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Shattered Memories
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Genres: Action & Adventure / General, Action & Adventure / Survival Stories, Dystopian, Love & Romance, Thrillers & Suspense, Young Adult Fiction
Tags: action, adventure, amnesia, Can be read as stand alone, Coming Soon, danger, death, death penalty, Dystopian, emotions, Friendship, future, life sentence, loss, love, Love Story, memory, memory loss, Mystery, pain, prison, Psychological Thriller, romance, Romantic Suspense, Science Fiction, Series is complete, suspense, teen fiction, terrifying secrets, torn, tragedy, young adult, Young Adult futuristic
Publisher: Clean Teen Publishing
Publication Year: 2015
ASIN: B00WRGNWWS
ISBN: 1634220609

A terrible tragedy forced Alana McCarthy to forget a year of her life. Now she is to be executed for a crime she does not remember committing—the murder of her entire family. Daniel Costello hasn't forgotten about Alana, and he will do anything and everything to protect the girl he loves. Together, will Alana and Daniel be able to uncover the truth behind her family's deaths before it's too late?

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About the Book

A terrible tragedy forced Alana McCarthy to forget a year of her life. Now she is to be executed for a crime she does not remember committing—the murder of her entire family. Lost and alone, Alana is terrified of unlocking secrets buried so deep inside her mind that she’s willing to forget the one person who could set her free.

Daniel Costello hasn’t forgotten about Alana, and he will do anything and everything to protect the girl he loves. But first, Alana needs to unlock her memories and find out the truth about what happened the night her family was killed.

The day of her execution is set. Together, will Alana and Daniel be able to uncover the truth behind her family’s deaths before it’s too late?

 

 

 

 

Shattered Memories

Reviewed by Melanie Newton
Violence
5
The book starts with Alana having been labeled a murderer and having been sentenced to death upon her 18th birthday. She describes how the murders were described to her (quite graphic including the killing of her younger sister) Several descriptions of other crimes (including murder and a bombing and its aftermath) described. Scenes of intense fighting between Veronika and Alana including using available objects as weapons The warden commits a violent and shocking murder.
Language
5
Generally a fair amount of pretty bad language throughout (which considering where the book is set is not too surprising).
Romance/Sensuality
5
Some kissing with Daniel and Alana in flashbacks which gradually gets more intimate and becomes a lot more intimate once Alana's memories return. They eventually end up having sex. There is talk about some gay underage sex which resulted in one of the participants being sent to jail because of it.
Drugs/Alcohol/Smoking
2
Daniel orders a pint at the bar and has a drink of whiskey later in his office.

Supernatural Characters: None

Other: This book is set in the not too distant future and offers suggestions about how crime and punishment could be handled.  The book has a generally mature theme throughout that may not be suitable for younger teenagers.

 

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About the Author
Susan Harris

Susan Harris is a writer from Cork in Ireland. An avid reader, she quickly grew to love books in the supernatural/fantasy genre. When she is not writing or reading, she loves music, oriental cultures, tattoos, anything Disney and psychology. If she wasn't a writer she would love to be a FBI profiler or a PA for Dave Grohl or Jared Leto.

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