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Author: Jessica Brody
Length: 352 pages
Publisher: Square Fish
Classification: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Time Travel
Release Date: January 28, 2014 (Reprint paperback edition)
When Freedom Airlines flight 121 went down over the Pacific Ocean, no one ever expected to find survivors. Which is why the sixteen-year-old girl discovered floating among the wreckage—alive—is making headlines across the globe. Even more strange is that her body is miraculously unharmed and she has no memories of boarding the plane. She has no memories of her life before the crash. She has no memories period. No one knows how she survived. No one knows why she wasn’t on the passenger manifest. And no one can explain why her DNA and fingerprints can’t be found in a single database in the world.Crippled by a world she doesn’t know, plagued by abilities she doesn’t understand, and haunted by a looming threat she can’t remember, Seraphina struggles to piece together her forgotten past and discover who she really is. But with every clue only comes more questions. And she’s running out of time to answer them. Her only hope is a strangely alluring boy who claims to know her from before the crash. Who claims they were in love. But can she really trust him? And will he be able to protect her from the people who have been making her forget?From popular young adult author Jessica Brody comes a compelling and suspenseful new sci-fi series. The Unremembered Trilogy is set in a world where science knows no boundaries, memories are manipulated, and true love can never be forgotten. (From Amazon)
My Rating:
I am going to be honest. I came across Jessica Brody's blog, I don't even remember how and I read part of the description for this book and thought, "Well, that sounds interesting" so I added it to my Book Wishlist (on Amazon) and to my TBR list on GoodReads. And I started following Jessica Brody on Twitter.
Then something awesome happened.
Jessica Brody posted on Twitter about a giveaway she was having and everyone wins. And I thought wow that is pretty cool. If you are able to complete the three levels of challenges you will win a swag pack.
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You can find out how to participate here on Jessica Brody's blog.
I then went out and bought the paperback copy of Unremembered and I am SO GLAD that I did!
I think the paperback copy is pretty cool, there is also an interview with Jessica Brody, discussion questions, Unstolen and The Memory Coder. As well as the first chapter to Unforgotten.
I really loved this book.
And I do think it is not really like any other book I have read.
I really love Jessica Brody's writing style in this book. I found the book interesting and easy to read. And I was hooked at the beginning of the story.
Jane Doe (aka Violet...aka Sera) was a very interesting character. And I enjoyed watching her overcome losing her memories and figuring out what is the truth and what is a lie.
I found this book to have action, mystery, love and friendship.
It took me a couple days to get through the book, but that was simply because I was so busy participating in the Love-A-Thon. But I was still able to read it in a matter of a couple days.
There were a couple things that I was able to easily predict in the story. But there were also moments that surprised me and kept me guessing. And I honestly can say that there was a plot twist that I REALLY did not see coming.
***Spoilers Ahead. Stop reading here if you haven't read the book!***
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One thing that I really loved about this book was the fact that there was time travel. I think that is one of the things that REALLY surprised me. (The plot twist that I didn't see coming!) And it is something that Brody hinted at a couple times through out the book. For example the year 1609!
I didn't realize that they were trying to escape to the year 1609! I really thought that it was a reminder of them needing to escape Diotech to be together.
I found the time traveling part of the book extremely interesting! I also liked how she described the use of DNA and the transession gene. I found that part really neat!
When we first learned about her tattoo/mark I immediately thought between that and her violet eyes, that maybe she was created in a lab somewhere.
Well it was either that or she was an alien. Because I didn't think have violet eyes was natural. But I do think the violet eyes are cool!
I also guessed that the boy from the hospital (aka Zen) was the one to give her the locket.
But I guessed several things wrong!
I thought that maybe the foster parents (Heather and Scott) were in on it, and part of Diotech.
I thought that someone erased her memories on purpose! I was surprised to see her memory where she requests her memories to be taken from her. That really surprised me! In fact this is what I took note for on that scene: "Well, that WAS interesting!"
I even thought that Maxxer was possibly Zen's mom, and that she helped get them out of Diotech.
After reading this book it has left me with some questions:
What happened during the time travel that made it so Sera didn't make it to the year 1609? I don't know if maybe I missed something, but I don't know what happened that interrupted the time travel.
Who is/are the people behind Alixter? The ones that are funding/helping him. The ones that might be more evil and horrible.
I liked the characters. I thought Heather was sweet. And I felt that Cody was curious and protective of Sera.
I especially liked Zen and their romance. Even if it was just memories, I got the feeling that they were in love and it was all so sweet.
And Rio. I felt empathy with Sera. I felt sad for Rio. Yes, he created her. And he kept lying to her and changing her memories, but in the end he helped her get out. (which was a twist that I didn't think of). And I thought he really did care for her. And what happened to him made me sad.
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END OF SPOILERS.
I really enjoyed this book. And I looking forward to Unforgotten coming out! I am definitely planning on reading it!
I recommend this book to anyone that enjoys reading young adult science fiction.
