The book reflects on the challenges Samantha goes through in her professional, romantic, and, and personal life. The book does well reflecting the emotions and thoughts of being a caregiver. Dementia is a prevalent condition especially in the Samantha’s family. We get to see the trials and tribulations the character and her family experience. Xavier experience overlaps with difficult family dynamics that readers could relate with. He is a complex character that is relatable. The book did well with the pairing of Xavier and Samantha as they navigate a relationship and be a support system for one another.

Say You'll Remember Me is another incredible book by one of my fave authors, Abby Jimenez!!! It's hard to explain her books because there is always so much laughing AND crying. They're romcoms but also serious. The side characters always feel like they're fighting to be main characters- in the best way! And the animals!!! I don't know how she does it, but Jimenez has a special sauce when it comes to writing animals. Read this book, then go red her entire backlist if you haven't already. You won't be sorry!!!

Abby Jimenez is amazing at creating the perfect man; this time around her make main character is flawed but you are rooting for him and the main female character is strong, lovable and almost perfect. I found myself wanting these two characters to make it; against all odds. She also covers dementia in a compassionate way and a very real way family members deal with the challenges. I could not put it down. Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC

Advanced Reader Copy Review:

Wow! I thought Just For The Summer was five stars. Abby Jimenez has just topped that with Say You’ll Remember Me. This book will be the perfect romance for the spring when it comes out in April. It will make you smile, laugh, and cry and help remind you what to focus on and what's important: family, love, and life passions. Say You’ll Rember Me is one not to miss. I loved every word.

I have loved all of Abby’s books so was excited to read this one! Overall I really enjoyed it. I do feel like it started out really strong but the middle fell a bit flat. Bad thing after bad thing kept happening and it ended up being a bit predictable. In the end I did enjoy it and would recommend!

Abby is one of my all-time favorite authors. Say You'll Remember me is the next perfect summer trip. It 's so freaking cute.

Abby has done it again with another heartwarming romantic story about two people who find the love they need, and have the SWEETEST meet cute she's written yet. Our characters face the classic emotional obstacles that Jimenez writes into her books, and she handles these heavy topics with her usual grace and care.

After sitting on it for a few days, this book easily became one of my favorites of the year, and my favorite by this author so far. Every time I read an Abby Jimenez, I'm reminded of all of the qualities that make this genre so special and important - emotional depth, spice, humor, joy, and most famously, happily ever after.

This book has helped heal so much inner trauma for me. The child and animal abuse as well as dementia aspects were really hard to read but so important. I'm still processing but feel this was a beautiful representation of life being worth living

Anything the Abby Jimenez writes I am reading. Easy. I love her. I love the emotional walloping I get from reading her books. She makes me feel all the feels in the cold cockles of my cynical heart. This book was not perfect for me, but I still enjoyed the hell out of it. How could you not? Meet your new book boyfriend Xavier Rush. He is described to look like the High Lord of the Night Court, our lover, perfect specimen of a man, Rhysand. Not only is he gorgeous, he saves animals for a living. He’ll take care of you. He’ll take care of your whole family. He will make loving you his only job.
The only thing missing from this book was spice. This was basically closed door, which I did not care for. However this will not stop me from giving this a 5 star. Gorgeous. Tragic. Emotional. I laughed. I cried. I fell more in love with Abby.

Abby does it again! This book made me have alllll of the feelings. The way I laughed and sobbed my way through it is something to be studied. I just love how she is able to incorporate more than just romance in way that just draws you in and toys with you.

This was my first Abby Jimenez and I know I'll be reading some more of her backlist! The first half was such the right about of goofy and whimsical, and then the second half was honestly really heavy and kind of miserable, but so much pining. It definitely made me tear up a bit, everything she was going through with her mom and family. I was rooting for them the whole time.

Not my favorite book by this author given the constant need to include the most depressing scenarios possible in one storyline. The two main characters are likable and their interaction and dialogue are great. I just wish the overall plot didn’t seem so hopeless all the time.

This book is one of the most achingly beautiful stories I’ve ever read. I’ve enjoyed Abby Jimenez’s books in the past, but this one tops them all. Xavier and Samantha’s love for each other is so deeply felt, it completely consumed me. Their relationship does start a bit insta-lovey, which isn’t usually my favorite, but I was swept up in their devotion and emotional connection. I’ve never cried so much while reading—by the last few chapters, I was sobbing.

What makes this book so special is how Abby Jimenez balances heartbreaking moments with humor, giving you space to breathe between all the angst and longing. I also loved Hank—he’s everything, and I need him in my life.

Xavier’s storyline particularly resonated with me. It’s such a powerful exploration of feeling stuck in a career you’ve poured so much of yourself into, even when it comes at the expense of your own happiness. His journey serves as a reminder for anyone who feels like they have to keep striving, sacrificing, and proving themselves: sometimes you have to put yourself first and choose joy.

Even though Xavier and Samantha don’t spend much time together on page, their connection is so strong it feels unshakable, like they’re true soulmates. The book perfectly captures the ache of right person, wrong time while still giving you hope. It’s my new favorite book by Abby Jimenez and one of the most stunning, emotional reads I’ve ever experienced.

Thank you Net Galley for this ARC!!

Abby Jimenez outdid herself again, I was really engulfed in this story and felt like I couldn’t put my book down.

This is a story about finding love, having to move away to care for her mother whose dementia is worsening, and making really tough choices all in the name of love. I loved how all the characters worked together to care for one another.

Would absolutely recommend this book!

3.5 stars rounded down
I love Abby Jimenez and all of her books have been five star reads for me except one other one at 3.5 — I still recommend them all and I still recommend this one - I know so many people will love it!! Unfortunately, as much as I liked both MC’s, it was love at first sight and then 85% of their love story was dealing with logistics. That is never going to be a setting for fun witty banter and angst. On top of the continuous countdown loop of “when will we see each other next”, the family is dealing with a very sad health issue (trying to avoid spoilers). Of course it’s heartbreaking. Jimenez weaves heartbreaking into her stories perfectly. So I may in the future round this up to four stars. But for now it’s 3.5 rounded down and that’s mostly because I didn’t binge it. After the same ol same ol I wasn’t dying to get back to the book every second I was away from it. But I still love her and can’t wait for more. Thank you for the eARC!!

Abby Jimenez is so good at handling emotionally charged subject matter without being heavy handed and this book is no different. My only criticism would be that maybe there too many obstacles keeping the characters apart. It was a little exhausting at one point, but the charismatic characters kept me in and I'm glad I stuck with it.

The emotional depth that Abby creates with such strong foundations just wows me every time - I know it's happening, I know we're with the characters to get something specific out of our time with them, and yet it still doesn't feel like we're going up a build of every chapter exists to give the reader some kind of mystery clue. Artfully put together and so respectful of its characters that it should be an example to many others writing characters with similar memory issues. Enjoyable and gutting.

I decided that in order to start the year on the right foot, like I have done many times in the past, I wanted a guaranteed 4-5 star read. Who better than Abby Jimenez to deliver that? I decided to read her upcoming April release right on January 1st to ensure a solid start to 2025 and of course she delivered.

The synopsis is really vague and I genuinely had no idea what to expect from this book. All I knew was that a grumpy vet and headstrong woman would have a magical night together, only to be told "just forget about me." Turns out, she's moving away to the other side of the country to deal with some family issues.

I loved Xavier and Samantha from the very beginning and still managed to laugh in between the crying. The story follows them and their long distance love story. There really is just something about the way Abby Jimenez writes - this was a HEAVY read and at times repetitive, but her characters and their chemistry and emotions just make it all worth it. I really don’t like reading sad books and if this was written by anyone else, it would never make it on my TBR (knowing what I know now at least - as I said, the synopsis is super basic).

Samantha's mom is suffering from dementia and Xavier grew up in an abusive household so there's a LOT of tough things to work through. Because the two characters did a lot of long distance talking and random visits to each other while balancing these family and financial issues, it wasn't a fluffy love story. Yes, it had Abby's signature wit and banter though, hence the laughing between the crying. Xavier was incredible - an "airport dad" who always kept things in line, remembered people's favorite drinks or snacks, and generally set the bar high as hell for any other potential book boyfriend. Samantha was funny and enjoyable to follow; her sibling relationships also felt so real.

I couldn't figure out how the two of them were going to make it work so I spent a lot of the book overthinking how Abby was going to end the story. There were many chapters that got repetitive, as I mentioned before, because they'd end with the same sentiment of "I love them so much, we can never be together, this sucks, etc."

The ending was two seconds away from pissing me off but of course I should have trusted Abby lol. I liked where things ended up overall and found it to be really logical given the rest of the plot points. It was not a super tidy story - it felt real in pretty much every possible way. I don't know if this is my favorite book because the heavier elements are not usually for me, but I ADORED this couple. I think if you loved JUST FOR THE SUMMER as much as I did and were able to handle the tough parent situation in that one, you'll definitely feel similar for this book.

OMG This book now has my heart. Everything about this story was so beautifully written that it just flowed so smoothly from beginning to end, I loved it instantly from the start. This was such an emotional ride too, but in the most heartfelt way, it was magical. Both MCs were so likable and truly believable that I kept imagining myself as them. The family and friends dynamics were nice to have been integrated effortless throughout the story. This book is for everyone, so I recommend everyone to read it.

This book is simply magical. Beautifully written, tragic, heartbreaking, yet hopeful, hilarious and incredibly romantic. Jimenez's signature wit and expert storytelling truly come through. Easily already can tell this is going to be a favorite of the year.