Molly and Liza have always been best friends, even after Molly got married. But after Liza moved away for a job, their friendship started to fall apart. While Molly’s husband, Daniel is away on a work trip; the women decide to have video chat to catch up on one another’s lives after the kids are in bed. But when Molly leaves to sooth a crying child, Liza sees something that will change everything. This terrifies Liza and when she can’t get ahold of Molly, she drives all night to check on her and ends up with a door slammed in her face. Is their friendship really over?

I really enjoyed the writing in this novel and how you are dropped into these people’s lives seeming like you actually know them. The characters were well developed and thought out and I really enjoyed the insight into both of their very different lives and how they fit together. This book had me hooked right from the first chapter and I couldn’t see how this was going to pan out at all. I enjoyed how different the characters are for one another and how some people will do anything to save their relationships. I enjoyed reading about the strong female relationships in this novel and how some secrets are just too terrible to want to share with the people we trust the most. I did find the mid section of the book dragged a little, but it picked up quickly and I really enjoyed the last half of the book and I’m excited to read more by Jessica.

Out February 5th!

I started reading this book because I love mysteries and this had a unique premise. You should know though that this book is NOT a mystery. Sure there is the part mentioned in the blurb and that does color the events of the novel but it is not about that and not a suspense read. At its heart this novel is about relationships. Our main protagonists are old friends who have lost the closeness they once shared. Molly is the frazzled suburban mother who has lost herself and the spark she once had with her husband and best friend. Her best friend is Liza who is single in the city and feels like her friend is neglecting her. They are both very different with their own lives and challenges. While a mom myself I found Molly a it too whiny for my tastes and preferred Liza’s chapters. Liza has a great personality and a great love interest.

Most of the book is really about Molly’s secrets and what they have done to her relationships. The POV alternates between the women with occasional chapters from the husband’s POV. I think the book seems very real at its heart in spite of the outrageous choices made. I loved the beginning of the book when there was more going on. It did seem to drag a bit in the middle. I think I would have enjoyed the book more if I’d known at its heart it was a drama and had not expected more. The characters are a nice contrast to each other. There are some great secondary characters who could have novels of their own. There are some threads that did not feel resolved. In fact they could have been left out altogether in my opinion. This novel would have been enough with the domestic issues without the extra bits that were trying too much for suspense. I do recommend this novel but think it will be more enjoyable if you know what it is than what the blurb makes it seem. I enjoyed this even more than the author’s last book and look forward to her next one.

Forget you know me is all about friendships and broken relationships. The story is about Molly and Liza, two friends who haven't been connecting and have lost touch with who they are and what there friendship means. An "incident" occurs while they are trying to connect that basically forces them to deal with there relationship issues and etc. I admit I read previous reviews prior to reading this, and all the reviews were accurate. The incident made me intrigued and made me follow down the path that this book was suspenseful. Indeed it was not. The story of marriage and friendship is not intriguing or interesting to me. I definitely can relate to some of this issues the main characters were dealing with, but the story was slow paced. The characters droned on and on about their broken relationships , but never really took action to change their life choices. I wanted so much more from this novel but sadly I did not enjoy it. Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for my advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Unfortunately, the third time isn't the charm for this one. While I loved Jessica Stawser's previous two books, I didn't love this one as much. Perhaps its because I didn't love the characters, maybe its because I was overwhelmed by her annoying hypocondria and deceit. Maybe I was confused by how it all came together in the end.

I agree with a bunch of readers that the opening scene was great. It sucked me in and had me on the hook. I was ready to jump in with both feet for the rest of the story. This is where things went downhill for me. Yes, there is something bizarre and mysterious about Molly's attitude. If it was me and my friend had called the cops because they saw an intruder in my house, I would have been unnerved and thankful that nothing happened. Molly was cold towards the situation. Also, the way that her husband reacted was strange as well. First he was suppose to be out of town and then he comes home early. There were some unanswered questions that kept me reading; despite the fact that I shared no connection to any of the characters other than maybe Liza.

Yet, after reading half way into the story and still not getting any closer to the character as well as finding myself re-reading parts, I could no longer stick with this book. I did jump to the last few chapters to see how the story ended. Overall, this book missed the mark with me. This is sad as I do think that there could have been something there if I could have found that connection with the characters. Additionally, I felt like the pacing could have used a boost.

2.5*
I think we’ve all experienced a video chat/ FaceTime, where the other person is just a bit off camera...maybe you get a good shot of the top of their head, or their ear. Maybe even the ceiling! But what if in the middle of this particular chat you witnessed a crime! A burglar breaking into the house!

That’s what happened when Liza was finally video chatting with her friend Molly. While Molly leaves the room momentarily to tend to her children Liza watches, shocked as a masked man enters her friend’s house! Only Molly downplays it as though nothing happened. Not even bothering to mention it to her husband! Bit odd, don’t you think? There just has to be more to the break in....right!?

This is the second book I’ve read by Jessica Strawser. I thoroughly loved Not That I Could Tell and was hoping this would be equally gripping and riveting, but for me it wasn’t. From the start I had a hard time connecting with any of the characters. And as the storyline unfolded I just wasn’t able to keep up. Just not a good fit for me. Of course that won’t stop me from looking for Ms. Strawser’s next release!

A buddy read with Susanne❄️

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press and Jessica Strawser for an ARC to read and review

Oh how I wanted to love this book. The first chapter had me hooked and I thought it was going to be a great thriller. Then it switched into a womens fiction book with slight suspense. Molly and Liz have been friends since elementary school. Molly stays in town and raises a family while Liz takes a new job in Chicago. Molly's marriage is in trouble, she suffers from chronic pain, and is in over her head in bills. After a tragedy strikes Liz, she tries to cope with anxiety. The story is about friendships and marriage and what we would do to keep them. Forget You Know Me is wordy at times. I think if I went in knowing it wasn't a thriller, I would have enjoyed the story more. Thank you to Jessica Strawser, Netgalley, and the publisher for an ARC of this book and this is my honest review.

With this third novel by Strawser, I’m removing her from my authors to read list. In my opinion, each of her works has gotten progressively worse. Perhaps it’s just this reader getting picker about what grabs her?

Molly and Liza have always been close, even after Molly married Daniel. But after Liza moved away, things grew more strained between the two women. When Daniel goes away on business, Molly and Liza plan to reconnect with a video chat. But then Molly leaves the room to check on a crying child …

The story starts off well enough with that video call capturing something unexpected. I was grabbed immediately with the opening of this book. But what I thought was going to be a mystery felt very far from that. Was this not supposed to be a mystery? Perhaps I missed the point? Either way, I was expecting a mystery and didn’t get one. I felt no sense of suspense and the “reveal” was very ho hum.

There is so much else going on, that I found myself distracted from the “mystery.” I found I didn’t connect to most of the characters and didn’t care one way or the other how the story ended. The one saving grace for this story was Liza. I enjoyed her interactions with her friend Max and potential love interest Henry.

I know I said I probably wouldn’t read another Strawser book. But I’ll probably end up reading her next, if only to see if she can tip the scales back to the plus side.

This story seemed interesting when I first started to read but as I continued through the chapters it didn't grab my attention anymore. Thank you Netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

Forget You Know Me starts out as a thriller, with two long time girl friends that have grown apart over time on a Skype call when Molly has to step away for a moment to check on an upset child and Liza sees a masked intruder in her friend's home. I expected the rest of the book to be more suspenseful as a result, but the book wasn't about the horror of that event as much as the relationship between these two women and their loved ones.

It took me a little while to get into the book because I was expecting a fast-paced thriller initially, but once I spent some more time with the book I got really invested in the plot and wanted to see how everything would end up. Despite my misunderstanding of what I was getting into, I ended up really enjoying this book. Had I started it expecting a thoughtful take on navigating human relationships and dealing with mistakes, I think I would have enjoyed it right from the start though.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for giving me the opportunity to review this novel, which comes out February 5, 2019!

I really wanted to like this book more - I enjoyed Jessica Strawser's last book, Not That I Could Tell and was looking forward to reading this one. But it was just so slow moving - I kept waiting for something exciting to happen. Molly was a particularly unlikable character and Daniel wasn't much better. It seemed like there were a lot of unnecessary plot points, like the complications with Steph's pregnancy and even Liza's apartment building burning down was just a way to get her back to Cincinnati. Molly's money issues weren't really resolved by the end of the book and her mindset just made her seem mean and selfish. Definitely a disappointing book.

2.75 Stars* (rounded up)

Liza and Molly have been friends since childhood. Though they now live in different states they try to check in whenever time permits. One night, while on a video chat, Liza sees a masked man intruding in Molly’s home and calls the police. When confronted, Molly pretends like nothing happened. Thereafter things get stranger and stranger. Was a masked man in Molly’s house? And if so, why is Molly poo pooing the idea?

“Forget You Know Me” is the third book I’ve read by Jessica Strawser and sadly, it fell short of my expectations. I found it to be both a bit confusing and slow from the start. That said, I really liked the characters of Liza and her friend Max and wish they had been the main focus.

This was a buddy read with Kaceey.

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press and Jessica Strawser for an ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

Published on Goodreads and NetGalley on 12.30.18.

I have read Jessica Strawser's book, Almost Missed You, and really enjoyed it. Unfortunately, I wish I could say the same about this one. I struggled through the first 50% of the book and skimmed the rest just to see what the ending entailed. I couldn't connect with the characters and the story line was extremely slow.
It just didn't work for me. Hopefully her next book will!

This story is not a thriller like her other two but still just as good in my opinion. Liza and Molly have been best friends since childhood and now are adults with busy lives. They have let life drift their relationship apart over the years. So they plan a girls catch up night over Skype. During their chat Molly gets pulled away for a few mins by her young daughter. During that time Liza sees a masked intruder come into her best friends home. Then the computer screen goes black. Frightened for her friend she freaks out and calls 911 . What happens next causes a chain of events neither of them expected or were prepared for. Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for my honest opinion on this novel.

Forget You Know Me by Jessica Strawser has a great opening. Molly and Liza are lifelong friends who now live in separate cities. One night they are video chatting and when Molly leaves the room Liza sees a masked intruder enter the house. From there the suspense builds quickly. However, the story takes several twists and turns as more characters are added into the plot. A quick read that ends rather tidily. Read and enjoy!

I was excited to see this author had a new book out, as I have read 2 others by her. This one had an exciting premise and I was looking forward to it. The first chapter started out with a bang and was mysterious and disturbing. The story sort of fizzled for me after that. It is told from alternating perspectives which I like, but the stories did not connect well with me. I found my mind wandering at time and had a hard time keeping the details. The book dealt with friendship, marriage, family etc, but the characters to me were somewhat flat. The reveal at the end wasn't a surprise or thrilling which was a little disappointing. It wasn't a horrible book, but it also wasn't her best. I would definitely read her again, but not sure if I would recommend this one.

The book started off great and I was very excited to see where it was going. After the first quarter, I started to lose interest. I forced myself to finish, skimming over most of it and still wasn’t lost to the plot. Overall, it was disappointing.

Very interesting read about love, starting over, pain and a little mystery thrown in to keep you wanting more! Definitely loved the characters and setting!!

Forget You Know Me was not the book I was expecting. For some reason, I thought it was a psychological thriller. It was actually a psychological investigation into relationships. Unfortunately I didn’t really like one of the main characters, Molly, because I felt like she was a whiner. I did enjoy Liza, dealing with issues in a headstrong manner. Overall the book dragged for me but I might enjoy it in a second read now that I really know what I am getting into.

Like other reviewers, I was expecting a suspenseful thriller due to the beginning of the book. Instead it was a story of friends and how things can change over time, through different decisions, and with growing up, but not the psychological thriller I was looking for.