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Forget Me Not



Forget Me Not is certainly a page turner by Vicki Hinze. Just reading the synopsis on the back cover had me wanting to start turning pages. In short, the owner of a crisis center, Ben, finds himself in a crisis when a woman shows up who bears a striking resemblance to his murdered wife. Oh, and she's wearing his dead wife's necklace. I hope she plans on returning that.

To be honest, I have mixed feelings about this book. I really enjoyed the overall idea and the mystery that kept me turning pages late into the night. On the other hand, sometimes I would find myself turning pages backward in order to see if I had missed something. Maybe I'm just dumber than I think myself to be, but it felt, at points near the beginning, that too many characters were doing too many things all at once, making it somewhat hard to follow.

Rest assured, it all made sense in the end. I won't play any spoiler, but I did like how much faith played a role in the lives of the main characters. Even on the other side, the self-made 'bad guys' saw how faith in themselves paid off in the end.

Many of the side stories also piqued my interest, perhaps enough to buy sequels should they be written.

To purchase this book, please visit http://waterbrookmultnomah.com/catalog.php?isbn=9781601422057

This book was provided for review by the WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group.
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