Book Review: Make Me Forget

Book: Make Me Forget (Make Me part 1) by Beth Kery

Source: Borrowed from Publisher/NetGalley for an honest review

Publication: Available now

Description:

Part One of the Make Me Serial

The New York Times bestselling author of Because You Are Mine, The Affair, and Glow is back with a tantalizing new serial novel about hidden pasts, dangerous obsessions, and uncontrollable passion... 

Harper McFaddan has made her name as an investigative journalist by being both compassionate and fearless. After tragedy strikes her family, she moves to the shores of Lake Tahoe to find some peace. But when mysterious software mogul Jacob Latimer comes into her life, her thoughts turn from her own healing to an urgent need to get closer to him...

Jacob Latimer is the definition of a self-made man. The software entrepreneur built his corporation from nothing, but rumors abound about the shadiness of his rise to power  and no one knows what secrets lurk in his past. Harper is the last person he should let into his life. As an investigative journalist, she’s the one person who could expose his hidden origins. But Jacob knows things about Harper’s past that make him irresistibly drawn to her. He wants nothing more than to make her his—and Jacob is a man who always gets what he wants...

Don’t miss the next installment, Make Me Tremble...



Rating: 2 stars

Review:

Make Me Forget started out rather interesting with 32 years old former San Francisco Chronicle reporter Harper McFadden taking a break from the fast-paced world of hard hitting news. She moved to Lake Tahoe for a new job as News Editor of the Sierra Tahoe Gazette. She thought the sleepy town would be a great place for her to relax and to help lessen the pain of the death of her parents.

A run on the beach turned into a surprise meeting with a handsome and mysterious stranger and his dog. The next day at work, Harper received an invite to a party hosted by the elusive Jacob Latimer. Latimer is a bit of an enigma, he's built a lucrative career in the tech industry and his work with the military but anything else about him is truly a mystery.

Harper mainly attended the party simply because she was curious as to why she was even invited. Plus, she wanted to know more about Jacob Latimer and to her surprise he turned out to be the guy she met on the beach.

The plot quickly dissolved into nothing more than erotica. I was surprised this was listed in the romance category on NetGalley instead of erotica especially since there was no romance in this story. The last half of this story was nothing but sex mired with hints to there being a past connection between Jacob and Harper. However, she has somehow forgotten about the incident that has been alluded to that occurred when they were pre-teens.

Character wise, I thought Harper was flaky and passive-aggressive while Jacob was too controlling, aggressive and forceful. Which doesn't make for interesting characters for me.

This started out good but the plot quickly disappeared leaving nothing but sex. I don't mind if a story has sex in it but I want a story that has an actual plot. Although this was a disappointing read for me, I did think the writing was good. The author has a way of interjecting a bit of intrigue and moving this short story along that is until it hit a wall leaving the story to fall flat.

This is the first part of an eight part serial but since I'm already bored with this story, I will not be continuing on with this series.