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A review by laurenbookishtwins
Proof of Forever by Lexa Hillyer
3.0
I received a free copy via Edelweiss
First Impressions: A little disappointed but a good summer read and a pretty unique premise. I think I would have liked it a lot more had it been more friendship focused but a lot of it was romance centric and insta-love which was a big turn off for me.
Review: Four girls, Zoe, Tali, Joy and Luce, were once best friends. One summer, everything changed. At their Camp reunion years later, the four girls meet up again, brought together by Joy, the one who left. A photo booth and a camera flash and the four girls are transported back that summer when they were fifteen and they have a chance to figure out where it all went wrong.
I was rather looking forward to Proof of Forever, and whilst I really enjoyed aspects of it and flew through, it's safe to say I'm a tad disappointed. The blurb makes it seem very friendship orientated, and whilst some of it is, I felt it was bogged down with romance, and that romance was rushed considering it was something like five days they were there and they fell in love in that time. That's really my only qualm with Proof of Forever and I quite enjoyed the characters, particularly Luce. There's quite a bit of diversity within the cast, too. We have an African-American, a Filipino,
The ending was quite sad, if not a little rushed and I enjoyed the message about friendship, but I do wish that it was more focused on that.
Overall, an enjoyable contemporary summer read, but a lot more focus on romance that I would have liked.
First Impressions: A little disappointed but a good summer read and a pretty unique premise. I think I would have liked it a lot more had it been more friendship focused but a lot of it was romance centric and insta-love which was a big turn off for me.
Review: Four girls, Zoe, Tali, Joy and Luce, were once best friends. One summer, everything changed. At their Camp reunion years later, the four girls meet up again, brought together by Joy, the one who left. A photo booth and a camera flash and the four girls are transported back that summer when they were fifteen and they have a chance to figure out where it all went wrong.
I was rather looking forward to Proof of Forever, and whilst I really enjoyed aspects of it and flew through, it's safe to say I'm a tad disappointed. The blurb makes it seem very friendship orientated, and whilst some of it is, I felt it was bogged down with romance, and that romance was rushed considering it was something like five days they were there and they fell in love in that time. That's really my only qualm with Proof of Forever and I quite enjoyed the characters, particularly Luce. There's quite a bit of diversity within the cast, too. We have an African-American, a Filipino,
Spoiler
a terminally-ill teenager and a bisexual character.The ending was quite sad, if not a little rushed and I enjoyed the message about friendship, but I do wish that it was more focused on that.
Overall, an enjoyable contemporary summer read, but a lot more focus on romance that I would have liked.