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Forever Never by Lucy Score

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lizzie_b99's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I want to talk to whomever decided the age gap part of this was okay. I love an age gap romance, but not when the feelings start when she's 16 and he's 24. I have no idea how that got past so many people and managed to get published so recently. Why couldn't the feelings have started when Remi was 24? I really don't understand why she needed to be underage when they start "falling in love." I also found it disturbing that everyone in town seems to know that Remi and Brick had "feelings" for each other when she was underage and...no one does anything about it. Whenever I managed to forget the age gap issue, the novel would bring it up again for reasons I don't understand.

Besides the inappropriate relationship beginnings, I found some of the main plot to be a bit repetitive and sometimes it developed too slowly. I enjoyed Remi and Brick falling in love AS ADULTS, but really don't understand why Score started their "relationship" where she does.

Brick's marriage to Remi's best friend also felt trite and unnecessary.

With more editing, this could have been a solid book.

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beckyyreadss's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book was gifted to me by Kaya from the book club I’m in as part of a secret Santa. This book has been on my TBR forever and this was in my amazon basket, and I thought I would wait until the secret Santa gift arrived and luckily this was in the box, and I was excited to read this, and it was completely chaotic, but I loved it.

This book has two points of view. The first is Remi Ford and she is returning to her hometown of Mackinac Island in the dead of winter with a secret and a broken arm. But she is putting on a brave face for everyone. Unfortunately Brick Callan knows she is hiding something and is determined to find out what put the shadows in her green eyes. Even if it means breaking down the walls, she made sure was unbreakable. Remi is determined to avoid Brick but Brick’s chest beats a loyal heart with a few cracks in it. He’s the steadfast, overprotective type especially when it comes to Remi as he has practically stopped her from having fun all his life and cock-blocked any opportunity she has had. The second point of view is Brick Callan. He has been in Mackinac forever and is a sergeant in the police force and a bartender for the local bar. Brick wants to know what’s going on without falling for the one girl he has never got over. He is determined to break down these walls that she has around her. He can’t fall for your brother’s high school sweetheart, your boss’s daughter or your ex-wife's best friend especially when there are all in the form of green-eyed and beautiful Remi.

I loved the small-town romance aspect of this and that everyone knows everyone and what they were like as a child. I love that Remi wanted to prove to everyone that she had changed since she was a teenager, and she wasn’t this troubled kid anymore, yet she kept getting in trouble. I love Brick – broken, overprotective and loyal. The fact that everyone rings him first instead of anyone else when someone is in trouble. I loved the kids and how one of them saved the day because even though she was quiet, she was attentive. I loved the storyline and loved the mystery aspect of it and wanted to know the secret as well and what the hell what was going on. I love the fact that no one wanted to get with anyone because of history and things like in a small town, if you did that everyone would be single.

I loved the storyline but felt like there was times where the information was just repeated and there wasn't any need for it. Like if we did a shot for how many times it got mentioned that Brick couldn’t get with Remi because she’s the boss’s daughter – I would have been drunk by 50% of this book. I usually love the long books but with the flashbacks and repeated information, this book could have been cut down by about 150 pages.

Overall, I loved this book, it was mysterious, adorable, hot with the small-town vibes. I cannot wait to read more of Lucy’s work.

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kimmy0__0's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Very spicy book. Loved that there was some mystery to the story beyond the romance.

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jassari's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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jgranberg's review

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emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

An incredible small town romance with a tough, lovable, protective man and a woman that drives him crazy. What is not to love? Highly recommended!

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shaykay's review against another edition

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emotional funny tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I am quickly thinking I need to read more of Score's backlist. Until this book, the only thing I've read by Score is Things We Never Got Over, and I was so obsessed with that book and meant to read the second book. But they all tend to be bigger books, and by now, we all know I get a little antsy when we hit the 400s and higher. I ended up picking this book up because we were going to Atlanta. When we are driving somewhere, I normally always drive on the interstate. My husband drives in the cities because I love listening to audiobooks while I drive, and that's what happened here. This book was so good and made the drive go by way too fast. I ended up listening to this all the way there, on the way back. I still had some left to finish up on when I got home, and instead of just taking forever to read the book, I ended up listening to the rest of it as soon as I got home. This book just had so much going on, and I freaking loved Remi! She just came off as this super charismatic woman, but she has many layers that she keeps hidden this time. When she comes home, she's a grown-up who has dealt with many things. We would jump between today's timeline and back to when they were all teenagers, and we see that this is the same girl, but she's been through something. We don't know what it is until she tells us. I was obsessed with this book, and I really need to read more of the backlist and finish the Knockemout series!

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