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BOOKWORM REVIEW: Forget Me Twice by Carina Taylor


RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
SPICE: 🔥.5

Do you ever wish you could take back the hard times in your relationship and start again?

Archie Dunmore gets that second chance after he survives a plane crash. Now he cannot remember the last two years of his life, and the hospital has called his emergency contact: his wife Meyer.

Meyer is not too thrilled about the phone call, however. Because what Archie does not remember is that they have been divorced for a year after Archie left her. Having to take care of an Archie who does not remember the tumultuous parts of their marriage and the heartache of their divorce brings up all of the feelings that she has tried to suppress in the last year.

This was a fun, low-angst, slow-burn read. Archie and Meyer had great chemistry even when they were apart, and that alone will have readers cheering for them. Sometimes our true love happens at the wrong time of our lives, and Carina Taylor does a great job of leading Archie and Meyer through that journey.

The spice in this standalone read is hidden behind closed doors, but I give it an extra half point because I love their flirting. Tiny details -- be it Archie's smirk or Meyer's teasing -- gives their banter life and wit. 

If you adore second chances for divorced couples as much as I do, this is a great add to your TBR.

** I am voluntarily reviewing an advance copy of this book. Thank you to Carina Taylor and NetGalley for providing an ARC. **

ABOUT THE BOOK

Have you ever brought your ex-husband home and pretended to still be married?

Yeah, me either.

When my local hospital calls to say “I’m sorry to tell you this, but your husband has been in an accident” I try to explain the basics to them.
  1. I am not married—anymore. (Archie Dunmore is a thing of the past.)
  2. If there’s a husband in the hospital, it’s not mine.
Except Archie is back, and he's been in an accident. One that has left him with amnesia. Yup. He believes we’re still happily married. Oh joy.

Too bad for me, the doctor believes it would be best for Archie to remember things on his own. He needs familiar surroundings to heal.

No big shocks.
No emotional trauma.
Which means I can’t tell him the truth.

Archie bursts back into my life with all the warmth and joy of a freshly married man, confident that I’m the love of his life, and determined to fix the rift between us.
Except how do I tell him that he walked out on me?
Especially when Archie is desperately trying to remember what I’ve worked so hard to forget.

What’s a girl to do with an amnesiac ex-husband at her breakfast table?

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