Book Review: My Life Without Me by Jaclyn Aurore

Judy Vorfeld

Savvy. Gutsy. Surreal. Fun.

Cover of Jaclyn Aurore’s book My Life Without Me

As I began read­ing Jaclyn Aurore’s book, My Life Without Me, a few ques­tions popped into my mind. Was this SciFi? Was Callum a real per­son or an appari­tion? Could Jamie really func­tion in a uni­ver­sity set­ting with such severe mem­ory loss?

Once I got involved in the plot, I couldn’t put the book down, thanks to Aurore’s bright, con­tem­po­rary writ­ing. This cap­ti­vat­ing story takes place in a rel­a­tively short period of time, with uni­ver­sity fresh­man Jamie con­vinced that she’s prob­a­bly crazy, even though some small part of her knows she okay. She expe­ri­ences both short– and long-term mem­ory almost con­tin­u­ally and can’t fig­ure out why. But her love for Callum, the mys­te­ri­ous and adven­tur­ous hero, is steady, and grows deeper.

Jamie’s expe­ri­ences with mem­ory loss are sim­i­lar to those of many peo­ple I know and love. So even in the midst of a num­ber of strange occur­rences and secrets, there is an aura of authen­tic­ity about this unique book.

In addi­tion to being a some­what sur­real love story, this well-written book is full of sym­bol­ism, which adds to the lay­ers of mys­tery and won­der. My Life Without Me con­tains every ele­ment nec­es­sary to make this a plea­sure to read and dif­fi­cult to put down.

And I found the ongo­ing love and sup­port of Jamie’s room­mate and par­ents to be as refresh­ing as rain in the desert. As far as the depth of Callum’s love, that is for the reader to dis­cover. As is the out­come regard­ing Jamie’s brain fog.

If there is one theme that stayed with me, it was “Never, ever give up. Even when sur­real things take place. And have fun along the way.”  So put on your Adventure Hat and look for My Life Without Me, which is avail­able on Aurore’s web­site and Amazon.com.

Anyone who buys My Life Without Me in the month of August can get a free copy of Jaclyn’s first book, Starting Over, by email­ing their receipt to with message header "Judy's Review of MLWM". She will then send them a free download link for her first book.

More about Jaclyn Aurore

Jaclyn Aurore Website

My Life Without Me Publisher

Starting Over - Book One of the Starsville Saga

Jaclyn Aurore Facebook Page

My Life Without Me: Amazon.com