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August 29, 2007 12:31 PM
BOOK REVIEW: Forget About It by Caprice Crane
Caprice Crane's debut novel, Stupid & Contagious was one of our favourite books of last year so Diane and I have both been desperate to get our hands on her new novel, Forget About It and I was first. (Ha! In your face, Diane!) (Sorry about that.)
Forget About It is the story of Jordan Landau whose life sucks. Her boyfriend Dirk is a cheating scumbag who treats Jordan like dirt; her family - mum, younger sister and stepfather - are disappointed, disinterested or downright hostile and her boss has been blatantly stealing her creative ideas. The only good things in Jordan's life are her best friends Todd and Cat.
When riding her bike one day Jordan has an accident and hits her head. Waking up in hospital, she decides it offers her the perfect opportunity - fake amnesia and get a do-over. Stop being a doormat and start her life - relationships, work and family - from scratch. So she does it. The only person in on it is Todd and it goes surprisingly well - Jordan gets to see just how awful people are, to recognise just how badly they've been treating her and to teach them all a lesson without actually having to take any responsibility for it. And, as the icing on the cake, she finds herself falling for the lovely Travis, the man who actually caused her accident.
And then things go horribly wrong and Jordan realises that to avoid losing everything, she's got to get her memory back. And then there's another accident...
Girlier than Stupid & Contagious, Forget About It is fun, inspiring, hilarious and audacious (I found myself doing that "Oh, no she didn't!" thing). Jordan's family, boss and boyfriend are so awful I couldn't wait for them to get their comeuppance. Her friends Todd and Cat are lovely and Travis now makes it onto my list of favourite chick lit heroes of all time.
Forget Me Not* Forget About It has cemented Caprice Crane as one of my favourite authors. I can't wait to see what she does next.
(Look out for our interview with Caprice later today.)
Rating: 5/5
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*Doh! Forget Me Not is *my* book... LOL (Good catch, Luisa!)
The picture above is the US version, which I love. Forget About It is out in the UK (4 October) with Little Black Dress and this cover: 
I prefer the US version, how about you?
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Posted by Keris on August 29, 2007 in American Authors, New Releases, Rating: 5/5, Romance | Permalink
Comments
Yes, I prefer the US version, though I always love the feel of those LBD books - they're a lovely format, or whatever the technical term is.
This book sounds brilliant!
Posted by: Luisa | August 29, 2007 1:12 PM
I like both covers BUT the US version has a link to the book and has it in this cute-funny way... the UK looks like it could be just any book about a woman so for this book the US version :-)
Posted by: Nina | August 29, 2007 1:18 PM
I have to say I was terrified to read Forget About It because I was almost stalking Caprice Crane on myspace because I loved Stupid and Contagious so much. I thought there was no way it could measure up.
Now I feel guilty because I think I like Forget about It better and I feel like I'm betraying my favorite book.
It seems like it should be in hardcover it's so good. Not that all paperbacks are "less than" but there's something that seems more important about this book. I don't know. But you guys have good taste in authors! :)
Posted by: anita | August 29, 2007 5:52 PM
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