slowly realises they are not telling her everything.

They dated for seven years after he eventually asked her out on his eighteenth birthday. Loved their various nicknames for each other as it brought a bit of fun into the story and their true personalities. I felt we didn’t get enough insight into their relationship and it left me wanting to know more, especially the details of after they split up.

The story revolves around the decisions made by the young couple and how the results of those decisions changed their lives. They were meant to be so in love and soul mates, even said their love was not like everyone else’s love because they got something special but I felt neither of them fought enough for their relationship. I couldn’t understand why Elliot didn’t make more of an effort or why Noah even considered dating again, if they were so heartbroken over the break up.

While she slowly mends physically and mentally, she has to deal with her strong feelings for Elliot against trying to remember her relationship with her husband. As you can imagine neither guy likes the other so she does’t get much help from them. This all comes to an explosive conclusion when more revelations and memories are revealed.

I was disappointed with the book as I felt it didn’t fulfil its potential and develop the characters fully. I couldn’t get my head round the female lead having such a male name. I felt there was too much Bailey in the epilogue which spoilt the ending for me. The plot twists were predictable so I had guessed everything that was going to happen early on. However, on the plus side I found Elliot’s best friend AJ a real laugh and enjoyed his teasing manner. Also Dr Abara was a great character and I enjoyed his funny banter and protective manner with Noah. If you like hot fireman and first love angst then you will enjoy this book.