We Came Here to Forget is a contemporary fiction novel that explores the lives of two women, one a famous ski racer and the other a New York socialite, as they navigate love and loss in the Swiss Alps. The storyline is emotional and engaging, with a number of unexpected twists and turns. Overall, "We Came Here to Forget" is a well-written and captivating read that fans of women's fiction and love stories will enjoy.

The only word I can come up with to describe this book is "fine." It wasn't bad, but it never gripped me, either. It's a dual timeline following Katie Cleary as she's an aspiring Olympic skier with a problematic sister, and Liz Sullivan, Katie's reinvented self as she's living in Buenos Aires to escape from the drama of her real life.

The majority of the book builds up to a mysterious but horrible truth about Katie's sister Penny, though I'd say it was less suspenseful and more taunting. When it was finally revealed, I felt a little underwhelmed after all the setup, though I did figure it out fairly early, so that could have been part of it.

Without giving away too much, I'll say that I thought it was a little unrealistic in terms of Katie fleeing the country to avoid recognition for the situation in which her family found itself. Yes, she was an elite athlete, but so few winter sports athletes become that well known across the world that at her level, it didn't seem realistic that her family would get national attention for what her sister did. But that's just my take.

I always enjoy stories with complex relationships that are layered. Secrets always hold the promise of some kind of showdown and boy! This story sure had this and more! I really enjoyed the dynamics.
I received a copy of the book from NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

I am sorry for not reviewing fully but I don’t have the time to read this at the moment. I believe that it wouldn't benefit you as a publisher or your book if I only skimmed it and wrote a rushed review. Again, I am sorry for not fully reviewing!

I have loved Andrea Dunlop ever since I saw her in an author event a few years ago with my friend, so I have zero idea why it took me so incredibly long to get to We Came Here to Forget. This book doesn't just have a beautiful cover, it was surprising and emotional as well. I was immediately sucked into Katie's story, and I listened to the audiobook in only two sittings. It also didn't hurt that the audio is narrated by one of my favorites, Julia Whelan. I really liked the way the book was structured with Katie's present time as 'Liz' in Buenos Aires, as well as chapters from her past. Little by little, we find out what happened in her family and it was not at all what I was expecting.

We Came Here to Forget is a beautiful work of contemporary fiction mixed with a bit of mystery, and there is a darker tone to the story that I was intrigued by. I love the way Dunlop writes and this book has a little bit of everything. There is heartache, joy, romance, sadness and so much more that I couldn't possibly list everything. I really liked Katie as a character, and I ADORED the setting in Buenos Aires. I feel like I learned a lot of things I didn't know about it and I loved the way Dunlop brought it to life through the eyes of Katie. I was expecting more about Katie's Olympic career, but the focus was more on her sister Penny as well as what happens during her time in Buenos Aires. All in all, this was a heartbreaking, but also heartwarming novel and I loved the journey it took me on.

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Dunlop has done it again. WE CAME HERE TO FORGET was a smart and absorbing novel. I couldn't put it down.

Enjoyable read and a unique take on women’s fiction. Well written characters. Love the development of family in We Came Here to Forget.

Thank you so much for the copy. I tried to pick this one up but it did not work for me. Thank you for the opportunity to be an early reader.

I listened to this one via audio, and it was so good. We begin with Katie, an elite skier, and we learn something has happened, something big, but we don’t know what. It slowly builds as she flees to Buenos Aires to start a new life as Liz Sullivan. The book flips back and forth from current day as Liz, to the past as Katie, and then of course they come together when her two lives meet.

I enjoyed both the past and the present stories, and how they worked to come together. I loved how the author slowly peeled back the layers of what happened so we had time to get to know the characters, and therefore could understand their actions when all was revealed. I don’t want to spoil anything but I loved this one so much. I didn’t expect it to take the turn it did but it was so good!

Thank you to @netgalley and @atriabooks for the free copy to review!

Definitely different from previous Dunlop books I've read! I enjoyed this one, it wasn't quite what I was expecting but it was a good read.

This novel is about a young Olympic skier, Katie Cleary, who decides to head to Buenos Aires when a family tragedy strikes.

Determined to be anonymous, she changes her name (to Liz Sullivan) and finds a colorful group of ex-pats who all seem to be escaping their own demons.

Katie feels that if these people knew her family secret, that they would want no part of her life.

There are just so many layers to this story, and Dunlop leads you through alternating chapters (the past and the current situation) that builds to a shocking discovery of why Katie left (and what she lost).

I refuse to give anything away, but the tragedy that Dunlop choses made me think about certain situations in a very different way and allowed me to extend more empathy to others.

It is very thoughtfully done, the minor characters are just compelling, and she challenges you to think about these scenarios in fresh ways.

The narration is also beautiful, if you are on the hunt for an audiobook.

Totally addictive with its unique premise and setting and the constant quest to figure out the sister's secret and more.

This book was beautiful, emotional, heartbreaking and so well written! We Came Here To Forget follows Katie as she flees her life as a ski champion, after an injury, and settles in to a new life in Buenos Aires. The story is told in dual timelines. In the past, her rise in the skiing world, complicated family and love lives are slowly revealed. In the present, Katie lives in vacillating states of avoidance and hedonism in her makeshift home, trying to lose herself in the new culture and finding herself involved in the world of tango. This is a beautifully written, complex drama. I am looking forward to reading more of Dunlop's work.

Katie Cleary has always known exactly what she wants: to be the best skier in the world. As a teenager, she leaves her home to live and train full time with her two best friends, all-American brothers Luke and Blair, whose wealthy father has hired the best coaches money can buy. Together, they are the USA’s best shot at bringing home Olympic gold—as well as a love triangle waiting to happen.But as the upward trajectory of Katie’s elite skiing career nears its zenith, a terrifying truth about her sister becomes impossible to ignore—one that will lay ruin not only to Katie’s career but to her family and her relationship with Luke and Blair. With her life shattered and nothing left to lose, Katie flees the snowy mountainsides of home for Buenos Aires. There, she reinvents herself as Liz Sullivan, and meets a colorful group of ex-pats and the alluring, charismatic Gianluca Fortunado, a tango teacher with secrets of his own. This beautiful city, with its dark history and wild promise, seems like the perfect refuge, but can she really outrun her demons? review: I really wanted to like this one, but for some reason this book just wasn't for me. The chapters and dual timelines felt a bit choppy for me and it didn't seem to flow easily. I found I didn't relate to Katie at all and didn't even care for her character. I think I'm in the minority with my review, and maybe I just picked it up at the wrong time. May be willing to give it a try again in the future to see if I like it a bit more the second time around.

This book had several different story lines and I enjoyed all of them. It had some dark elements, it had some fun, lighter elements, and it was a good balance overall! This book kept you guessing and wanting to flip the pages to get to the end.

I so badly wanted to love this one, I adored her previous books but this one was a struggle for me. I may try again at a later time, but for now it's a DNF at 25%. I struggled to get into the storyline and characters.

I love a good novel featuring a female athlete protagonist and they’re fairly hard to find (ex: You Will Know Me, The Unraveling of Mercy Louis)…so, I’m thrilled to be able to add We Came Here to Forget to the list! The story is told in dual timelines: Katie’s childhood / the lead-up to the incident with her sister and her time hanging out with an eccentric expat group in Buenos Aires while trying to figure out what to do with her life (present day). As is the case with many dual timeline books, I did prefer the childhood/ski/career/family dynamics timeline over the Buenos Aires one. I just didn’t care about the expat characters nearly as much. But, I was completely engrossed in the childhood/skiing career story. What exactly happened with Penny (and, I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn’t any of the things I guessed it could be)? How would Katie’s relationships with Luke and Blair evolve? How does Katie’s mind work as an elite female athlete? The Epilogue does tie things up way too nicely, but this was still a 4 star book for me and I flew through it in a weekend.

I wanted so badly to love this book, but I found myself not being able to be captured by this story. I know that so many people have loved it, and I definitely will recommend readers to check out those reviews because I have heard the whole book is great. Maybe one day I’ll be able to better connect with this story.

It took me multiple times to actually read this book. The dual timelines are great at first, but after a while it was just dragging. At one point, I remember looking at the fact I was 33% in and thought that's it. There was a lot of back story-- almost too much. It was easy to figure out what was going on with Penny-- maybe not what she did, but the main part of her personality.

However, I wound up just skipping to the end. It was just going on and on. And then it literally took til about 80 something percent for the reveal and then boom- book over.

This was a pretty crazy story that I devoured in a day. I do wish it would have moved a little faster though. I'd read another book by this author.