Carolee Dean

Forget Me Not by Carolee Dean is a 374-page novel told almost entirely in poetic verse. The book follows two different individuals’ points of view, which is made clear not only by the writing style, but also by the font used.

TRIGGER WARNINGS: This book contains suicide/mentions of suicide and self-harm/mentions of self-harm

Synopsis: Ally, a high school student, is devastated when a bad photo of her is released. She spends her time at school in a back hallway through which almost nobody else passes. Elijah, who we also get a P.O.V. from, has spent a lot of time in that hallway and knows Ally is halfway dead, which is something Ally herself has yet to figure out.

My rating: Five out of five stars. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves angsty YA. Despite the heavy topics, this was an easy read (as in, it did not take me long to finish) for me. Despite Ally not being an extremely likeable character, I still empathized with her.… (more)