Title: Say You'll Remember Me
Series: Say You'll Remember Me #1
Author: Abby Jimenez
Publisher: Forever
Release Date: April 1, 2025
There might be no such a thing as a perfect guy, but Xavier Rush comes disastrously close. A gorgeous veterinarian giving Greek god vibes—all while cuddling a tiny kitten? Immediately yes. That is until Xavier opens his mouth and proves that even sculpted gods can say the absolute wrong thing. Like, really wrong. Of course, there’s nothing Samantha loves more than proving an asshole wrong…
. . . unless, of course, he can admit he made a mistake. But after one incredible and seemingly endless date—possibly the best in living history—Samantha is forced to admit the truth, that her family is in crisis and any kind of relationship would be impossible. Samantha begs Xavier to forget her. To remember their night together as a perfect moment, as crushing as that may be.
Only no amount of distance or time is nearly enough to forget that something between them. And the only thing better than one single perfect memory is to make a life—and even a love—worth remembering.
I adore Abby's books. She can make me root for the main characters in just a few chapters.
Samantha works as a social media marketing specialist for a mustard company. She finds a kitten that needs help, so she takes it to a veterinarian with good reviews. When she meets Xavier Rush, she is unhappy with his diagnosis. The kitten, Pooter, will need expensive surgery to survive, and even then, things could go wrong, so he recommends putting him to sleep.
Samantha is furious; she leaves and starts a campaign to raise money for Pooter’s surgery. She returns after succeeding to show Xavier she saved the kitten. She is surprised to learn Xavier feels bad about how he spoke to her initially. He had a bad day and might not have had the best bedside manner.
Xavier asks her out, and they have a night to remember. It’s the best first date either has had. But Samantha is leaving Minnesota permanently to move to California to help her family care for her mother, who has dementia.
Samantha tells Xavier to forget her and move on, but Xavier doesn’t want to, and what follows is a love story full of hardship and real problems.
How can these two make it work? Is there a happy ending?
Say You’ll Remember Me deals with a few tough topics:
First, Alzheimer’s dementia in a young person. The disease affects caregivers, their dynamics, and can be scary for the patient. There’s a point when patients with moderate dementia stop recognizing those close to them, and some may want to run away.
Second, long-distance relationships are hard, and they can break a couple apart. It’s never easy to be far from the person you love.
Third, it also mentions abuse as a child and how that abuse can affect your personality later in life.
As always, Abby Jimenez makes her characters likable and relatable. Although I felt that Say You'll Remember Me had less humor than its predecessors.
Cliffhanger: No
4/5 Fangs
