Say you´ll remember me by Abby Jimenez

Series: Say You'll Remember Me (#1)

Format: 357 pages, Paperback

Published: April 1, 2025 by Piatkus

Romance/own

I have mixed feelings about this one. It feels like the kind of romance that some people that I have seen say is So much better than the other ones cos it is more real. Well the whole real thing is why I want to genre it as romantic fiction because it was so bloody depressing.

Sam meets Xavier. There is dislike at first, but then they go on a magical date. Big reveal. She is moving to California.

And then comes many months of heartache. He cant move. She cant move. Plan tickets costs money. He is working himself to death. Her mum has Alzheimers and the whole family must care for her. Her dad has an affair. Everyone is constantly unhappy.

And that is the book, everyone being constantly unhappy, except for moments when they can meet. But those moments are filled with hardship.

So yes I liked it for the story, but as a romance it feels so real and depressing. I want more sunshine you know. I do not read romance for the realness of it. I also do not like that some have come to say that the real romances are better than the others. Always the competition.

There's no such thing as a perfect guy, but Xavier Rush comes disastrously close. A gorgeous veterinarian giving Greek god vibes—all while cuddling a tiny kitten? Immediate yes. That is until Xavier opens his mouth and proves that even sculpted gods can say the absolute wrong thing. Like, really wrong. Of course, there’s nothing Samantha loves more than proving an asshole wrong ... unless, of course, he can admit he made a mistake.

But after one incredible and seemingly endless date, Samantha is forced to admit the truth, that her family is in crisis and any kind of relationship would be impossible. Samantha begs Xavier to forget her. To remember their night together as a perfect moment, as crushing as that may be. Only no amount of distance or time is enough to forget what's between them. And the only thing better than one single perfect memory is to make a life—and even a love—worth remembering.