Book Review for The Forget-Me-Not Library by Heather Webber

 

The Forget-Me-Not Library by Heather Webber

Published:  November 4, 2025 by St. Martin's Press

Genre: Magical Realism, Books about Books, Contemporary, Chick Lit

Taken from Goodreads:  A detour. A chance encounter. Two women who alter the pages of each other’s story.

Juliet Nightingale is lucky to be alive. Months after a freak accident involving lightning, she’s fully recovered but is left feeling that something is missing from her life. Something big. Impulsively, she decides to take a solo summer road trip, hoping that the journey will lead her down a path that will help her discover exactly what it is that she’s searching for.

Newly-single mom Tallulah Byrd Mayfield is hanging by a thread after her neat, tidy world was completely undone when her husband decided that their marriage was over. In the aftermath of the breakup, she and her two daughters move in with her eighty-year-old grandfather. Tallulah starts a new job at the Forget-Me-Not Library, where old, treasured memories can be found within the books—and where Lu must learn to adapt to the many changes thrown her way.

When a road detour leads Juliet to Forget-Me-Not, Alabama, and straight into Tallulah’s life, the two women soon discover there’s magic in between the pages of where you’ve been and where you still need to go. And that happiness, even when lost, can always be found again.

My Thoughts:  This book is a unique story of two women both searching for something and not knowing how to find it.   I love the library with its walls full of beautiful books, the caretakers inside all have their own quirks and a cat that has a special way of helping.

I really enjoyed this book.  The story was entertaining, and the characters are quirky and fun. The dual points of view are beautifully written, telling the story of Forget-Me-Not perfectly.  I love the little bits of romance, the second chances,  and the small town feel. 

Thank you St. Martin’s Press for a copy of the book in exchange for my honest review.

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Meet the Author (taken from her website):   USA Today bestselling author Heather Webber is the author of more than thirty novels and has been twice nominated for the Agatha Award. She loves to read, drink too much coffee and tea, birdwatch, crochet, and bake. She currently lives near Cincinnati, Ohio, and is hard at work on her next book. *Heather also writes under the pen name Heather Blake.