Name: Fool Me Twice
ISBN: 9781408855485

Mandy Hubbard

Amanda Hubbard

Romance, Amnesia, and a wicked twist! The second fun and flirty read in the new If Only series.

An If Only Novel

Fool Me Twice

A debut entry in a new teen romance line is set a year after Mackenzie's heart is broken by her summer boyfriend, with whom she reconnects when he wakes up after an accident thinking they are still in love. Simultaneous.

Lisa ✩ @lifeinlit

3.5 stars!

I’ve read my fair share of amnesia books. I’m usually very lucky with them and end up enjoying them, but I’m always a little scared going in. I feel like this subject matter can really ruin a book if not done correctly. I’m happy to say this book handled it adorably. Mix that with a second-chance romance (which is one of my personal faves!) and you’ve got yourself a happy reader over here. :)

It’s summer again, and Mackenzie is back where things all started with her ex, Landon. The prior summer they spent it together, enjoying every second, only to be dumped at the end of the summer. Now she can’t help but miss him, as well as want to get back at him a bit for the heartache he caused her. Landon takes a nasty fall and ends up suffering from amnesia. Mackenzie decides to use this to her advantage and pretend that they’re still together to get a little revenge after what he did to her. This can only be fun and games, right? ;)

Fool Me Twice was a lot of fun-filled adorableness. Yes, I have to admit that it was rather cliche at times, and definitely overloaded with cheesy moments. But I’ve been reading a lot of these kinds of books lately, and thankfully, they don’t ever seem to get old for me. It ended up being exactly what I expected. Yes, it was predictable. Yes, it was high-schoolish and younger-feeling than other books in this genre. But I enjoyed it just the same.

If you’re hoping for a hot, steamy, intense romance, this probably isn’t the book for you. If you want a light, fun, cute read, this is a book worth a look. It’s the classic second-chance at love story that we all love to binge on every now and then. This series seems to be filled with lots of adorable stories, so I’m looking forward to checking out the others as well.

Audiobook Impressions:
I’ve been finding a lot lately that narrators sound too old to me for the part they’re playing. This one I was really worried about because it seemed like such a cute, younger teenage story. I was so relieved to see that Erin Mallon did a fabulous job. She had the perfect voice and acted out the characters wonderfully. No complaints here! And purchasing the audio helped me get to this book faster, so I’m all for great narrators making my review pile easier to handle!


(Thanks to Bloomsbury USA Children for the review copy!)

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