EXCERPT: February 2016

A road appears through the shifting whiteness. Along it walks a woman.
She is beyond cold. Coatless and sodden, hobbled by city shoes, she staggers forward. Her nostrils flare. Her mind struggles to focus. She doesn't stop to think why she has no coat, or what brought her here, stumbling along this tarmac lifeline, in an ice-bound landscape, however long ago. Yet two things are certain: she must keep walking, left then right, repeat. And she must not turn back.

ABOUT 'THE DAY SHE CAN'T FORGET': On a cold evening Zeb, a single mum in her thirties, is found wandering aimlessly on a remote road. She is dazed, confused and bloodied. She doesn’t know where she is, or how she got there. She has travelled far from home, and someone has attacked her. Memory loss means she can trust no one, and with her assailant unidentified, Zeb is desperate to be reunited with her son Matty, and to ensure their safety. But what will her search for the truth uncover? Will it bring answers, or more questions? And what if the person she can rely on the least… is herself?

MY THOUGHTS: There is far more to this book than the publicity blurb indicates. Usually I am critical of blurbs for giving away too much of the plot, but this time it does not do the book justice.

Despite a somewhat confusing beginning, I enjoyed The Day She Can't Forget by Meg Carter. There are two stories told over three timelines. The main character is Zeb (Elizebeth), the woman found wandering around in shock. She seems quite unstable at times, and I can quite understand why her ex-husband was wanting their son Matty to spend more time with him. We are privy to Zeb's childhood growing up with her dad Pete, and his partner Helen; and then Zeb in the present day, following the death of her father. The third timeline and second story is that of Alma (she hates her old-fashioned name) and builds up to the day she can't forget. The two stories do intersect, eventually.

It's a slow burner of a read, but one that I enjoyed, although it could benefit from a bit more judicious editing. I would have liked to know more of Alma's story in the latter years of her life rather than the very small and not at all informative glimpse we are given.

If you are wanting a thriller with lots of intrigue and excitement, then this isn't the book for you. This is more of a multi-generational family drama complete with long held secrets, and lies perpetuated over the years.

⭐⭐⭐.7

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THE AUTHOR: Meg is an advisory board member for Women in Journalism and has spent more than two decades working as a freelance features writer.

DISCOSURE: Thank you to Canelo via NetGalley for providing a digital ARC of The Day She Can't Forget by Meg Carter for review. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own personal opinions.

A gripping psychological thriller that I couldn’t put down. This book reeled me in from the start. I recommend this book to all psychological thriller fans.

It changed her life. But can she remember everything?
On a cold evening Zeb, a single mum in her thirties, is found wandering aimlessly on a remote road. She is dazed, confused and bloodied.

She doesn’t know where she is, or how she got there. She has travelled far from home and someone has attacked her.

Memory loss means she can trust no-one, and with her assailant unidentified, Zeb is desperate to be reunited with her son Matty, and to ensure their safety.

But what will her search for the truth uncover? Will it bring answers, or more questions? And what if the person she can rely on the least… is herself?

Omg......... this book was amazing I flew threw the pages with Olympic speed I was hooked from the very first page. I found it full of twists and turns threw out and it kept me on the edge of my seat all the way threw  I would defiantly recommend this book if you like a good book to keep you reading threw the night hopefully you enjoy it as much as I did

This was a good book and I would recommend it to friends. It was not one of my top reads but I did enjoy it.

Meg Carter’s novel, “The Day She Can’t Forget”, starts with a young woman who is found wandering down a deserted road. When she is finally picked up and taken to hospital, she begins the quest for the missing hours she can’t remember, and along the way discovers family secrets that leave her questioning who to trust. I enjoyed the setting and some of the characters, but felt there was something missing from the book to truly make it a memorable read for me.

Premise sounded very exciting and I was immediately hooked by the blurb. However, this was not for me. The protagonist was irritating and self pitying, though at times warranted, it just felt like an excess of wallowing. The two timelines were also quite difficult to keep track of, making it quite difficult to follow

A really gripping thriller that kept me guessing until the very last page. I loved it. Would recommend!

After reading this book I have mixed reviews. The plotline has huge holes in and I found the writing style to be poor. However there is a fantastic twist at the end that I was not expecting and slightly changed my overall opinion of this book. I don't think this is a bad book just perhaps not for me.

A good book with a twist
Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC in return for an honest review.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this book in return for an honest review.

It took me some time to get around to completing this book. On several occasions, I had picked it up and read to the exact same spot before I encountered the same feeling which had made me put the book down the previous time.

First off, there is no denying that this is a well written book. Meg Carter is a decent writer. However, my main problem with this story was the amount of characters which were being flung at the reader in such as short amount of time. We are taken back and forth through time and it's really not apparent initially to see how the two threads will link together.
Once this becomes clear, it's also obvious that there are several characters who make appearances only to disappear without another mention and we are left wondering exactly what their role was other than to simply confuse the hell out of the reader.

I am glad to have finally finished this book. It wasn't the worst book but the ending was disappointing and conveniently predictable.

I could not get into this book and reading fellow reviewer's thoughts I am going to pass on this one. Thank you for the opportunity to read this one.

I really enjoyed the book, it has everything I love in a novel from start to finish. I can’t wait to read what the author has planned next!

Thanks to netgalley for the opportunity to have read this book.
The book itself was an entertaining read, but the jumping between time and chapters
were really confusing to me, and I had to concentrate more every time.
But that’s just me, I promise!
Worth your effort.

Gripping read from the start. Real page turner! Highly recommended

I did not like this book and couldn't make myself finish it. The story jumped around too much. I've read other stories that jump from one time period to the next, but this was so hard to keep up with the people and what was going on. I gave up.

Sooooo the book wasn't great but it wasn't awful either, I found the back and forth of present and past confusing sometimes (I don't usually). Plot was decent and caught my attention and it wasn't particularly slow, Zeb was a funny character I never quite knew what to make of her, I did enjoy the book just didn't find it riveting like I thought I was going to from the blurb!....

I thought the ending was pretty apt and the in between was decent enough, can't say too much without giving things away!!! But in all not a bad read.

I hate to give bad reviews but no matter how hard I tried I just didn't find this book interesting. I was bored reading and just wanted to fly thru it. I wouldn't recommend a mystery /thriller fan to read this book.

This book is written in the alternating timelines and stories, which I usually love, but for some reason it just wasn't meant for this book. I think it had some really great intense areas, but the alternating actually took from the story instead of making it. I love to look for these types of alternating books and sometimes they're the most amazing book ever, but honestly in this case I think it should've been done in a different format. Good story, but hard to read with the alternating.

I found this novel a little confusing but I didn't care enough about the characters to go back and double check. The ending is a little too neat for my liking but it's a good enough read.