This RITA® Reader Challenge 2016 review was written by Goodreads. This story was nominated for the RITA® in the Best First Book category.
The summary:
Imagine a world where your destiny has already been decided…by your future self.
It’s Callie’s seventeenth birthday and, like everyone else, she’s eagerly awaiting her vision—a memory sent back in time to sculpt each citizen into the person they’re meant to be. A world-class swimmer. A renowned scientist.
Or in Callie’s case, a criminal.
In her vision, she sees herself murdering her gifted younger sister. Before she can process what it means, Callie is arrested and placed in prison. The only person who can help is her childhood crush, Logan, a boy she hasn’t spoken to in five years.
Logan breaks her free, but can she trust him? He’s almost the same boy she remembers, but now he’s a whole lot hotter. And he’s got his own past to deal with. Callie’s falling for him, fast, but she soon learns he has secrets of his own. Secrets that mean they can never be together.
Now, Callie’s on the run not only from the government, but also from her fate. If she wants any hope of a future with Logan, she must first find a way to protect her sister from the biggest threat of all—herself.
Here is Goodreads's review:
I didn’t receive a 2016 RITA® Reader Challenge review for this book, so I’m compiling quotes from reviews online and using the grade average from Goodreads as a substitute.
This book has a 3.73 average, which I’m interpreting as a B+.
…The storyline in this started out okay, then it lost me a bit. I found the pace quite slow, and I really lost interest for a while. It did pick up a bit at the end with a couple of interesting twists…
Forget Tomorrow was the perfect blend between a futuristic world, a swoon worthy romance, funny dialogues and moments, and a female protagonist that was ready to do anything it took to keep her sister safe. The story was exciting, intriguing, and pulled me in from page one on…
As with any book that tackles the tricky situation of time travel, I have to give credit simply for undertaking such a difficult task. It’s very hard to not have lots of holes in these types of book, and while I try not to focus too hard on them (because really how can you not have holes in these types of stories?), this book had just a few too many “huh?” moments even for me.
I did like the general idea of this book and the moral issues that the author was trying to showcase were well done. The main character’s inner dialogue was a little rambly and dramatic, however my opinion of this may simply be due to being out of the ideal age range for YA. (I’m 25)
Overall this is an easy, relatively light read (with a couple dark moments) that passed the time well enough. I’m not invested enough to read the next book, but I found this to be a decent read.
Jamie (Books and Ladders) wrote:
This one left me speechless at the end. I was so sure I had it figured out and then WHAMO. I was left shocked and off guard and had to read the ending like 15 times to make sure I got it all down. It is definitely one to check out if you like science fiction and dystopian novels. It sort of has a Giver mixed with Divergent feel to it, but it has such a unique plot.
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