Title: Forget Me Not
Author: Adrianna Dane
Publisher: Amber Allure
Publisher URL: http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/
ISBN: 978-1-60272-486-0
Genre: Contemporary M/M, Paranormal
Rating: 3.5 Nymphs
Literary Nymphs Reviewer: Rose Nymph
Cooper Lynch knew from an early age that he wouldn’t be able to live a normal life. His family has been cursed and he is destined to live out his days protecting the people of Raven’s Cove, as his father did and his father’s father before him. However they may try, the Lynch men have never been able to escape their destiny and because of this, Cooper lives a solitary life; his only comfort being the memories of those carefree childhood summers when Ian would come to town. That was a long time ago, though, and now Cooper has a teenage son who he wants desperately to protect from the curse.
Ian had always felt a special connection to Cooper and cherished the time they spent together as boys but one fateful night, Ian suffers a personal tragedy that threatens to destroy him. Just when he thought all was lost, there was Cooper and somehow, Ian survived. The memories of that night still haunt Ian’s dreams eighteen years later but he never did stop thinking of his one true friend. When fate leads him back to Raven’s Cove, he’d be foolish to think things would be the same between the two of them but Ian needs to return to find out just what happened that night and to make sure that he made the right decision all those years ago.
Although the premise of this story intrigued me and the paranormal element worked well, with strong characters making an impression on me, there are a lot of questions left unanswered in Forget Me Not and these unfortunately take away somewhat from the enjoyment of the story. The circumstance in which the relationship between Cooper and Ian deepens isn’t really explained; Ian suffered a tragedy but we never really find out the details of it. The story is told from the point of view of both characters looking back at the time they spent together as youngsters, while at the same time focusing on events in their lives now. I personally was a little confused by this and think things might have worked better if the story had been set when all the trouble first started eighteen years ago.
The role the females play in this story isn’t pleasant; they are either scheming, cheating or cursing and this was a little disappointing. Although the male characters made an impression on me, neither of them were particularly likable. Ian and Cooper have suffered and the author did a good job convincing me that they are destined to be together but the ending was a little ambiguous; the problems affecting their happiness in the past not really resolved. However, I believe the underlying message here was that you can’t fight destiny but maybe, just maybe destiny will give you a break every once in a while.
Author: Adrianna Dane
Publisher: Amber Allure
Publisher URL: http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/
ISBN: 978-1-60272-486-0
Genre: Contemporary M/M, Paranormal
Rating: 3.5 Nymphs
Literary Nymphs Reviewer: Rose Nymph
Cooper Lynch knew from an early age that he wouldn’t be able to live a normal life. His family has been cursed and he is destined to live out his days protecting the people of Raven’s Cove, as his father did and his father’s father before him. However they may try, the Lynch men have never been able to escape their destiny and because of this, Cooper lives a solitary life; his only comfort being the memories of those carefree childhood summers when Ian would come to town. That was a long time ago, though, and now Cooper has a teenage son who he wants desperately to protect from the curse.
Ian had always felt a special connection to Cooper and cherished the time they spent together as boys but one fateful night, Ian suffers a personal tragedy that threatens to destroy him. Just when he thought all was lost, there was Cooper and somehow, Ian survived. The memories of that night still haunt Ian’s dreams eighteen years later but he never did stop thinking of his one true friend. When fate leads him back to Raven’s Cove, he’d be foolish to think things would be the same between the two of them but Ian needs to return to find out just what happened that night and to make sure that he made the right decision all those years ago.
Although the premise of this story intrigued me and the paranormal element worked well, with strong characters making an impression on me, there are a lot of questions left unanswered in Forget Me Not and these unfortunately take away somewhat from the enjoyment of the story. The circumstance in which the relationship between Cooper and Ian deepens isn’t really explained; Ian suffered a tragedy but we never really find out the details of it. The story is told from the point of view of both characters looking back at the time they spent together as youngsters, while at the same time focusing on events in their lives now. I personally was a little confused by this and think things might have worked better if the story had been set when all the trouble first started eighteen years ago.
The role the females play in this story isn’t pleasant; they are either scheming, cheating or cursing and this was a little disappointing. Although the male characters made an impression on me, neither of them were particularly likable. Ian and Cooper have suffered and the author did a good job convincing me that they are destined to be together but the ending was a little ambiguous; the problems affecting their happiness in the past not really resolved. However, I believe the underlying message here was that you can’t fight destiny but maybe, just maybe destiny will give you a break every once in a while.
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