Awaken me review

Awaken me by Emily Gossett, releases July 22nd

What's it about?
After witnessing her fiancée murder her best friend two days before her wedding, Aimee decides to immediately flee from the life she only knows. Lost in a foreign city, Aimee comes in contact with a mysteriously handsome Italian stranger, who seems to know more about Aimee, than Aimee knows about herself. Quickly discovering that the last six years of her life have been a cover up to who she really is and where she came from. Aimee’s world, before her eyes , becomes a tsunami of conflicted emotions, undecidedly Torn between two men whom she loves deeply. Aimee ultimately finds her true identity, which is more lethal than either men, being the weapon the Rogues desire most. Aimee is anything but human.

My review:

3.5/5
I'd like to start by saying I actually liked this book, the storyline is very interesting and unique and the back story has been thought out. Right away the book starts with a shocking scene and keeps going from there with revelations even I hadn't guessed would happen.
The only problem I really had was with protag Aimee, for the first half I found her to be extremely immature considering she's 23 and she was often hot tempered for no reason. I also found it hard to believe that she was 'noticing' hot guys and flirting five minutes after she'd run away from her fiancé of six years, it didn't feel like she stopped to mourn the relationship. I did however really enjoy her blossoming romance with Alec, it was a lot slower paced and believable. I liked how the new relationship meshes with the old as Aimee starts regaining her memories, although it isn't actually explained why she's suddenly having flashbacks now after 7 years of amnesia, I expect it'll be explained further into the series. Alec is good for Aimee, he's quick to call her out when she's acting hot and cold and of course he's gorgeous, who can resist a sexy Italian! I look forward to seeing how their relationship develops and how Aimee develops herself, she does grow up some further on in the book and faces up to her responsibilities without flinching, I'm really interested in seeing what choices she will make.
I also liked best friend Iva a lot, and, though he wasn't in the book an awful lot, I really liked Marcus, he seems a very cool guy and I think he'll feature a lot more in the next book so I can't wait to get to know him more.
So to sum up, I'd definitely recommend this book and I'm looking forward reading more in this world that Ms Gossett has created.

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Guest Poster - Emily Gossett

                 'Behind the scenes' by Emily Gossett, author of Awaken me.

I began writing awaken me after I had a really intense dream. I woke up going I have to write this down! I never anticipated to have the book come to life the way it did. I though it would be a short story or a thought I had to write down. But the idea grew and grew! After finishing the first draft, which I wrote in a week, I sat back and was like wow, it has a mind of its own. I listened to a lot of music while i wrote and it helped me get in the mood of each scene. I love Edward Maya, his music really set the tone of the book. My main character Aimee was inspired by my sister "Aimee". Whom I actually added some of her personality into the character Aimee. Lol. A fun fact is that a lot of friends are like "is Aimee you?" I told them no, not intentionally. She just has a quirky personality traits like me. Marcus, the werewolf was my favorite male charter to write. His personality is really chilled and charismatic. He was a basically my close guy pal. After the second draft of the book I had a close friend read it and she called me when she was done asking when I would start the second book. It then hit me, maybe my story is good and worth sharing. It then sky rocketed after I had an agent read it. From there, it just became real for me, I'm my biggest critic and I'm so critical of my work that my friends had to pry my fingers from my manuscript and say we love it, don't change anything else. Lol. My husband was like it's bad enough you read and watch vampire movies, now you had to write your own. I was like ya. Vampires and supernatural in general has always fascinated me as a filmmaker and avid reader, so it was fun and exciting to create a world for Aimee and I'm so excited for the release!!!