A review by 00leah00
Aurora by Emma L. McGeown
4.0
“Aurora” by Emma L. McGeown is a sweet, slow burn romance about an amnesiac patient who loses her memory after being hit by a bus.
Elena Ricci wakes up one day in a hospital to find out she’s been in an accident. As the doctor asks her questions, it becomes obvious she can’t remember anything from the last eight years of her life. She has no memory that she’s had a son, Jamie, that she’s come out as gay, and last but not least, that she’s married a woman, Jax.
Elena did not have the best life in her younger years. She was sent to a Catholic school that believed in conversion therapy when she was fifteen. She spent years denying her sexuality because she felt it was wrong and ended up spending a lot of time in therapy trying to undo all of the damage and to accept who she is. This is all undone by her accident. Elena once again, tries to deny she’s attracted to women even when she finds out she’s married to one. She gets in touch with the last person she remembers being with, Tom.
While I really liked the book overall but there were some pretty frustrating parts I didn’t understand. I failed to understand why the doctors didn’t want anyone to tell her any of the things that matter. They don’t tell her she’s married to Jax, yet, they send her home with her (a complete stranger), pretending to be roommates. Jax also becomes a single parent as it is determined they can’t tell Elena about her son as well or it could be too traumatic for her. I also had a hard time understanding why she would contact her old boyfriend after everyone has told her they broke up a long time ago. Even if that’s the last thing she remembers, she knows it’s been eight years since they were together and there would be a reason for that.
Although I had those issues, they still don’t take away that this is a very good book. There’s the standard angst that comes with amnesia and forgetting one’s family. It’s well written, (though it was a little confusing at times with the timeline but I eventually just ignored it.) There are also some secondary characters which add some comedic relief such as Elena’s sister, Cat and Jax’s best friend, Greg.
It sent me on a pretty broad emotional spectrum while reading. It made me laugh, it made me mad and it made me tear up a bit. It’s a debut book by McGeown and it has me excited to see what she comes out with next.
I received an ARC from NetGalley and Bold Strokes Books in exchange for an honest review.
Elena Ricci wakes up one day in a hospital to find out she’s been in an accident. As the doctor asks her questions, it becomes obvious she can’t remember anything from the last eight years of her life. She has no memory that she’s had a son, Jamie, that she’s come out as gay, and last but not least, that she’s married a woman, Jax.
Elena did not have the best life in her younger years. She was sent to a Catholic school that believed in conversion therapy when she was fifteen. She spent years denying her sexuality because she felt it was wrong and ended up spending a lot of time in therapy trying to undo all of the damage and to accept who she is. This is all undone by her accident. Elena once again, tries to deny she’s attracted to women even when she finds out she’s married to one. She gets in touch with the last person she remembers being with, Tom.
While I really liked the book overall but there were some pretty frustrating parts I didn’t understand. I failed to understand why the doctors didn’t want anyone to tell her any of the things that matter. They don’t tell her she’s married to Jax, yet, they send her home with her (a complete stranger), pretending to be roommates. Jax also becomes a single parent as it is determined they can’t tell Elena about her son as well or it could be too traumatic for her. I also had a hard time understanding why she would contact her old boyfriend after everyone has told her they broke up a long time ago. Even if that’s the last thing she remembers, she knows it’s been eight years since they were together and there would be a reason for that.
Although I had those issues, they still don’t take away that this is a very good book. There’s the standard angst that comes with amnesia and forgetting one’s family. It’s well written, (though it was a little confusing at times with the timeline but I eventually just ignored it.) There are also some secondary characters which add some comedic relief such as Elena’s sister, Cat and Jax’s best friend, Greg.
It sent me on a pretty broad emotional spectrum while reading. It made me laugh, it made me mad and it made me tear up a bit. It’s a debut book by McGeown and it has me excited to see what she comes out with next.
I received an ARC from NetGalley and Bold Strokes Books in exchange for an honest review.