Abby has done it again! We love all of her books, and this one was not a disappointment. I loved the relationship between our FMC and her mother and the lengths she was willing to go to connect with her ailing mother. I've seen complaints about the motivation to be together, the quick falling, but I felt like it was all pretty realistic and not glossed over romance tropy-ness! I appreciated that hard decisions were made and not everything was handed to them.

I usually love Abby Jimenez’s books but this one just didn’t land for me.
I still enjoyed my self enough to keep reading but it just fell flat in some areas.
Not a fan of constantly having the love interest be described as Rhys from acotar… that just felt like very lazy wrong to me.

Thanks NetGalley for the ARC !!

I have yet to read an Abby Jimenez book that I don't love. She does a great job at building romance & chemistry between Samantha and Xavier and also hitting the emotional punches of the story. This was a bit darker than some of her other books but she still manages to wrap it up with a HEA. Would recommend and will continue to look out for her books.

Thank you to NetGalley and Grand Central Publishing for the advanced copy!

Abby’s books always hit me the same way, an immediate dopamine hit with a great couple meeting each other, immediately followed by a lot of trauma, some more trauma and people working through it, and in the end, wrapping up with a big bow and happy characters all around.

His stories have become pretty formulaic, but she catches you every time with delightful characters that you can’t help but vote for and realistic traumas that hit close to home. All of that makes for a final HEA that feels extremely satisfying.

In her latest release, say you’ll remember me, we are introduced to Xavier and Samantha when Samantha brings in her orphan kitten to Xavier’s veterinary office. They have a little rough start, but through a subsequent visit their chemistry Sparks and they go out together… on the day that just happens to be Samantha‘s last day in town before she moves across country! Was so much chemistry these two decide to try to long distance and we as the readers get to tag along as they fight through the distance and Samantha’s drama at home with her mother suffer suffering from dementia- I did tell you there would be trauma!

All the while these characters keep evolving along with the side characters of Samantha‘s family and Xavier‘s clinic employees to create such compelling portraits of humanity that you can’t put this story down.

I knew what I was getting into when I started this, and I can definitely say that all that drama was well worth it in the end for both me as a reader and Samantha and Xavier!

I will read anything Abby Jimenez writes and this book is exactly why. I loved this heartfelt love story about two people who find love at first sight at the most inopportune time. Separated by distance and both struggling with job issues, financial burdens, and family stuff, the easy path would be to stop "seeing" each other, but they also realize that even separated by distance, they are each others lifelines. I loved the maturity level of everyone in this book. I loved that even as adults, we can still learn from those who have life wisdom. I loved the level of humanity these characters had. Definitely a 5 star read!

Jimenez might be my new favorite romance writer. You’ll be kicking your heels at how perfect the grumpy vet and cheeky social media manager are for each other from the very beginning, but their extremely complicated lives just won’t let their love happen. I did find myself approaching the final chapters, wondering how they were going to find their happily ever after (a must in any rom-com), but Jimenez wrapped it up perfectly. Folks with loved ones with dementia might want to be careful reading this one. (Recommendation to be sent to subscribers of WordSmarts email newsletter)

Say You'll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez is book #4 in the Part of Your World series (and book #1 in the Say You'll Remember Me series, if goodreads is correct). I am a big fan of Jimenez' work and found that I can relate to almost all of her other rom com novels. This one, however, was so much different and a hard one for me to rate and review.

The book starts out with Samantha bringing a kitten to the vet where she meets Xavier. They have a connection, Xavier can't stop thinking of her, and eventually asks her out. They have a whirlwind first date which includes a rescue dog cruise/dinner, a mini-golf/arcade challenge where she meets his besties, and finally a UFO themed escape room where they end up locked in until the manager returns the next morning. Samantha has to get to the airport - she's headed to California to help her family take care of her mother who has severe dimentia - and Xavier offers to drive her to the airport - NOT KNOWING THAT SHE'S FULLY MOVING TO CALIFORNIA PERMANANTLY. She tells him that she had an amazing time, but he needs to forget about her because she doesn't know when or if she'll be back.

Ironically, the romance part of this rom com is what makes rating this book hard for me. I thouroughly enjoyed the writing style, the banter, the dialogue, but it felt like a one-sided romance. Xavier put himself in financial, emotional, and physical stress trying to keep the relationship going. He got further into debt, gave up volunteering at the animal shelter (which he LOVED doing), worked his butt off 80+ hours/week and ended up putting himself in the hospital. She came once or twice to Minnesota to be with him. I think if the two characters had any kind of background or history together, like a second chance romance, this would have worked a little better. But the fact that he was doing this for someone he had known for one singular date makes it feel less cute/romantic.

I think it was important to include both characters family issues. It did help to see what they were struggling with on their own and to show how each of them felt like they could finally "turn off their brains" when they were together. I am a single mom/widow and I get that. I miss my person tremendously every single day and, while I have family that helps out, I still feel the emotional load of dealing with everything alone. I miss having that one person that can just wrap their arms around me and I feel instantly relaxed and that I can stop worrying for a minute - and I miss being that for someone else. But the drama was intense. Especially the FMC's family issues.

Samantha's family issues were so real. They had to make hard choices and it was messy and relateable. The only part of that story I didn't love was the father's decision to cheat on his wife. I hate cheating tropes and don't think I'd ever say I understand them. To cheat on your wife when she's vulerable and scared is unacceptable to me. I understand that she wasn't the same person he married 30+ years ago. But just no.

Also, the frequent tik tok/brain rot/social media references are getting old. Or maybe I'm just old.

If you love Abby like I do - or if this was your first AJ novel - don't give up. Go back and read (or reread) Yours Truly or Part of Your World. And let's all collectively hope that her next novel is better.

Thank you to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest thoughts.

I absolutely flew through this story. Abby Jimenez is an author that can make me care about characters so deeply, and I really connected with these two. Samantha is a deeply relatable character, I really loved her storyline and her personality. Xavier was swoon-worthy, and I loved how much he cared about and cared for Samantha.

The story itself was so sweet, had funny moments, and was deeply emotional. This is definitely not your surface level rom-com, these characters had real life issues that needed to be dealt with. I adored how deep this story felt, and I appreciated the issues that Abby addressed in this book. My heart broke for these characters so many times.

All in all, I really enjoyed this book. I am giving it 4 stars because the ending did feel a bit rushed to me, but other than that I loved it.

Thank you so much to Forever Publishing for the eARC in exchange for my honest review.

I wanted to like this one, but the number of pop culture references wasn't for me. It kept pulling me out of the book. I've heard many good things about the author, so I'll try another one of her books.

Unfortunately this was not for me. I have loved all of Abby's other books and was looking forward to Say You'll Remember Me ever since it was announced, but the constant reference to Rhysand and ACOTAR really took me out of the story. I am sad to say that I am DNFing this at 40%

This just solidified for me that Abby Jimenez might just be my all time favorite romance author... this was so unbelievably good. I can't stop crying. This book was devastating and hilarious sometimes all in the same page. Abby perfectly wove a heartbreaking family story into a rom-com and I fear I may never recover from it. This was utterly fantastic.

typical abby jimenez— emotional and beautiful in all of the very best ways. my grandpa had dementia. he passed away on my birthday last year, so that storyline hit very close to home. i know all to well what it’s like and watching my mom struggle with his diagnosis made me know exactly how sam felt. this truly was such a beautiful story and all of the characters felt so real. it broke my heart and put it back together again in a way that only abby jimenez knows how to do. beautiful writing, beautiful quotes, real & relatable characters. this was all of the good stuff!

Abby Jimenez knows the way to my heart, she knows how to make me laugh, cry, swoon. This one was definitely different from her past books but there is nothing wrong with that. Abby is a great storyteller and I will never stop reading her books!

Thank you so much to the publishers and NetGalley for this eARC!

Xavier and Samantha are beautiful characters and I loved how their journey together developed, albeit rather insta-lovey (which isn't always a bad thing). Xavier is immediately down bad for Samantha and I'm here for it, to be honest. And I must note I never expected to laugh so much about mustard until I met Samantha. (You'll have to read to find out). There were emotional moments that made me cry and highlight-worthy quotes, with classic Abby Jimenez humor and vulnerable bits that will pull at your heartstrings.

Mild spoilers ahead...

This book had the perfect formula but unfortunately it just fell flat for me, even with all of that being said. There were one-too-many sad events that happened back to back, and they were all very predictable to me. Same goes for our two main characters flying back and forth constantly to visit each other. Like when Samantha saved a bunch of money to flight out and surprise Xavier...and what do you know? He's not there because he had the same idea and spent all his money to fly out and surprise her, so now they're both out more money and aren't together! And he's sick so the whole time she ends up being his caretaker. It just felt kind of pointless to me (and that's coming from someone who has been in a long-distance relationship before). Not to mention the sheer amount of times they both talked about either how they missed each other, were weary of the relationship working out, they had to keep working and save money to fly out and visit each other... It drove me a bit crazy and felt very much "telling" instead of "showing".

At the end of the day, I am so grateful to receive an eARC for this book.

Would I recommend it? Yes, I would always recommend form your own opinion of it. You may love it way more than I did!
Would I reread it or think about it again? Personally, no.

However, I did love other books in this series so I will continue to lookout for what Abby does next!

I love how Abby Jimenez brings light to topics and life struggles that the normal person never has to think about. I think this aspect of her books is so important. The main characters in this book were very likable, although their situation really frustrated me at times. Overall I really enjoy this book!

My first Jimenez book and I liked it, but I also feel like not all that much happened in the story line. The majority of the book was just the two characters lamenting that they didn't live closer to each other. There were sweet moments and not too much explicit sex, I will try another of her books. She is a well liked author in our library.
I appreciate the ARC and our library purchased this title.

This author is new to me, but I will be keeping an eye out for anything else they publish. I loved the story and the characters. The pacing of the story was great and the characters were relatable.

Abby Jimenez is one of my very favorite romance authors, so I was eager to read this one. Sadly, it only disappointed me. I was on board for the first quarter, but it quickly devolved into a book I just wanted to end. The forced banter, the constant pop culture references, the insta love that verged on stalking... it just ended up giving me the ick. I can't say there weren't aspects that I liked, but once it reached 50% everything felt repetitive and both of the characters were frustrating me to a point that I wanted to throw the book across the room. Abby is still a auto-buy author for me but this one is my least favorite of hers so far.

This is my first Abby Jimenez, and I’ve heard her compared to Emily Henry for forever, but I was very disappointed by this book :( it felt too rushed and I had no connection to either character. Also too many pop culture references which made it super cringy to me… really expected more, bummed about it.

This book was phenomenal! It was an emotional and impactful ride! I loved every heartbreaking moment as well as the way the story had me melting in certain moments. These two ppl were so much a part of me while I was reading the book. I honestly felt attached to them as well as the family.
Easy 6 stars!!!!