Synopsis
"I’d spent too long in limbo.
It was time to put The California Plan back into effect."
~Layla Warren
I’ve been in love with Trip Wiley since I was sixteen years old.
Yep. That Trip Wiley.
Academy award-winning actor, known philanthropist, People’s Sexiest Man Alive two years running…
Yeah.
It’s not like I’m some delusional stalker-fan. It just so happens that he was my high school sweetheart back in 1991.
In the years since, he’s simply been The One That Got Away.
We just can’t seem to get on the same page at the same time.
Our timing may have sucked, but the feelings had already been confirmed. Years ago.
At least his were.
He doesn’t know that I had chosen to love him back.
I need to fix that.
And I need to do it now.
Remember When 3 is the third and final book in the Remember Trilogy.
It’s a story about taking chances and following your heart…
and knowing that sometimes, you just have to learn when to let go.
Kota's Review
Before reading on.. catch up with Kota's thoughts on Remember When 1 & 2 by reading her reviews here.
Remember When 3 picks up where RW2 left off – Trip and Layla are not together and at least for Layla, her heart is still pining. Then fate steps in when a family situation brings them together for a short time.
Up until this point circumstances had meant that life had not quite turned out as expected for Layla and Trip, and it was only going to be tested more before it becomes as it should be.
T Torrest has written this final chapter in Trip and Layla’s story perfectly. The journey takes us on the highs and lows of these two characters finally getting their shit together. While the path they are on is the exact one we readers have been cheering for since RW1 it still comes with speed bumps along the way.
The full cast is back in Remember When 3 and the dynamics continue as they did in high school, it reminds us of the quality of those few lifelong friends that you can’t and don’t want to get rid of!
As per my past reviews of the Remember When books – I am a fan of T Torrest tone and writing style, her conversational narration is seamless in its delivery. I love the ending of this book – this is one happily ever after that was hoping for, and to see how it played out was sweet and provided great closure for the trilogy.
The only thing that I was not a fan of on the most part was the banter between Trip and Layla when the first meet up again. I get the need for the relationship to remain constant and untouched by Trip’s Hollywood life, but I felt that it came across extremely immature which brought Layla’s credibility in to question. I mean they have lived through many life experiences, not to mention the 15 years taken to get to this point, and some of the one liners had me going come on… really, in the beginning it was just too much!
But then T Torrest brought it all together and the banter worked well again – the 80’s, early 90’s innuendo and references still rocked and made me laugh out loud.
I am sad to see this story end, but very satisfied with its conclusion, there are no questions left unanswered for me.... and the ultimate message of knowing when it is time to forgive and let go is a message that lots of people could do to receive - me included! Thank you T Torrest for a really sweet story.
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About T Torrest
She likes pina coladas and getting caught in the rain. She's not much into health food, but she does enjoy talking about herself in the third person.
A lifelong Jersey girl, she currently resides there with her husband and two boys.
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