This book was an easy and quick read. I enjoyed the way the story was told from both Ama and Elliot’s points of view. I loved both characters, they were so cute! Elliot was just my favorite though… his crankiness, his frankness, his kindness with those he loves and his vulnerability. I LOVED the way flowers were incorporated into the story… if you haven’t noticed, I’m obsessed with flowers & trees.

This book just had all the little things that add up to make a really cute story. I highly recommend it for all my romance lovers.

This book is delightful! I really enjoyed the dynamic between Ama and Elliot, loved the writing and just had a blast. The dual timeline was so fun to read, and it was done beautifully. Cannot recommend this one enough!

I have seen this book everywhere so I knew I had to check it out. This book follows a wedding planner who needs to work her ex that is a florist and the guy whose heart she broke for her next wedding. It was hard to get into this book for some reason but I knew I just had to give it a chance with all the hype I have been seeing. The storyline was pretty good but I have to say that it was a generic, typical one. The pacing was off throughout the book with the beginning being slow and the ending being rushed. I enjoyed the setting and also seeing the different career paths of each character. There were great conflicts in the book that kept me hooked on the story along with the dual timeline/pov of the characters. I thought the perspectives were different and enjoyed it.

The main characters in this book are Ama and Elliot. Ama is an event planner and I enjoyed her character. She grew so much throughout the book and I loved getting a visual of her career. Elliot is a florist but let me say he was okay for me. I was often confused with his character as he was a mixture of too grumpy but sweet. He did have a good character development which was great for his story. There were some minor side characters in this book but none who truly captured my attention to call a favorite. I did enjoy the romance of this book which is steamy and filled with chemistry. Sometimes I still don’t understand how they got together but I also see it. This book has second-chance love, grumpy x sunshine, and forced proximity.

The ending was rushed but still not a bad ending. It was a pretty good book but I was honestly hoping for it to be amazing with me seeing it all over Instagram. I will still read more of Soto’s books in the future as I see she might have some great stories. I recommend checking this book out if you love Elana Armas and Helena Hunting.

This was such a great romance! Forget Me Not follows Ama, a wedding planner in Sacramento, who is attempting to undertake the biggest wedding of her career. Only catch, she has to work with her ex (AKA the one who got away), Elliot. After watching her mothers 16 and counting marriages fall apart Ama decided long agao that relationships just weren't for her. Elliot, however, makes her question everything she thought she knew about love and relationships, but in order to have a real chance with him she has to get over her own hang-ups surrounding relationships and let Elliot in past a surface level connection.

Forget Me Not was a refreshing romance. It happened over two timeliness, the before the break up and the modern day. It allowed us to live their first time falling in love along side them, despite knowing it was all going to fall apart, you couldn't help rooting for them anyway. The current day was more frustrating. It was just really hard to watch Alma constantly get in the way of her own happiness. The ending was just so great and I'm so glad Whitney finally got her comeuppance as well! Will definitely be picking up any future books by Soto.

I loved this book and if it wasn't for those pesky kids, sleep and work, would have devoured this in one sitting.

Julie Soto created a world that felt real and not cutesy as sometimes happens with weddings. I loved how the story of Ama and Elliott and their backstory naturally was told. I especially love how we weren't given all the answers up front. It made the read 1000% more enjoyable to have the backstory unfold along with the current storyline. Having a duo narrative can be a bit annoying but the author walks that fine line were I felt hungry for each characters voice and it wasn't jarring to switching back and forth either from timeline or character POV.

I will say the ending felt a little rushed and could have been fleshed out a bit more, but that's just one girls opinion and maybe I just wanted to spend more time with these characters. I will miss these two and this world.

This book this book this book 👏 do yourself a favor and pick this one up!

📖 Forget Me Not by Julie Soto
Rating: all of the stars
Genre: contemporary romance
Format: ebook
Length: 352 pages


✨Read this book if you enjoy: ✨
💜second chance romance
💒 weddings
🔥 slow burn
🌶️ open door
☀️ grumpy sunshine

Thank you to NetGalley, forever publishing and Julie Soto for an e-arc of this book in exchange for my honest thoughts.

SUMMARY
Ama loves to plan weddings which is ironic seeing as how she never plans to actually get married. After landing the wedding of the year, things are looking up for her small business. Until she finds out that the happy couple has chosen the one florist she has spent the last two years trying to avoid, Elliot Bloom.

This is a PSA that I am in love with this book and Elliot is going to be your new book boyfriend. This man is on another level. This is Julie Sotos debut novel and it is STUNNING and absolutely worth your time.

I really liked this. It follows exes wedding planner Ama and floral designer Elliot as they are thrust back together on influencer Hazel Renee's wedding. Ama's mother has been married 15 times and has destroyed her faith in marriage, but Elliot is a relationship guy (thus their relationship's demise). We find out what exactly happened via angst ridden dual POV, dual timeline writing, and even though you can kind of see where it's going, it's none the less wrenching.

Things I liked: the characters, the grumpy tattooed hero, the constant reference to donuts, the wedding stuff (surprisingly), the mid twenties coming of age, coming into confidence of Ama, the spice.

Things I didn't like: not much! Would recommend to any fan of the genre.

Thanks to NetGalley and Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for the free ARC in exchange for an honest review.

* I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley. Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for this book. All thoughts are my own.

I loveddddd this book!!! The characters are wonderful and I loved reading their story. I would recommend this book to anyone!

I got approved for this arc right before pub date, but now that I’ve read it this is one of those books that you have on kindle and absolutely must have on your shelf too.

Ama is a wedding planner. Elliot is a florist. They’re exes and they are forced to work together on a high profile wedding Ama is tasked with planning.

Ama??!! I love her character. I want to be her, or at the very least be her best friend. She’s confident and funny and successful and girl bossing so hard. This is one of my favorite FMC I’ve read all year.

And who doesn’t love a grumpy MMC who owns a florist shop and has his secret cinnamon roll moments for the FMC?! I loved Elliot. And I’m really glad we had some of his POV, especially from the past, so he had more dimension.

I loved the writing in this. I will 100% be checking out Lovesbitca8 on ao3, because I feel like I need to consume everything ever written by Julie Soto now 😅🫶

Tropes: Grumpy/sunshine, second chance romance, tension, forced proximity

3.5🤍✨
I expected more but it was a very light and entertaining read, I highly recommend it, the story was very smooth, it's nice to pass the time

Forget Me Not by Julie Soto is an excellent debut romance novel. It checked off several boxes including well developed relationships, witty dialogue, and great plot that adds to the romance. I know Julie Soto's writing from dramione stories, so of course it came as no surprise that this book is very well written.

The characters are all unique and have good motivations. I've always liked the back and forth of time jumps, so that was appreciated. Second chance romance is so weird sometimes because you gotta make the break up both reasonable and salvageable, and that's what Julie Soto succeeded at. I thought the reason why Ama and Elliot broke up originally was pretty justified. And I thought Elliot's anger at the whole thing even several years later totally made sense.

The one thing that brought the rating down a star was Elliot before the breakup. I totally get being upset over having to leave college a year before getting your degree because you have to take over a business, but sometimes he just seemed rude for no apparent reason -- and nobody really called him out for it.

But aside from that, the language was engaging, the romance was believable, and the book overall was very funny!

Thank you @readforeverpub for the ARC copy and the finished copy! I loved it and I know everyone else will too!⁠
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Five fantastic stars!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⁠
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You should read Forget Me Not if you love:⁠
🥈second chance romance ⁠
🌧️ grumpy x ☀️sunshine ⁠
⏳️ duel timeline⁠
💒 wedding disasters⁠
🌶️ spice galore ⁠
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This is easily a favorite of the year! Pick it up asap y'all!!

𝚁𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐: 4.5⭐️
𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚛𝚎: Contemporary romance 📚

𝙼𝚢 𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜:
I really enjoyed this one. The plot was unique and the spice was perfect.

𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎:
Grumpy x sunshine
Enemies to lovers
Slow burn
Second chance romance
All the tension
Wedding planner FMC & florist MMC
Multiple POV
Forced proximity
Witty banter

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝙸 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚍:
The tattoos
Heartwarming
LGBTQIA+ rep
Whitney side drama

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗’𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛:
All of the talk about Ama’s Mom’s 15 weddings
Hazel’s influencer aspect

Absolutely loved this second chance romance. The angst between these two hurt my heart! I loved the way their past was told almost exclusively from Elliot’s POV and the present was told in Ama’s! This book was so unbelievably beautiful. I look forward to reading what Julie writes next!

This is my first book by Julie Soto, but I look forward to reading more from her. This is the story of Ama Torres, a wedding coordinator who has worked with the big firm in Sacramento, California, but recently broke out on her own to do more budget-friendly yet tasteful weddings. She’s doing well, but hopes to hit the big time. She gets her chance when an influencer comes to her to plan a wedding that will be featured on a reality TV show. The bride throws a monkey wrench in Ama’s plans when she wants her to work with a local florist whom she dated a while back.
This is a well=paced, easy read that includes millennial main characters, a same-sex marriage, and just enough spice to keep it exciting. It is the perfect summer read. Thank you to NetGalley and Forever for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

In this tender and steamy story we follow Ama Torres, a wedding planner on the rise who has been hired by Hazel Renee, a celebrity make-up influencer to plan her wedding to her girlfriend Jackie. The only hitch is she must work with Elliot Bloom, a hot, broody florist who is a family friend of the couple and also happens to be her ex that she broke up with two years earlier. This is a second chance romance told in a dual point of view, alternating between past and present with Elliot’s POV told in the past when they meet until they break up and Ama’s POV in the present, leading up to the big wedding. I was up late into the night reading this wanting to find out what happened.

Ama is twenty six and started her own business after she left her job with the biggest wedding planner in Sacramento to try and make it on her own. She was excited when Hazel and Jackie approached her to do their wedding after Jackie’s boss recommends her. They want a big wedding that is creative and will make a splash and I loved reading about the descriptions of the decorations, especially the flowers. When Ama and Elliot work together, their designs are magical, and they create epic décor like a dance floor with flowers and lights. Ama is named after a flower, which is a little mystery in the story so I won’t reveal it but Elliot hasn’t been able to have them in his shop since they broke up because they remind him of her.

Elliot went to school for architecture but took over the flower shop, Blooms, when his father got sick and passed away and he builds beautiful structures with flowers. He makes special boutonnieres for clients when they come in to meet with him about events and it’s really sweet when he makes one for Ama using flowers as his love language. He is quiet and has six tattoos of rare flowers that Ama is obsessed with and really wants to see. Things get spicy on the counter of the flower shop with dirt and flowers everywhere and I may never look at bouquets again in the same way😊 Elliot is protective of Ama and looks out for her and I love that he’s there for her when she needs him. He gets concerned when he sees she is still driving a disaster of a car with a nail in the tire and all of the dashboard lights flashing. He is a man of few words but when he speaks, he gets to the point and people listen and respect him.

Ama loves weddings but is strongly opposed to marriage. Her mother has been married sixteen times! In fact, Ama is one of the biggest commitment-phobes I’ve ever seen. She believes in love and weddings and when she comes into Elliot’s life she is a whirlwind of wonderful chaos. and even has a grumpy cat! If I sound like a fan girl, why yes I am and speaking of fangirls, the author spoke in an interview about how she wrote fanfiction before this and Elliot was inspired by Ren from Star Wars. There are other wonderful characters in the story like Ama’s step brothers and sisters that she hires as assistants, especially Mar, a brilliant and gorgeous photographer and loyal friend. Ama also loves donuts and brings them to all of her meetings with couples and vendors and thinks the perfect donut can solve most problems. I got hungry reading about them.

As it got closer to Hazel and Jackie’s big wedding, they are approached by a show on TLC, Fabulous Dream Weddings, and their crew will be there to film the wedding which will now be seen by millions of people. It gets emotional as tension builds both in the present story as well as Ama and Elliot’s past story line. This is quick paced and not too long and I would have gladly read more.

This book was so fun and I’m happy to highly recommend it to readers who love a steamy romance with a sweet wedding planner and grumpy but loveable florist as they get their second chance at love. Thank you to the author, NetGalley and Forever Publishing for the advanced copy of Forget Me Not.

A very angsty & tortured second-chance romance. Big fanfic vibes (this is not an insult, just an observation). Nothing to shout about from the rooftops, but a fun read all the same.

Omg! I love this book so much!!! If I remember correctly if this is her debut title!! ITS AMAZING!! It has all the tropes that I need and didn’t even know i needed! Soo 100% recommend this book!

4.5 ⭐️ ♥️♥️♥️ this was so sweet!!! ama and elliot hold my whole heart fr!! in this we are following ama (a wedding planner) and elliot (a wedding florist). they met while working a wedding together several years ago and quickly fell head over heels for each other, but something happens to break them apart. but now we flash forward to a couple years later, and they are pushed in each others worlds again. what comes next is so so sweet!

my favorite parts of this were seeing elliot be so madly in love, him taking care of ama, and watching ama take charge in the workplace. they both were so perfect and i hope they’re doing well 🥺

thank you so much to NetGalley and Forever for this eARC! this book is out now 🫶🏻

I for sure understand what all the hype surrounding this book was about now! Forget Me Not has been one of my most anticipated reads since I saw it on BookTok & I can attest that all they’ve been saying about it is SO right! I mean.. a wedding planner who doesn’t believe in marriage and a flower store owner who creates magical pieces that I so wish I could see in person?! These two were a match made in wedding heaven once the female lead got her head on right.

This was a he falls first kinda book where at times you just want to throttle the female lead for not falling quickly for the grumpy bad boy looking but is really a mushy marshmallow type of man who just want to marry. I swear, at one point I screamed “If she won’t marry him, I will!” At my iPad. 😂

Julie Soto created a masterpiece with this book and I cannot wait to read more from her in the future!