I absolutely love everything that Abby writes, Im so excited to keep reading whatever she puts out. I loved this story and I cant wait for everyone to read it.

To say that I squealed when this ARC dropped in my NetGalley approved list is an understatement. This book does not disappoint and Abby Jimenez has done it again. Xavier and Samantha are a couple that don't skirt around their feelings and attraction for one another. This wasn't a story on will they or won't they, it was a complex navigation of love, commitment, family, loss, and believing in the life you deserve to have. I ate this up in just over a day. It felt different that her other books but in a way that had it feeling fresh and new. Definitely something I will recommend to friends, family, and customers - not just because it is Abby Jimenez but because this book is truly good and worthy of your time.

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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁:
✨ Adorable meet cute
✨ Loss & hardships
✨ Long distance romance
✨ Cinnamon roll MMC

Abby has done it again (but with about 1000x more heartbreaking moments)!

Xavier and Samantha have that instant chemistry that as soon as you read a scene, you just know that they’re it for each other. But then you find out that Samantha is moving across the country… the next day.

Say You’ll Remember Me follows Xavier and Samantha as they navigate their budding relationship with the fact that they are now long distance. Samantha is a caregiver to her mother who is suffering from Alzheimers. Xavier is a local veterinarian who has opened his own practice and is doing his best to keep it afloat.

The growing love between Xavier and Samantha leaps off the page and my heart would break as they tried to figure out how they could see each other or connect more. The heavier topics are always interwoven with comedic relief and Abby does a perfect job of balancing both.

This one is an absolute must read for everyone.

This book has some heavy themes so please be cognizant of any trigger warnings before diving in.

This book single-handedly made my entire week—possibly even the rest of my month because of how good it was. My reading slump from the past 2 months is GONE.

This story was beyond words, beyond anything I can describe. I haven’t truly read something so meaningful and also quirky and humourous at the same time in a long long while. I didn’t think I’d love Samantha and Xavier as much as I did, or even cry at their sufferings, and laugh at their silly accidents as much as I did.

Either way, I felt like I lived through the characters, and I was beyond distraught to see the epilogue! It’s 2 am and I realized I finished the book in one sitting. If that doesn’t convince you already to pick up the book when it hits shelves, I don’t know what will! Also, I’ll be probably be thinking about this book for the next 3-5 business MONTHS. The only thing that’ll help is binge reading the authors other books, I guess!

At the heart of this is a love story between Sam and Xavier who meets and ends up figuring out a long distance relationship. Can I say that Xavier is now my favorite book boyfriend - he was attentive and caring.

The family dynamics for Sam hit me hard. I am going through a similar situation and it was hard to see how it impacted all the family members. I loved how supportive they were and seeing their ups and downs.

Abby is the queen of making you laugh one moment and then cry the next. There are so much humor even with the heavy topics.

Thank you @readforeverpub for a copy of this book.

Wow this book really gutted me. This novel felt really unique to me because I’ve read a contemporary romance where the two main characters go through so many hardships and obstacles while still trying to keep their relationship intact. I really felt for the characters and absolutely loved reading their inner monologues when they were both at their own rock bottoms but still clinging on to the love they had for each other. Their banter and relationship was so heartwarming and the sacrifices they made for each other only made me love them more and appreciate their connection. I can’t wait to be absolutely obnoxious about this book and tell everyone to read it!

Oh Abby!! The writer that you are. I love all her books but she really outdid herself with this one and it’s now tied for first place in my heart along with Yours Truly.

Samantha and Xavier’s story was so beautiful. I just loved their love so much. The book handles a lot of heavier topics and I felt my heartbreak so many times throughout the book. But what the book reminded me throughout was I wouldn’t trade any memory of it!

“Love is the brightest color in a gray world” ❤️

Many thanks to the lovely folks at Forever who approved me for an e-arc of this. I can’t wait for this to release and to buy everyone I know a copy of this. It’s one of my favourite love stories! 🥰

Pretty immediately, it was obvious to me that this one went by faster than her previous books. From the start, there was great interactions between our two main characters. He was my favorite sort of character, an asshole with a heart of gold, and I loved that she was motivated by spite. Seeing as how I don't love hom Jimenez does slow burn, I loved that our couple started dating so quickly.

This book felt more like more like the books I read of her first trilogy than her second. Maybe because I found her earlier works funnier, so I appreciated the random bits of humor that are peppered throughout, but I want more of them. I found the Instagram posts lacking, like I’d heard them all before so I didn’t really see the heroine as that great at her job. Since that's a part of my job, it really took me out of the story. His character felt slightly one dimensional- hot vet with parental issues.

Overall, I liked this. I'd probably reread it, maybe, but it was also both predictable and improbable aspects.

Taylor Swift songs - Wildest Dreams, Timeless, Mine
Griff songs - Walk

Tl;dr - this book made me cry. Multiple times. While I was on a bus, in public!! In a happy way. ❤️.

💫 The concept of soul mates is hard to write into a contemporary romance.. but I'd say Abby did a perfect job of writing such a romance in this book :"") this books is a tie with Yours Truly as my top Abby Jiminez book
💫 The writing was just sooo >>>> something about the pacing and the little twists and shocks and turns just makes this a perfect read.
💫 The supporting cast were so good! I loved their page time, and all their varied contributions to the story, and now I want Abby to write a whole series out of all their romances?? Like I physically need to know more about these characters
💫 The ending was everything I ever needed.
💫 Also, the pets!!! I loved them so so much.

TWs - parent with dementia (a lot of this is on page) (FMC), abusive parents (MMC), death of animals (past), depression (on page)

-- ty to the author, the publisher and Netgalley for an advanced copy!

Thank you to NetGalley and Forever for providing a DRC of this title.

I could see this one being an acquired taste, but I loved it. Poignant and deeply romantic, Samantha and Xavier are definitely put through the wringer before reaching their HEA, but it all felt very real and made it that much sweeter when they dealt with the challenges that kept them apart. Will definitely recommend to my patrons who don't mind some angst in their romance!

This is an affecting story of caring for a loved one with early-onset dementia, but as a love story it was pretty forgettable and didn't resonate the way this author's books normally do. I appreciated that the drama was all external, but there just wasn't much story between the protagonists.

wow, another win for abby! this book was incredible, funny, pulled at your heartstrings, made you want to call your family and parents. i was laughing throughout this book, the humor was top notch. jake from state farm? hilarious :) the character building was fabulous, i loved the characters all in their own way. i love how abby can write about hard topics but also keep it lighthearted. this book had alot of real life hard topics and i enjoyed that about it. made the story seem more real and genuine. i will be recommending this book to everyone. i hope abby never stops writing books, because i will be first in line to always read them!

Say You’ll Remember Me was a very touching story to read. I think it focused on family very well, I loved that aspect of it. Unfortunately the romance took a back seat. It was very insta love, which I can usually get behind, if I can understand WHY. But I couldn’t with these characters. I felt that the chemistry was lacking a bit. And just thinking about how much I loved part of your world and yours truly, this book doesn’t even compare for me. Still an enjoyable read though

I am oddly angry at Heinz after this book! Haha!!
But seriously, what an amazing and REAL story. I laughed, cried and craved a hot dog! Xavier is the man of my dreams!

I found this just okay and a little formulaic. The two main characters seemed like caricatures. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher.

This is not a bad book by any means but it was still a letdown from Abby Jimenez following her previous four knock-out novels (Life's Too Short, Part of Your World, Yours Truly, and Just For The Summer).

Samantha and Xavier have an instant connection that is immediately put to the test due to circumstances they have little control over. I did like the inside look into caring for a family member with dementia, the struggles of being a small business owner and overcoming abusive parents. However, these two barely had time to just BE in this book. They took hit after hit making for a non-enjoyable read at times, especially during the 60-98% mark. I am hesitant to call it trauma porn but that is the closest thing to it. I wish we had had more happy moments between Xavier and Samantha to balance out the story. For instance, there were times when the characters would spend time together and it would be recapped just to get to the next traumatic thing they had to endure. We were told that they would spend hours on the phone and texting one another which helped grow their relationship but then we never actually saw those conversations play out. They were still a good couple and had some amazing moments (mainly in the front half) but they deserved so much more. They both made decisions and sacrifices for one another that were supposed to come off as romantic but I just felt bad for them both. I also wish we got to see more of Xavier's friends instead of being told over and over again that they were some of the most important people in his life.

There was also an unnecessary infidelity plotline involving a side character that left me with such a sour taste and added nothing to the story. If the plot line was discussed more I could at least see the reasoning but we barely received confirmation that the cheating was happening. Just a very odd side plot that was once again another traumatic thing the main characters had to process.

If Abby plans to continue down this path of writing trauma-driven stories then they will need to stop marketing her books as rom-coms. I hope she finds the balance between humor, romance, and exploring traumatic situations that she had in her previous novels. She laid it on too thick in the wrong direction with this one.

Abby Jimenez can do no wrong. Her writing is engaging and lyrical. It is impossible not to get sucked right into her writing.

Now take the perfect author writing about a grumpy vet with a shitty childhood, a spunky social media marketer, a bra kitten, saving several dogs and lots of real life situations and you have this masterpiece.

Get yourself a copy and do not expect to do anything else until you finish it!

Thank you to Edelweiss, Forever, and Grand Central Publishing for the DRC. All opinions are my own.

This book had a very wholesome and swoony romance set against a backdrop of incredibly heartbreaking circumstances and obstacles.

I LOVED Xavier SO MUCH; he is airport dad and a penguin rolling pebbles towards his mate and all of the other adorable things you could think of to describe a generous caretaker of a man. He had such a big heart and was a MAN OBSESSED and I loved reading that.

Samantha goes through so much in this book. She has to move from MN to CA to help take care of her mom who has early onset dementia, and this weighs heavily on her and her whole family. At times, it was hard to read these elements of the story because it’s such a heartbreaking situation.

Overall, I really enjoyed this one and it absolutely lives up to the high bar Abby Jimenez has set for herself!

This book was absolutely incredible as is all of Abby Jimenez’s books!!! I swear when I start reading one of them I am unable to put it down. I read this in basically two sittings (I inhaled it you could say lol) and I will be thinking about it for a very long time.

The romance was just so beautiful and the way these characters would do anything for each other had me 🤧🤧🤧 It is gut wrenching to read at times — this is definitely not a fun romcom. But Abby writes it in such a caring way.

Truly Abby starts her books and you’re having such a good time laughing and whatnot and then she hits you in the chest and you’re 😭 every single time

My stomach hurts thinking about this book it was SO GOOD I love them I love them I need to reread immediately

Thank you thank you thank you to Forever, Abby Jimenez, her fb group, and NetGalley for this arc !!!!

Surprisingly, I connected with this one just slightly less than Abby's others. This book is SAD, you guys. It is beautiful, don't get me wrong, and it has that classic 'Abby' style that I can't get enough of. But it's got a lot of layers, and many of those are emotional. Samantha's mother suffering from dementia at such a young age? Sad. Finding love is...happy, but Xavier lives across the country, and the struggles they face are very real. Trying to fund a long-distance relationship is hard. You have to really want it. And seeing each other only once a month, twice if you're lucky? Well, that's sad too.

There were a lot of beautiful and very realistic moments in this book that I will cherish. Abby has proven time and time again to be one of my most favorite authors ever, and while I'm THRILLED that I got to read this early (AHHHHHHH!!!!!) ....if I have to wait **gasp** TWO YEARS?!!?? for the next one.... Well, I may cry.

I will also say that I had pre-ordered this book months ago, and I seriously doubt that Forever handing these copies out reduces their sales even by a fraction (I have two copies on order--SHAAAAAMEFUL AND I'M SO PROUD!).

Thank you to Abby, Estelle and Dana for allowing me to read and review this. I have so loved being an advanced reader for Abby.

4.5/5.0