Synopsis
Mia might look like a Millennial but she was born yesterday. Emerging from a coma with short-term amnesia after an accident, Mia can’t remember her own name until the Siri assistant on her iPhone provides it. Based on her cool hairstyle (undercut with glamorous waves), dress (Prada), and signature lipstick (Chanel), she senses she’s wealthy, but the only way to know for sure is to retrace her steps once she leaves the hospital. Using Instagram and Uber, she arrives at the pink duplex she calls home in posts but finds Max, a cute, off-duty postdoc supplementing his income with a house-sitting gig. He tells her the house belongs to JP, a billionaire with a chocolate empire. A few texts later, JP confirms her wildest dreams: they’re in love, Mia is living the good life, and he’ll be back that weekend.
But as Mia and Max work backward through her Instagram and across Los Angeles to learn more about her, they discover a surprising truth behind her perfect Instagram feed, and evidence that her head wound was no accident. Who was Mia before she woke up in that hospital? And is it too late for her to rewrite her story?
This book originally slated to be published in May 2020 but has been pushed back to January 2021.
Review
This reminded me of a book I read a few years ago where a teen lost her memory and had to figure out who she was from her phone.
Mia wakes up in the hospital with no clue who she is and her only clues are her social media accounts and apps on her phone. Thankfully the nurses are nice at the hospital and charge up her phone for her. Once she is awake, the hospital boots her out with nowhere to go or any clue as to her identity. You have to suspend disbelief because I can’t believe a hospital would do that to someone.
The rest of the book is Mia trying to remember who she is, how she ended up with memory loss, and what she is meant to do in this life.
I thought the book had some really enjoyable parts and some that were just ok. Mia did get on my nerves…how can she wear the same dress for 5 days? I get that she has no money, but there are a few characters that could have loaned her a few bucks to buy a new outfit. I did like that she was appalled once she learned more about her true self and it seems like getting hit on the head and losing her memory maybe wasn’t such a bad thing. It was a path of rediscovery for Mia and to perhaps make a better life for herself.
I’d give this book 3 – 3 1/2 paws.
About the Author
Sam Tschida (pronounced cheetah) is a rom-com author. She lives with her gang of children, a couple of poorly behaved dogs, and one handsome man. When she’s not writing she is probably making lasagna. Just kidding. Who knows what she’s doing, least of all Sam. The only guarantee is that she is actively brainstorming her next book. And if we’re being honest, it’s pretty likely that she’s not making lasagna, unless it’s the frozen kind. Shout out to Mrs. Stouffers!
Besides living the dream writing books, she edits other peoples’ books and teaches writing classes, but she is a Pisces so we might as well call it what it is, therapy. So boiled down, Sam is an unlicensed therapist who also writes rom-coms.
