A review by ravencourt23
Proof of Forever by Lexa Hillyer

3.0

While I liked the four different perspectives in this book, I would have liked the book a lot more if it had been solely focused on Joy and her journey. I love her story with Ryder, and what happens with them at the end is absolutely heartbreaking. If the book was only Joy's perspective, it would've been this great romance with a heart-wrenching ending that would have made me cry uncontrollably, which is honestly my favourite type of book. I would have loved to have that.

I also really liked Zoe's story. It was very unexpected, and I was really glad that her story ended up like that. It made the book better.

This book was a bit disappointing though because of the time travel aspect. I've read a lot of time travel books, so I guess I expect certain things from them now, like being fast-paced. This book dragged in parts, and that was frustrating. How everything happens in the end was pretty annoying too:

Spoiler

the four girls just hallucinated these events and no else remembered what happened during their "second-chance" summer? Not much of a second chance if no one else remembers it. Yea, it helped their friendship and that was the focus of the book, but everything else was pointless.

The end result of the time travel was just disappointing, and I expected more. There was a lot unresolved too, especially with Luce's and Tali's families. I just expected more out of the ending.

Overall, this is a contemporary book with very little time travel. The girls talk about it frequently, but not much happens involving the time travel. It focuses on the friendship between the four girls and how they can rebuild it, which is great for a contemporary book but doesn't really work as well for a time travel book.