Reviews with content warning for Death of parent - Forget Me Not

⭐️ 5
🌶️ Open Door, Explicit

🪷 Contemporary Romance
🪷 Second Chance Romance
🪷 Grumpy/Sunshine
🪷 Friends to Enemies to Lovers
🪷 Workplace Romance
🪷 Forced Proximity
🪷 Opposites Attract
🪷 He Falls First
🪷 Secret Heart of Gold/Cinnamon Roll
🪷 Dual Timeline/POV

GUYS...I NEED YOU TO STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND READ THIS BOOK.

I honestly think Forget Me Not by Julie Soto is a top contender for one of my favorite books this year. Not to mention it's a DEBUT?? Like, shut up.

Our FMC, Ama, is a wedding planner and our MMC, Elliot, is a florist. These two met while working together in the wedding industry - 5 years prior to the first scene in this book. But somewhere along the way they have a falling out and haven't worked together in 3 years.

After Ama books the biggest wedding of her career with internet sensation, Hazel Renee, she is forced to work with Elliot during the planning. *cue all the awkward moments and tension.* We learn through the flashbacks how Elliot and Ama met and what led to their falling out. While also following their current interactions and the situations pulling them back together. Forget Me Not had a lot of Notebook-esque 'it still isn't over' vibes.

Julie Soto created some of the most lovable characters and hilarious scenes in this book. There were moments when I was absolutely cackling. 👏 There were also moments when I was absolutely sweating from how hot these two were. 🔥 There were also moments that made me want a donut real bad. 🍩

I truly think this could be one of my top reads this year and it was definitely added to the Favorites list! Side note, the audio narration was 10/10. Callie Dalton and Teddy Hamilton did not let me down.

A few of my favorite Elliot Bloom quotes include:
・ “I don’t give a fuck who it is. I want you to look debauched when I’m debauching you.”
・ “Get the fuck away from me,” he says, as politely as he possibly can.
・ “Did I just kill her with a peanut butter donut?”
・ “I’m not going to marry you. I’m gonna date the shit outta you, though.”
・ “Someone I met five years, four months, three weeks, and five days ago.”

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abiigrl's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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takarakei's review against another edition

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lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

he owns a flower shop
she's a wedding planner that doesn't believe in marriage
dual pov,
dual timeline, second chance romance
narration *chefs kiss* Teddy Hamilton is 🔥

Since this book is told in past/present, I would've liked a bit more of the present in terms of the second chance part of the romance. Elliot has my whole heart.

you may think everything ends one day, but you haven’t had everything with me

*Note on diversity* side characters are diverse. MCs are planning a gay wedding for the whole book.

3.5/5 🌶️

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rachbreads's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced

Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I want to love what you love, even if it’s extinct.

I swear Julie Soto can do no wrong, I love every word she has ever written (and yes, I am mostly talking about her fanfic here). I am not usually a big second chance romance fan but this was done *so well* - not only did we have dual POV/dual timeline, but they were also like converging timelines, where Ama tells the story in the present tense and Elliot tells the story beginning in the past leading up to their first break-up - slightly different from the normal "flashback" style we normally get in second chance romance. The grump/sunshine trope was also really great here, and it was just all around a really fun, sweet, heart pounding romance.

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