Remembrance: A Return to the Mediator Series Featuring Urban Fantasy with Haunting Secrets (Mediator, 7) Paperback – February 2, 2016

When I first found out that this book was coming out, you don't even understand how excited I was. I remember discovering the original Mediator series in an indie bookstore in Monterey, California (like ten minutes from Carmel, where the series is set!) when I was probably twelve or thirteen. I purchased the first book, became obsessed with it, and seriously made my aunt buy the rest of the series for me that same week because I just could not wait to keep reading. I read and reread the whole series over and over again throughout my middle and high school years.Slipping back into Suze's world in Remembrance was like coming home. Truly. I hadn't even realized just how much I missed the witty characters, Suze and Jesse's romance, and of course the fabulous setting. Being an adult installment to the series, this book is definitely sexier than the others. I really enjoyed seeing how the family dynamics between Suze and her stepbrothers have changed now that they have all grown up as well.The murder mystery plot line in the book is done very well. At first, I kind of didn't care about this part, because I seriously just wanted more Jesse time, but I got super sucked in and really loved how the story line played out. Suze definitely got to bring back the ass-kicking, taking no crap part of her personality that is always so funny and entertaining. She calls ghosts 'non-compliant deceased persons', which I thought was just hilarious.I have so many FEELINGS about this book, and at the same time can't really seem to get them down in words properly. So instead of writing five more paragraphs about how much I loved Remembrance, I'm just going to tell you to go read it. You will not be disappointed.And of course if you haven't read the other books in the Mediator series, go do that first.I couldn't have loved this book more. It was so great to get a peek into Suze's adult life, and I loved how all the old characters were brought back. This is a book I would absolutely recommend buying, because I for sure plan to re-read it (and I never do that)!THANK YOU, MEG CABOT. You have always been one of my favorite authors, and books like this are the reason. Thank you so much for bringing this beloved series back to life.

I, along with many readers out there, was thrilled when I found out Meg was writing another Mediator book. I don't remember my exact reaction, but I do know 16-year-old inside of me couldn't contain her excitement - 27-year-old me couldn't either.The Mediator Series was my favorite series when I was growing up and Jesse my first book boyfriend. Proposal allowed me to peek into Suze and Jesse's lives, but Remembrance is the full fledged update I've been longing for, especially after re-reading the series a few weeks ago.Meg brings a lot of favorite (and no so favorite) characters back for Remembrance, which added to my excitement. Every characters growth and changes are perfectly inline with the characters we know and love from books 1-5, which allows Remembrance to perfectly fit in with the previous novels. One of my favorite aspects is that Suze no longer calls her brother Sleepy, Dopey, and Doc, but by their real names and while she hasn't quite dropped the "step" from their titles, she has grown to love them.Suze, while perhaps more so stubborn and witty than when she was younger, had a few moments where she needed to be smacked upside the head. When Paul shows back up her in life with the bargain (referenced in the synopsis), she decides not to mention any of it to Jesse. This drove me insane for obvious reasons, but at the same time I understood her reasoning and probably would have done the same - as much as I may have tried to deny it to myself.Jesse is just as swoon worthy as ever. He is protective and caring (though Suze refers to this as overprotective nineteenth-century macho man bulls***). There were times I think it went above and beyond, overall, I don't mind his overprotective nineteenth-century macho man bulls***. Meg writes this aspect of her personality in such a way that it's cute rather than domineering.After reading Remembrance I'm glad Meg decided to continue the series because this is the perfect ending. The closure I didn't realize I was missing when Twilight ended. Remembrance allowed me to fall in love all over again with this series and these characters and I cannot wait for my next binge read.