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Gina Blaxill's inspiration for writing Forget Me Never

Posted By Amy, MKB Marketing on Sunday 30th Sep 2012

We asked Gina Blaxill what her inspiration behind Forget Me Never and whether she has any special techniques for writing thrillers?

Forget Me Never starts with a classic detective scenario – a death everyone writes off as suicide except one person who’s sure it’s murder and goes out to prove it.

I love detective fiction and books that take classic situations and reinvent them and that was my starting point for Forget Me Never. 

I also wanted to give a nod to Hendon in the book, which is where Sophie lives and a funny place I know very, very well.

The trick to writing thrillers is deciding how much a reader should know when, varying the pace with fast, exciting events and more fun, reflective moments.

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xmeesx
xmeesx posted a comment
Friday 12th Oct 2012 06:34
A book which makes you eager to know more and wanting to find out the truth! We follow Sophie through many adventure as she prepares to face reality in a quest to find out what really happened to her Cousin, Danielle, because she couldn’t really have committed suicide… could she? As I read the many ordeals she had to face, I myself felt her hunger for the truth and wanted to finish the book quickly because I had no patience in waiting! Sophie also has to deal with friend Reece and her feelings for him, and throughout the book as I read about them together I started to understand their relationship and begin to feel how the characters were feeling themselves. Now, if I’m honest I did think the Gina Blaxill’s portrayal of 15/16 year olds was a bit wrong in my opinion because I found them to be immature in the way they thought and spoke. However this didn’t ruin the book for me, so hopefully won’t for other people! The plot itself is realistic and clever and I enjoyed Blaxill’s portrayal of it. However I didn’t get hooked to the book straight away like I usually do and found it took a good few chapters until I was really engaged with the story. Overall it is a quick gentle read that is worth reading!
 
Missy
Missy posted a comment
Wednesday 17th Oct 2012 07:02
Forget Me Never is the new book by Gina Blaxill who you may know her from writing the amazing book Pretty Twisted. It follows the same story genre as Pretty Twisted, a teen mystery. Sophie, a teenage orphan, follows her instincts to find out the truth of why one of her closest people in the world has died. Sophie decides along with her best friend Reece to uncover the real truth behind her cousin Dani’s death. The deeper they dig, the more danger heads their way. I felt myself needing to know the truth behind the death which kept me quite interested. Although, I felt as if the book was going a little too slow for my liking and didn’t really get hooked in to the book straight away as I usually do with books - such as Pretty Twisted in particular. The friendship between Sophie and Reece was my main attraction to the book and I felt as if I was experiencing the friendship for myself. I enjoyed the book and thought it was really good for that quick easy read some of us enjoy.
 
ZoeGranger
ZoeGranger posted a comment
Friday 26th Oct 2012 02:01
This sounds like a really good book, tempted to buy :)
 
booksaholic
booksaholic posted a comment
Sunday 28th Oct 2012 10:00
I was excited when I got this book after loving "Pretty Twisted" also by Gina Blaxill. I did have high hopes for this book due to how much I enjoyed pretty Twisted and I've got to say Blaxill defiantly lived up to this! The plot was like pretty twisted. Without giving to mcuh away it's about a teenage girl called Sophie who is an orphan, . Sophie and her friend Reece try and uncover the truth behind her cousin Dani's death. They then find themselves in danger. Blaxill built up the relationships well and it was overall a very good read. Would recommend this to 12-18 year olds.
 
Georgiapickle
Georgiapickle posted a comment
Monday 5th Nov 2012 08:42
I loved this book! I finished reading it today review here by me :)-http://booksandwritersjnr.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/forget-me-never/ x
 

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