Layla Warren is a popular girl in her high school. She has a good group of friends, a wonderful best friend, Lisa, and is dreaming of getting her driver’s license soon. She has no idea though, that the new boy who just moved into her town (and school), will change her life. Trip Wilmington (as he’s known in this book) is the new kid at school and he’s gorgeous with a strong body and perfect blonde hair. He’s also assigned the seat behind Layla in English class. From the moment Layla sees him, she’s crushing on him. To her luck, it is her social group that Trip decides to join into. Now, not only is he sitting behind her in English, he’s also at her lunch table and attending all the parties her friends throw. She and Trip become good friends, but will they ever become more than that? Layla certainly hopes so.This all happened back in 1990, before Trip became a major Hollywood star, the most sought-after actor in the business.In Remember When, Layla recounts her relationship with Trip and her many fond memories of him and her other friends during their senior year before they all split up headed off to college or other adventures.I loved Remember When. There were a few things that puzzled me, such as why Layla was getting her driver’s license at seventeen instead of sixteen. Layla was born in 1973. I was born in ’76, and as far as I know, everybody around my age got their licenses at sixteen. I thought that was odd. There was also a mention of her best friend, Lisa, having a poster of David Cassidy and I was thinking Rick Springfield or Matt Dillon would have been more appropriate to the time setting of the novel. However, three years can be a big difference sometimes, so maybe I’m wrong. Anyhow, that was the only thing that bothered me about Remember When, and I don’t consider it to be much of a big deal, so having said that, let me tell you about the awesomeness of this book.Remember When was a great story, a coming-of-age love story. I loved all the characters and felt so invested in them. Layla was a wonderful main character. She was popular, but not snobbish. She had a big crush on Tripp, but she never really lost her self-esteem when he didn’t seem as enamored of her as she was of him. Lisa is a good friend and secondary character. She is well-developed as a character and behaves as a best friend should, being supportive and looking out for Layla’s best interests. All of the characters were three-dimensional. I cared about the secondary characters and identified with them almost as much as I did with Layla and Trip. The only character that I felt could have used more building up was Layla’s brother, Bruce. He was just kind of there as a name. I never knew much about him at all and he never really interacted with anyone. Maybe that will change in the next book. The ending was bittersweet and I cried. I figure that’s always the mark of a good book. You’d better believe I’m reading the second book, Remember When 2, as soon as I can. This is one that’s worth reading! wow.. what a book... after a long time I have red a novel like this, it was like the author herself was living that life and whole of the story was her life story.this is the story of a girl named Layla and trip, in the 1st book they both are in high school. trip is new to the town and he is a hot smoky handsome blonde guy, on whom all girls drool over him( oh no not practicaly)and the girl is a popular beautiful Burnett who is a tomboy from her heart.
What do You think about Remember When (2000)?
Entertaining. and realistic. Really got in the mind of teenagers.
—noor
Loved this..suffered and rejoiced along with the character
—mess
Great read absolutely loved it!!!!!!!!
—melandwinter
