Memory Lane by Becky Wade

Mystery, drama, amnesia

2.5 stars 

A shipwrecked amnesiac is rescued by a quiet, keeps-to-herself woodworker in this new romance from Becky Wade. Sounds like a recipe for romance… or maybe just trouble. There’s something sinister lurking behind the amnesia, and the quiet woodworker has more secrets than she lets on. Are these two meant for each other, or just in the wrong place at the wrong time?

This story is intriguing and there is mystery layered on mystery with a layer of romance on top. I kept trying to piece together clues and arrive at a convincing conclusion, but my detective skills weren’t up to the task of unraveling the delicate strings Wade tied together. This book has a lot of cute moments, a lot of confusing emotions, and a whole lot of mystery and drama. (What else would you expect from the first book in a series called “Sons of Scandal”?)

That being said, sometimes I felt a little overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of everything that is happening in this book. In places, it didn’t feel like a cohesive story as more and more details were added … to all the different parts; I started to feel at times like I was reading two separate books that had been meshed into one. Wade goes into incredible detail in her writing, and her characters are very introspective. However, this sometimes weighs the story down. When I was getting in the groove of the two main characters, suddenly I was in a chapter with a whole different character talking about themselves and their own issues. 

Overall, the individual pieces of this story had me hooked, but as a whole they were a little overwhelming. 

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Special thank you to Victory Editing Co-op on NetGalley for sharing an e-arc of this book for me to read and review!