Unchained Memory

I originally picked this book up when I was visiting Shore Leave, a sci-fi con in Maryland. I found it was a book that once I started reading it, I found it hard to put down. Asia Burdette is returning home after a needed night out when suddenly she finds herself waking up in her truck and she can't remember what happened to her for the past three hours. From there, she tries to piece together what happened, eventually landing in the office of Dr. Ethan Roberts.

Asia is a fun character. Clearly she is strong and smart, but she clearly has something hiding in her that keeps her wound up. It takes a lot for her to show some vulnerability, and with what we learn about her, it is understandable. Even so, she still has a deep resevoir of inner strength to draw on that she will need. However, if there is one thing that can get her into trouble, it's occasionally being naive.

Ethan has quite few things that he hides from us right off the bat, but as we learn them we find even he has his flaws with relating to people sometimes.

With there being elements of romance in this novel, there are some scenes that are suited for adult readers. They are explicit, but not vulgar, and perfectly realistic. Yeah, you might be blushing after reading some of the chapters.

The rest of the story was well written and the plot itself goes in some fun and unexpected directions. Thankfully it is also consistent and the details are kept tight. Things follow their natural conclusion.

You will end up wanting to know more about the dreams that Asia continues to have and whether or not what she experienced in her memory gap was real, or some rather clever idea from her brain.

I hope to see more good books like this from the author.