Colleen S. Myers

Coming into a series at book 3 can be a bit daunting, but the author reveals just enough of the past of each character to development a relationship without over inundating things. The result...a sci-fi story that stands on its own two feet, while adding to a series story arc that is still unfolding.

Beta is a great leading lady...much stronger than her human roots would lead you to be believe (with good reason, as we find out!), and with such a big heart. She feels for her chosen family, loves her chosen people, and is as fierce in battle as she is with her mate (~wolf whistle~). She's been through heck and while it seems to be all coming back tenfold, it doesn't mean she's going to take it (or the myriad of surprises awaiting her!) lying down. The story is tense, the people's allegiance debatable, and the outcome uncertain...but it all adds up to an interesting read that's out of this world (well, mostly!).

Recommended for sci-fi fans and dabblers alike!


*eARC received for review… (lisätietoja)

This is book 2, and though reading book #1 is a good idea, this book can be read as a standalone. I have included the blurb for book 1 ‘Must Remember’ below so you can catch up with the storyline:

Solum #1 Must Remember (blurb from goodreads)
Nineteen-year-old Elizabeth 'Beta' Camden is a survivor. When the E'mani-those pale alien freaks-destroy Earth with a plague of madness and scoop up the remains, Beta is one of the 'lucky' ones. For years, she endures their tortures, experiments and games. Then one day, she manages to escape their ship with her life, and no memory of her time with them. Stranded on their world, Beta wanders the mountains, looking for a way home. She stumbles onto the Fost-the E'mani's ancient enemy. Their war with the Imani is old and rooted in magic that the Fost once had and the Imani crave. Magic Beta soon discovers she's developing along with strange tattoos and disturbing glimpses of her past. The Fost take her in and train her in their ways. As she spends more time with them, she falls in love with their culture and with Marin-he of the hot hands and slit eyes. But the E'mani took her for a reason and they want her back-dead or alive. If Beta doesn't remember that reason soon, they're all going to die.

Solum #2
Can’t Forget
Beta is ready for revenge against the E’mani until her new life with the Fost and especially Marin intervenes, forcing her to rethink her priorities. As her memories continue to return faster and faster however, she learns the E’mani may have more control over her future than she knew. In fact, she may have to lose everything in order to even survive.

I have mixed feelings on this book. I read it, and I know others will like it much more than I did. I do think it made a promise and fulfilled it, so for that I give it 4 stars. I also feel that Colleen S. Myers is an author that works hard and is maturing her skill with each book. At this rate, if she continues to put out books regularly, she is sure to become a name found on many bookshelves, including my own.

The story was well-told, though the pacing was sometimes slow and bogged down by the sex—I mean romance-- that was trying to be grownup, but not always making it. By the way, lust and love are not the same, and love does not grant possession. Just a reminder to young girls reading this book.

The ending was okay, if a little odd, as if it was written by someone else entirely, or just rushed through. Plenty of room for the next book to come along and finish the storyline

Some elements were flat, almost as if Myers tried so hard to polish the plot and main characters that they lost the edge. The backstory tended to be more interesting than the current one until well into the book and the main characters were unchanging and wooden, but the secondary ones were fun and unpredictable.

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I would ask Myers this: Did you like Finn better than Marin? I did. I hardly knew Marin except through the overt sex and excessively proprietary marital scenes, whereas Finn, Ute, Thorn, and others just had more character. Maybe because they weren’t bogged down by having to be oversexed and in control all the time. Good characters are just like people. Complicated and flawed. So there, I have said it. Nonetheless, I AM going to read the next thing Myers writes, because I like her imagination and potential as a writer.

I received a copy through Netgalley in exchange for this honest review. This review and others at annevolmering.com.… (lisätietoja)

Can't Forget (Solum #2) by Colleen S. Myers is a teen/young adult, but I think adults would like it too, sci-fi book. It is the second book in the series but I didn't read the first book and I was not lost in the story, the author was good in filling in parts needed as the story went along. The story was of a girl in love with an alien that had rescued her from other aliens that had held her captive and had tortured and researched/did lab experiments on her (in book one). She is special somehow and she wants to find the labs and find out why and to destroy those aliens but the new tribe of aliens she is living with keeps putting it off. She takes it on herself with a few others to go themselves. It is an exciting read with romance, mystery, action, sci-fi, some fantasy, and lots of fun too. I enjoyed it. Good plot and great characters. Thanks NetGalley for suggesting this book.… (lisätietoja)

Can't Forget, by Colleen Myers is second in the science fiction series, Solum. Although easily read as a stand-alone book, reading the first book in the series would certainly fill in the back story of the world the author has created more completely. Elizabeth, "Beta", has been living with the Fost race since she escaped from the malevolent E'mani who had destroyed Earth and kidnapped her. She is supposedly safe and protected by the Fost, and yet her nightmares won't let up. She knows the E'mani have not forgotten her and they will be back. Can she find the key to these horrifying nightmares before it's too late? Failure is not an option. With magic and clones and shapeshifters, with tragic losses and treks into the unknown Myers adds an edge of the seat tension to her story. Love and romance abound throughout the book as two Fost beings vie for Beta's devotion. Who are the Remains? Why had these eight beings been gathered from other worlds? And will they help the Fosts and Beta rid the land of the E'mani? Experiments, DNA, immunity and virology lend credence to this sci-fi world. The characters are strong and relationships change as events unfold. Definitely a good choice for lovers of science-fiction. Be forewarned the book contains some coarse language and adult content for a mature adult audience.
I was given a complimentary copy of the book by the author in exchange for an honest opinion.… (lisätietoja)