Book Review - The Man I Didn't Marry by Anna Bell

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Title: The Man I Didn't Marry

Author: Anna Bell

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: HQ 

Publication Date: 4th February 2021

Rating: 5 Stars

What happens when the man she married can’t remember her?

Ellie has the perfect life: a happy marriage, a gorgeous daughter and a baby on the way. But when her husband Max develops amnesia, he forgets everything about the last five years . . . including their relationship.

Now the man she said ‘I do’ to has become a stranger, and she has no idea why. Yet Ellie is determined to reconnect and find her Max again – he has to be in there somewhere, right?

As they get to know one another afresh, Ellie finds herself seeing Max clearly for the first time. But then she discovers that before his memory loss, Max was keeping a huge secret from her. Will their new beginning prove to be a false start, just as it seemed they might fall in love all over again?

Well I was always going to be hooked on a book that starts with a mention of Comic Con, as it just appeals to my inner geek, and well Ellie is a bit of a geeky girl at heart! And the first time she re-meets her long time crush while dressed as Wonder Woman is just fabulous. 

And that is just a bit of the prologue, fast forward a few years and Ellie and Max now have a daughter, and a couple of months away from being parents again, when Max suddenly develops amnesia and forgets everything about the previous 5 years about his life. 

He doesn't remember being married, having a child, that his parent's have divorced, but on the other hand he did forget about Donal Trump's presidency and Brexit! And although apparently the memory could return at any time, Ellie decides she needs to get Max to fall in love with her all over again. 

We also get  to know her new group of friends from the antenatal class, and the situation with Max's parents and the farce of what is going on with them culminates in an absolutely hilarious scene that I was laughing out loud at. 

In fact there are a lot of laughs to be had, as well as the mystery as to what on earth Max was really doing the day he lost his memory.  I loved how the couple try to reconnect and there are some humorously disastrous dates, and all manner of brand new memorable moments being created! 

There are many side storylines too, which were also engaging and I loved pretty much all the characters, and they all felt quite real.  I was really caught up in their lives during the afternoon I spent devouring this book. 

It was Anna Bell at her very best, a humorous but memorable story about making your husband fall in love with you all over again, and more..

Thank you to HQ and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.