Book Review: My Name Is Memory by Ann Brashares

  My Name Is Memory is a fairly new book, published in 2010. I had wanted it for my birthday back in December but never got it. I recently checked it out from the library though.
  The story is about this guy named Daniel who has a very impressive memory. He is someone who is reincarnated, and everyone else in the book is too, only he can remember his past lives. In each life he is in love with the same girl, but she does not share this unique memory. Sometimes they don't match up. He is a young boy while she is an old woman, or vice versa. One time he was a peasant boy while she was a princess a few years his senior. Sometimes they just simply cannot be together. He loves her just the same, though. He tries as hard as he can to make Lucy remember. He calls her Sophia because that was the last name she had when he had seen her last before his current life. His brother from a previous life also shows up just to add a little drama.

  It gets a little bit confusing, but is not that hard to understand once you get the characters straight. It was a decent read but I didn't really get into it. I'm glad I only got it from the library and didn't buy it. I don't think its something I'll ever want to read again. I was expecting something different. I am a fan of her other books, the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and The last Summer of Me and You, but this didn't live up to my expectations.
  It wasn't terribly bad, just not what I'm usually into. Maybe if you're a little older you'll like it better, but for now I give it 3 out of 5 stars.