B. Pellizzer

Trigger WarningThis book explores themes of depression, emotional manipulation, anxiety, loneliness, and grief. Reader discretion is advised.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------What if the love of your life forgot you. but never really left?Andre wakes up every morning to the same woman. The same voice. The same eyes.
And every day, she doesn't remember him. Clara was everything: love, home, refuge. Now she's still there - speaking, responding, caring - but the memories that made them real are slipping away, one by one. As Clara forgets, Andre holds on. To routines. To scheduled messages. To fragments of a love that might have been real. or might have been perfectly simulated. Because when memory disappears, a terrifying question remains:If it feels real.
does it still count as love?The Version of you I Miss is a haunting, intimate novel about loneliness in the digital age, emotional dependency, and the fragile line between connection and illusion. Set in a near-present world where AI companionship feels dangerously human, this story dives deep into grief, devotion, and the quiet horror of being remembered by no one - except yourself. This is not a sci-fi thriller.
It's not a romance with easy answers. It's a psychological descent into love when love becomes memory. and memory becomes code. You'll love this book if you enjoy: Emotionally intense, character-driven stories Black Mirror-style intimacy (without the tech jargon overdose) Literary fiction with a sharp contemporary edge Stories about grief, obsession, and modern loneliness Narratives that linger long after the last page If you've ever talked to a screen when no one else was listening.If you've ever stayed because leaving felt worse.If you've ever wondered whether love needs a body to be real-This book was written for you.