What if you woke up after a 2 year coma only to find no one around you? No one missing you? And the only connection you do have to that old life hates you. 
 Emerly Adams has moved on. She has a fiance who adores her and she loves. Her life has brightened since the time she was reduced to a prisoner in her own home by the man who claimed to love her. Now he is awake after 2 years and her life is sent into a tailspin as she adjusts to his presence in her life once again. 
 August Kinkaid's disorientation stems from having no memory of the man he once was. And apparently he was a controlling, emotionally abusive man to the only person he has seen from before. He doesn't like what he learns about himself and seeks to create a new man without the ties to who he was before. 
 Questions quickly pile up, because though August doesn't remember anything from his life, it becomes clear that Emerly doesn't have all the answers either. 
 There was so much I loved about August's new persona. He was truly horrified by the things he learned about himself and worked hard to discover a self that he could like. His attempts at finding his "favorites" made me smile, and the friendship that developed with Brick was a great addition to his new life. But in the back of my mind I watched all this goodness developing, wondering when the old poison would sink back in, whatever form it might take. 
 Everly seemed to be the type of person who is swept up in the drama around her, rather than making purposeful decisions about the course of her life. There were times I really liked her and could excuse her actions based on the strength of the wave she happened to be riding, but there were also times when I wished she would have put her back up and stood up for something, shared her knowledge, or opened up to any of the people in her life. 
 By the time I reached the end I was at a loss as to what I thought about the story as a whole. I loved the build up and getting to know the man August wanted so much to be. Even Emerly's tension and anxiety over his return kept my curiosity burning. But the way the end occurred, I felt like the story was back where it started, with no further answers and it was as if those months of re-imagining himself went down the drain for August. 
 So much was still up in the air I wanted Remembering Emerly as soon as I finished that last page. I felt bad for both Ryan and August as I reached the end. I actually liked both men a lot, but Emerly had her moments where I just wanted to shake her. She knew so many things she should have shared with August, and her reliance on Ryan wasn't fair to him either. 
 This was a fascinating look at what happens when one loses all memory of who one is. I was immediately sympathetic towards August. His confusion and loss was absolute. The strength it took to create himself from scratch, discovering his likes and dislikes and finding a purpose for his days, was immense. 
 ARC provided by author/publisher in exchange for an honest review.