ladyj1989 's review for:

Bittersweet Memories by Catharina Maura

3.0

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was almost a 4 star but Part 1 (the past) gave me the heebie-jeebies. At the very beginning Alana is 13 almost 14 and she just lost her mother. At the cemetery she meets Silas an 18 year old who just lost his dad.  His comments on her beauty were inappropriate and that just gave me the kick. She was 13! They met again 2 years later at the homeless shelter she he lives and she volunteers.  They flirt for another 2 years. Once she is legal he acts on his feelings. Nice but still didn't erase the ick from their original ages. One day they have a fight and when she storms off into the rain, tragedy strikes.
Part 2 (the present - 5 years later)
Silas is a rich CEO of a high security firm he founded. And he has been looking for Alana ever since she walked out.  What are the odds she is applying at his company! Crazy coincidence! 
Even crazier when she shows up at has his house for family dinner on the arm of has brother! Dun dun dun!
She lost her memories in a car accident 5 years ago.  She doesn't remember Silas or anything took before the accident. His half brother Ryan is most definitely his step mom's pawn. Silas wants to be close to his brother but Mona is a crazy bitch. She keeps pitting Ryan against Silas all for money. Classic motivation. 
There are a lost of bumps in the road for Silas and Alana but their love will persevere in the end.