Forget Me Not

By: Fern Michaels

Narrated by: Emily Durante

Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins

Publisher's Summary

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels, beloved worldwide for her heartwarming novels, comes a story of family secrets, friendship, and second chances, as one woman is confronted with the shocking truth about her past.

Illustrator Lucy Brighton loves her work. Her animal characters Izzy, Bizzy, and Lizzy have their own comic strip, card line, and children’s cartoon, and their popularity has given Lucy financial stability and freedom. Yet none of that quite erases the lingering ache of a cold, lonely childhood. Sent away to boarding school at ten, Lucy spent little time with her parents afterward, and her few visits home only seemed to widen the gap between them. Even though she still lives in the New Jersey house where she grew up, Lucy has had little contact with her parents since they moved to Florida five years ago.

Then Lucy receives a call to say that her mother and father have been killed in a car crash. While settling their affairs in Florida, Lucy begins to realize how little she really knew about their lives. She has no way to explain the mysterious safe in their bedroom, with its cache of fake passports, cash, and weapons. Everything in the house is neat, scrupulously clean, almost too picture-perfect. What secrets were the Brightons keeping? Were they even who they claimed to be?

When Luke Kingston, the developer who helped build her parents’ home, calls to pay his respects, he and Lucy strike up a friendship that promises more. But before Lucy can explore a future with him she knows she must uncover the truth—even if it changes everything she once believed about her parents, and about herself.

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Light, Feel Good Story . . . Good Listen

Every once in a while I need an audio book just like this one . . . it just "hits the spot". It's not particularly deep . . . it's not exactly realistic . . . but it's oh, sooooo good . . . it's escapism at it's best . . . wish there was a sequel. Forget Me Not is a joy to listen to!

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Wrong title

Sorry but feel this was definitely the wrong title for this book. The characters also fluctuated too much for me one minute hard and uncaring then the next all mushy. I hated the performance of the parents and well it just seem to far fetched. The narrator just seem wrong for this book. Did some great voices and all but humm just not a good fit. Lucy the main character at the end was so different from the one at the beginning just threw it off.

Voices need attention

Another winner. Great story line. Not keen on voices. Needs male and female voices. Thanks for the awesome audiobook.

Not a fan

The story was full of weird, random, out of no where twists that really only made the story more unrealistic. The writing was also cheesy, especially the dialogue between romantic partners.

Good Girlie Story

Nicely done for pleasant easy listening. I enjoyed this book and would recommend it for others.

Disappointing

I had high hopes for this book. The storyline seemed intriguing however I found it fell flat. The characters were shallow and inconsistent. Our main character was intelligent yet utterly oblivious. The whirlwind romance seemed rushed and I found the whole thing ridiculous. *spoiler alert!*
In an attempt to add twists and turns to a lackluster plot it became improbable. Her wealth, good looks, handsome man, "fabulous personality" (I found obnoxious) were all too much; not to mention 2 sets of fake parents???

The narrator did attempt to do more than simply read the text. I do not care for her reading style and would not choose a book read by her again.

Juvenile & Boring !!!! - Don't wast your time

What would have made Forget Me Not better?

Basic story line was interesting, but the writing was not up to what I expect from Fern Michaels. It took over 2 hours of listening to even feel like I was getting into the story. Those 2 hours the main character went over her childhood, could easily have been covered in less than 15 min. It needed a lot more intrigue, suspense, and content. I felt like I was listening to a story written for pre-teens.

What do you think your next listen will be?

Authors I enjoy are Susan Mallery, Robyn Carr, Debbie Macomber. Will probably listen to something from one of them.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

I'm sure I've heard anything ready by Emily Durante. This reading came across so juvenile. The female characters came across as very weak and dependent. Her reading make them seem like most of the characters (male & female) had no backbone at all. The male characters came across somewhat better, but still seemed weak.

What character would you cut from Forget Me Not?

Not sure any need to be cut. The characters just need a lot more depth.

Any additional comments?

I bought this book when it was on sale, glad I didn't waste a credit. I felt the book was so boring, I speed up the listening speed several times just to get through it. I wish I would have paid more attention to some of the reviews. I've always enjoyed Fern Michaels, but not this one. As previously mentioned there was little suspense or intrigue. Also lacked romance. This book had little to with any building romance between the two supposedly main characters. My advice - don't wast your time or credit.

1 of 2 people found this review helpful

Too unrealistic

There really is not much depth to the story, Predictable, simplistic and not believable in too many places. Plus what is the title all about?

1 of 2 people found this review helpful

Great idea for a story, horrible writing and narration

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

Someone who likes trite dialogue and whiney poorly accented narration.

What was most disappointing about Fern Michaels’s story?

The author over explains things as though she assumes the reader can't imagine anything. Both the dialogue and the narration of the main character and her best friend comes across as whiney. The main characters "fall in love" when they've only met twice, before they have even had spent a moment alone or know anything thing about each other. Apparently the author has decided to skip the whole actually writing a story and just put events to page rather than create a believable character study. Just horrible plot development. I'd like to read a book by the person who wrote the description of the book that sold me on it. That person can actually use words to entice the reader. The author tells us what a fabulous person the main character is but writes almost nothing that shows it. Also, the conflict in the story is that something has happened to the main character's parents and she believes they are not the people she thought they were. (Not a spoiler, that's given out very early in the story) The way this is resolved seems like the author couldn't come up with a satisfactory way to deal with those characters so she took the ridiculously easy way out.

What didn’t you like about Emily Durante’s performance?

Whiney whiney whiney! Both the main female character and her best friend's dialogue was spoken in a whiney horribly fake New Jersey accented voice. If any person actually sounded like either of these women no one could stand to be around them for 10 minutes much less fall head over heels in love for no apparent reason as in this story.

What character would you cut from Forget Me Not?

There were no extra characters. Just poorly created and written ones.

Any additional comments?

I will never waste my time or money on anything by either this author or narrator. Because the idea of the story was good and I wanted to know what happened to the parents of the main character, I suffered through it but frankly, I'd like those 7 hours of my life back.

0 of 1 people found this review helpful

Enjoyed it!

This had a a good good blend in in it. It made me laugh out loud at times. I enjoyed the characters in the book and hope there will me more like it.

0 of 1 people found this review helpful