katrinky's review against another edition
3.0
crisarnold's review against another edition
3.0
simonlewis17's review against another edition
4.0
Finished reading it in one sitting. Hmmm.. Story is good, I like how the author makes me think. The suspense! It was a page-turner to me. The storyline is awesome. It was predictable but still gives me goosebumps!
I recommend it to anyone who wants a good suspense book. :)
Looking forward to read all Miss Jennifer's books.ü
Thanks to my Parabatai for recommending this one to me.ü
gelisvb's review
2.0
You remember? the tropes? The the jerck that becomes the one true love, two minutes later, the very generic and not very smart female protagonist, the bitchy best friends, the new friend that becomes bff. AAAnd what I hated the most: THE PROM.
Than actually made me mad, because, who acres about the prom when you are about to get framed for murder? How, how, how?Why? What's wrong with you people? With you , author?
Overall it was a very generic, old fashioned Ya mystery.Something we already read several times.
babygirl06301's review against another edition
5.0
Wow. Before I make this seem like the best book of all time, let me go through some of the cons I had about it.
For one, there were parts that were sort of predictable. Not the ending, but things like Samantha suspecting everyone under the sun until she found out who actually did it, sort of made it slightly annoying because I'd already had those suspicions and threw them out the window. Also, there were other assumptions I made that Sam figured out way after I did, like the fact that herself and Cassie maybe, possibly, could have been brought up to the cliff for a reason and not just by accident; another thing I figured out was that, when Cassie was found dead, she had almost definitely been murdered. However, these things are very minor, and I think that [a:Jennifer L. Armentrout|4476934|Jennifer L. Armentrout|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1290636579p2/4476934.jpg] did it to show how normal people don't automatically want to jump to the conclusion that their friend had been murdered, especially if she was already acting "crazy."
Now that we've got that out of the we way, let's talk about sex... between Sam and Carson. This is going to sound like I should've put it under the "cons" section, but bear with me. I've never read a book where author waits until literally 38 pages before the end to hook two characters up, and it killed me. However, that being said, Armentrout did it so well. It really heightened the experience to be able to read it after I knew in my soul of souls that Carson: wasn't the killer, really loved Samantha, not only that but had loved her for a very long time, and had been watching her back for their whole lives. Not to mention that the memory that came back to her and the accusation she brought against him made it all the more real. Carson's hurt and sense of betrayal really drove home my feelings towards the two characters.
Alright, now that we're done with sex, let's discuss the plot line. If ever you were unsure about reading this book, do it. Sure, there's some bumps like the fact that the actual confrontation between Sam and her father at the end was short lived, or that the bombshell about Cassie being Sam's sister (which, I can't believe I didn't guess, by the way) was dropped quite suddenly and didn't quite flow too well with the rest of the scene. BUT don't let that stop you, because the rest of it was fabulous. I love how it started out with the first memory Sam ever has. It really works for the story that there wasn't a prologue giving us hints as to how life was like before the incident. The characters were very well developed, even if they didn't have a long (and most of the time not needed) back story. One thing I love about the way Armentrout wrote the character was, at least with Sam, she'd often say things like I probably shouldn't say this but..., and then she'd spew an insult or a long held affection towards Carson or a piece of a memory. Most authors I've read don't let their characters be as big-mouthed as real life teenagers are, which takes away from the continuity; Armentrout, much to my enjoyment, let this happen. The actual idea for the story was amazing. I've read books about amnesia before like [b:The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer|11408650|The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #1)|Michelle Hodkin|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1336655755s/11408650.jpg|13460686], which I loved. I won't say that this book is better, but it's up there, for sure.
In general, this book is brilliant. It isn't my favorite, but it's still one I'm going to be recommending to all my friends. So, go read it, people!
mrsjkamp's review
2.0
danicapage's review
4.0
storysiren's review
3.0