With Every Memory by Janine Rosche: Book Review

About the book:

Title: With Every Memory

Author: Janine Rosche

Genre: Contemporary Christian Fiction

Release Date: June 6, 2023

Is the Life She Can’t Remember One She’d Rather Forget?

One year after her family was in a tragic car accident that killed her teenage son, Lori Mendenhall returns home with a traumatic brain injury that has stolen the last eight years of memories from her. She is shocked to find that the life she was leading before the accident is unrecognizable. Her once-loving husband, Michael, is a distant workaholic she isn’t sure she can trust and her once-bubbly daughter, Avery, has spent the last year hidden away in her room.

For Avery, life stopped when she lost her twin. Now, if she wants to graduate high school, she’ll have to accept help from Xander Dixon, her brother’s best friend and the boy who relentlessly teased her for years. And if Lori wants to reconnect with her husband, she’ll have to grapple with information her brain is trying to keep secret. With every memory that returns, she can’t help but wonder if the life she can’t remember is one she’d rather forget.

Book Review:

Sometimes the life you thought you wanted is not the life you get. This is a beautiful tale of hope and redemption amid the brokenness. I loved the two different POVs between Avery and Lori. It shows the broad spectrum of grief and allows the characters to be who they truly are: Avery a teenager who’s desperately missing her brother and in need of a friend, and Lori a wife and mother who wants to find her memories and the life she’s lost. The author peels back the layers of Lori’s memories in such a way that you experience every possible emotion. Lori is fighting so hard to get her life back, and it was a wonderful moment in time to read her story. There’s so much more that can be said about this book but it’s one that is best experienced for yourself. I received a copy of this book through RevellReads. I was not required to leave a positive review. All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.