I would like to start with a disclosure, of sorts. I want to tell you that I adore this author. I want to tell you that she is hilarious, and smart, and so much fun to talk to (or twitter watch movies with). I want to tell you that I received an ARC of this book for review from the Scholastic booth at BEA 16, and I want to tell you that absolutely none of these things had absolutely anything whatsoever to do with the fact that I freaking loved this book. 
 I have been a huge, huge, huge fan of Sharon Cameron's since I was first introduced to her Dark Unwinding duology a few years ago by a friend. I love Sharon's books for a myriad of reasons: I love the historical touches and the research that goes into them, I love the characters (be they big or small, important or trivial), I love the dialogue (the WIT, the SNARK, the HUMOR, the HEART), I love the plot, I love the pacing (trust me, your heart is going to be going a bit faster by the end whether you think it or not). I also love that each of her books features a strong female character that is not always perfect, but always cares and always wants the best (even if they don't know how to go about making that happen). 
 The Forgetting was no exception when it comes to Sharon's books, and I am so excited to have read it. To be totally honest, it took me forever to start reading (even as I had friends and co-workers that had already read it and loved it) because I was so nervous - what if I didn't like it as much? What if it didn't resonate with me the way her previous books had? What if the fourth book just wasn't as good? (Present day Lindsey is shaking her head derisively at the foolishness of past day Lindsey, don't worry.) ANYWAYS - totally not the case. 
 The Forgetting hooks you from about 15 pages in, and it seriously does not let go. There are so many twists and turns, and so many instances where you think you're ready to put the book down for a few to talk to other humans in the real world and stuff, but there's something nagging you about a conversation you just read or something one of the characters did and you just have to keep going because YOU MUST KNOW. 
 I loved Nadia as an MC, even if there were times it was hard to get to know her or relate to her. I loved Gray as the love interest that gets Nadia to open her heart, just a little, to see if he is worth trusting and if it's worth putting her heart out there for. (&&y'all? I SHIP IT.) I loved Nadia's relationship with her siblings, and with her mother (as difficult as that relationship could be). I was totally invested in each of these characters (except for two or three of her peers that I just didn't really care for their motivations or wants/needs so whatevs, but in the grand scheme of things that is like 3 characters I'm not interested in out of like 30 so no big deal). 
 Once stuff started coming together and I thought I maybe sorta potentially knew where things were headed, I was so psyched to see if I was right and if this was going to be written in a way to make it all believable and interesting (again, foolish Lindsey). Guess what? Totally written perfectly, and by the end I just wanted to read the last 50 pages all over again so I could make sure I didn't miss anything! (Which I did, and no I didn't miss anything, so yay for that, although to be quite honest I would still recommend re-reading the last 50 pages when you finish because they're just that good.) 
 Mainly what I'm trying to get at here, in a word or two, is READ THE BOOK.