He'll Be Waiting

By: Liz Alterman

Narrated by: Anna Caputo

What would you do to remember? What would you give to forget?

When Tess Porter agrees to pick up her boyfriend’s college pal at the airport on a snowy December night, she has no idea she’s about to embark on the most dangerous ride of her life. Two days later, the seventeen-year-old wakes up in a hospital with broken bones, unable to remember how she got there. Her parents are acting strange, and neither James, her boyfriend, nor her best friend, Izzy, has visited. As she struggles to physically recover, Tess wrestles with haunting questions: What happened? Will her memory ever return? And what if she’s better off not recalling any of it?

©2021 Liz Alterman (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

Not a YA Thriller, but still good

I picked this one, thinking I would be getting a basic YA thriller. I mean, look at the cover, right?!? But it's actually much more than that, it deals with loss and forgiveness and grief. Much heavier topics than I thought I was getting, but I ended up really liking the story. The characters feel real and believable, which doesn't happen often in YA novels. 4 stars! Which from me, is really good, I only give 5 stars to my favorites.

Love love loved it!

I really enjoyed how the story was unfolded. Only one predictable twist, if you will, but that particular aspect made it even better somehow. Not a major rollercoaster but definitely some ups, downs, twists & turns and so worth the ride! The narrator was great, very easy to listen to with fantastic character portrayal.

YA lit: spoiled teen in mixed genre story

Starts as a thriller or mystery and converts to coming of age story. 17 yo girl is in hospital with amnesia and injuries from physical trauma. She recalls slowly as cruel adults withhold facts. (When you tire of this, skip to chapter 30 for reveal.)
[What follows may be a spoiler though I give no details. If you have fully decided to listen, do not continue.]
Second half of book is unfolding of actions and secrets that partly explain the first. Tess is witty but highly entitled with specific expectations for those around her and critical where they disappoint. She is emotionally and sexually immature for stated age. (I liked her for being clever but eww is she spoiled! Is that the norm nowadays?). Long catharsis: truthtelling, apologies, gratitude, relationship development. Lessons partly learned, forgiveness incomplete.
Narration is excellent but slow. I went all the way to 2x speed as she seemed to tell the story about as fast as it all happened.

Enjoyed!

Pleasantly surprised by this book. It had me guessing for quite some time and was a well written story.

Captivating

Well read. Life’s good and bad moments all brought together in a story of love, grief, and perseverance.