Forget This Ever Happened

"A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year A Reading the West Nominee ★ ""Small-town politics, weird creatures, and LGBTQ first love elevate this fast-paced piece of speculative horror… The town’s mystery [unfolds] with a compulsively building menace, while delightfully alien monsters, sweet queer representation, and a riot grrrl soundtrack keep even tense moments fun.""—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review   ""Forget This Ever Happened is a queer YA speculative fiction romance featuring monsters, hurricanes, time- and space-bending, and loads of 90s references!""—The Nerd Daily   ""The slow-burn lesbian romance, convoluted family mysteries, and the paranormal aspects of memory loss and the nature of reality will hook readers… A twisty labyrinth.""—Kirkus Reviews   ""Clarke slowly ratchets up the tension of this fascinating, genre-bending mystery… Original and compelling."" —Booklist   ""The disorientation Claire feels as she makes her way through Indianola is shared by the reader to fun and atmospheric effect, and the depiction of the benign, but deeply out-of-place, monsters is well done… Mysterious.""—School Library Journal   ""Forget This Ever Happened was so atmospheric and so gay! I loved the plot and the writing style… A unique and mind-bending atmosphere.""—TBR and Beyond   ""A mystery filled with suspense [and] many plot twists that I enjoyed and never saw coming.""—Belmont Public Library Online ""Something which I haven’t ever come across before... A perfect blend… Quite charming.""—Yours A-fiction-ately   ""Claire and Julie’s romance seemed completely genuine… Extremely interesting.""—For the Novel Lovers   ""This book is weird in all the best ways and I LOVED IT! …You know when a book lives up to its hype and it’s just SO GOOD? That’s what this book was for me!""—Kait Plus Books"