Forget You by Jennifer Echols
Published by MTV Books on July 20, 2010
Genres: Contemporary
Pages: 293
Format: ARC
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WHY CAN’T YOU CHOOSE WHAT YOU FORGET . . . AND WHAT YOU REMEMBER?

There’s a lot Zoey would like to forget. Like how her father has knocked up his twenty-four- year old girlfriend. Like Zoey’s fear that the whole town will find out about her mom’s nervous breakdown. Like darkly handsome bad boy Doug taunting her at school. Feeling like her life is about to become a complete mess, Zoey fights back the only way she knows how, using her famous attention to detail to make sure she’s the perfect daughter, the perfect student, and the perfect girlfriend to ultra-popular football player Brandon.

But then Zoey is in a car crash, and the next day there’s one thing she can’t remember at all—the entire night before. Did she go parking with Brandon, like she planned? And if so, why does it seem like Brandon is avoiding her? And why is Doug—of all people— suddenly acting as if something significant happened between the two of them? Zoey dimly remembers Doug pulling her from the wreck, but he keeps referring to what happened that night as if it was more, and it terrifies Zoey to admit how much is a blank to her. Controlled, meticulous Zoey is quickly losing her grip on the all-important details of her life—a life that seems strangely empty of Brandon, and strangely full of Doug.

Jennifer Echols has written another amazing romantic drama.  Ever since I read Going Too Far I have been dying for more and Forget You did not disappoint.

Zoey Commander’s life keeps getting worse.  Her dad gets his 24-year-old girlfriend pregnant, her mom tries to commit suicide, and her worst enemy, Doug, seems to know all about it.  Zoey needs to keep her drama a secret but she’s worried what Doug might do or say.  He can’t stand her.  That is, until they are in a car accident together.  Too bad Zoey can’t remember what happened that night.

From the beginning I could tell that Forget You was very different from Going Too Far but that I was going to love it just as much.  It picked up really quickly and it never slowed down.  The best part was the mystery of what really happened the night of the accident.  I honestly couldn’t guess what went on.  When I did find out, I was shocked but in the best possible way.  =]

There were some moments were I didn’t like Zoey but most of the time I could really relate to her and feel for her.  She let her father walk all over her in the beginning but she grew into her own person throughout the book.  She had a lot going on in her life but she dealed with it.  Some of the ways she chose weren’t the best but I liked her.  Doug, on the other hand, I absolutely loved.  He confused me for most of the book but he was great with Zoey.  He was a bad boy with a good heart which is the best kind.

Overall, Forget You may be my new favorite from Jennifer Echols.  I do need to warn younger readers though.  It has quite a bit of drinking and sex so it may not be for everyone.  Older YA readers should definitely check it out though!