Forget Me Not

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Karissa’s writing is like a sonnet. I think this is easily my most highlighted book on my kindle. I cannot praise this book enough. Since I can’t stop gushing about it in this caption, I’ll put the synopsis and more details on the following slides. If the sci-fi romance genre gives you pause, just know it’s a love story that happens to take place in space, not the other way around, and the space setting paired with Karissa’s style make for a dreamy stunner.✨ I'm a seedling gifted to him by the cosmos, planted in the muddy cave of his chest under overturned soil. I grow best in his climate, he knows this, we're a perfect match. You've been trying not to sleep at night to avoid me," he whispers. "Meanwhile, Eliza, all I want to do is sleep, because that's the only place I can have you."

Along with her partner Logan, she roams the safely discovered planets and moons of a newly traversable galaxy by inter-galactic transport, centuries after the evacuation of humans from Earth to a new home, Otera.The epilogue. People seem extremely divided over the epilogue, but I love it! There is so much foreshadowing throughout the whole book, subsequent rereads have only proved that the ending is right in front of the readers’ faces the entire time. I think Karissa did such a brilliant job dropping little hints as to what the ending would look like, it made it all the more poetic and beautiful. I think without the epilogue it would have been a fine story, but the epilogue provides an extra layer to the story. There’s further complication, and as a reader it allows the story to stay with me for a long time. Thankfully, Karissa released a special edition of “Forget Me Not” which includes two bonus epilogues from Silas’ POV. Readers get to learn what happens after the initial epilogue, I highly recommend buying a copy and reading the scenes for yourself. This book is told through a first POV omniscient narrator (Eliza), which can take some getting used to. I found this to be a refreshing way to read a romance novel. This also fed into the overall tension the characters (and by extension, reader) experience throughout the novel. Eliza is attached to, and traveling with, her long-term partner, and Silas is fulfilling a dangerous deal with a crime syndicate, with whom he has a past. Forced into the same proximity for the duration of travel, they struggle to understand what it means for them to finally meet when the universe seems to be pulling them both in different directions. The steady thump of his heart is my favorite sound, my favorite feeling against my skin. It reminds me he's read, he's here - and it reminds me that I am too. A beacon, illuminating from within his body that shows me that no matter the circumstance, I'm where I'm supposed to be. As long as I'm with Silas, I am home.

This book now sits at the top of my romance tier along with A Court of Mist and Fury and Remain Nameless, which are some my favorite books of all time. I cannot thank @karissakinwordwrites enough for the gift of this arc. This book was such a pleasant surprise amidst a major reading slump and I am thankful to have gotten to read this incredible story before it released.🖤 For example: It’s Silas’s turn to gawk now, and somehow I’m even more beautiful to him in the flesh. He can’t help himself from looking directly into my eyes, mapping them from the deep blue pigment of my irises to the flutter of long eyelashes batting against my cheeks. If I’m a book, then he is all the lines between every sentence. He’s the curve of each letter reaching out to kiss the next, the swooping song of every italic, the pausing breath of well placed punctuation. I am the words, but he is the way in which you read them." I’m not going to look at my original review, so I apologize in advance if there are any overlaps. Here is what I love about the book, and why I enjoyed rereading it:While different, the point of view actually brought me to tears once I realized that Karissa did this on purpose. She knew that writing about two halves of the same star would need something more. Something other. And the fact that we are actually gifted every perspective in an ethereal and romantic way really elevated the entire experience. After years of forming an intimate bond with a mysterious man every time she closes her eyes to dream, a young woman, Eliza, forces herself to find a fulfilling life outside the confines of her own mind. Along with her partner Logan, she roams the safely discovered planets and moons of a newly traversable galaxy by inter-galactic transport, centuries after the evacuation of humans from Earth to a new home, Otera. Is poetic spice a thing because the author straight up did something and I am in awe. This is smut, point blank, but, like incredibly emotional smut. Another reviewer called this book straight up Shakespearean erotica in space, and I can’t think of a better choice of words. The drama, the suspense, the emotional toll this book will doll out is utterly fantastic. This story is not for the light hearted but I truly believe it is so worth it.

Again, this author has skills and I will absolutely be willing to read another if I am prepared for what I am getting. The sci-fi setting of this just adds to the book and romance. It isn’t the main focus but it sets the perfect stage for events to unfold. The writing is catching at first, almost stumbling over the way it is being portrayed. But over time, the realization that first person omniscient was the only way to write the love story of Eliza and Silas. Reading “Forget Me Not” is one of the most cinematic reading experiences I’ve ever had. Actions, emotions, body language, silent communication, it’s all written so clearly; I can easily picture the scenes in my head. My favorite scene in the book is when Eliza and Silas are sitting on the floor outside Logan’s pod, and they’re finally admitting that they know the other person via their dreams. I can picture the tension between them perfectly, which adds to the suspense as a reader. I’m thinking, “ohmyGOSH, they’re finally admitting it out loud to each other!”.But I’ll tell you the secret to appreciating this point of view. It is the only way to honor the portrayal of twin flames, star souls, soul mates.