Review: Remembrance by Michelle Madow

Remembrance by Michelle Madow
Pages: 314
Format: eBook
Inspired by Taylor Swift's "Love Story" music video ...

New Hampshire high school junior Lizzie Davenport has been reincarnated from Regency Era, England ... but she doesn't know it yet.

Then Drew Carmichael transfers into Lizzie's school at the beginning of the year, and she feels a connection to him, almost like she knows him. She can't stop thinking about him, but whenever she tries talking with him about the mysteries behind her feelings, he makes it clear that he wants nothing to do with her. Reaching him is even more difficult because she has a boyfriend, Jeremy, who has started to become full of himself after being elected co-captain of the varsity soccer team, and her flirtatious best friend Chelsea starts dating Drew soon after his arrival. So why can't she seem to get him out of her mind?

Even though Lizzie knows she should let go of her fascination with Drew, the pair of them soon find that fighting fate isn't going to be easy.

Summary from Amazon

NOTE: Before you continue, if you have returned to my blog hoping to see a review of Matched, Halo, COB or VA... this isn't it and I apologize for not yet having those up yet. ALSO THERE MIGHT BE SPOILERS (depending on your view)!

   Now, I've been hearing of this for a couple months and just bought it yesterday to read for fun... but where is the fun in not reviewing it. I mean honestly, when there's a good book like this it must be reviewed. I thought this wouldn't actually be all that great but I loved being proved wrong. 

   One thing that is always important to have in a great book is an amazing hook. From the first sentence in the Preface I was hooked to this book. "It was at the Halloween dance that I got my first glimpse of my past life." That sentence alone says so much about Remembrance. If the first page of a book sucks it's likely the reader will not be happy or in the feel of the book, if you understand what I'm saying. There were some parts in this book that I just wanted to close it, or really just leave my computer, but right after those parts there was something to keep me reading. I don't normally like ANYTHING that is even linked to history, even in the smallest bit, but this shows some of the upside... even though there isn't any actual history in it, the brief glimpses of the past have their appeal.
   Lizzie at times appears to be a strong character but sometimes I wondered if there was anything to her really. I can tell she is not a very shy character but she's not exactly... I don't know, open. But I do look forward to reading Vengeance when I'm able to, to see if any characters have developed more.

Brittany B.