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Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score

24 reviews

jennabeck13's review against another edition

emotional funny slow-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

4.0

Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4/5)

Genre: Romance 

About 550 pages 

For Naomi, running away from her problems only seems to lead her to more… After running away from the altar, she runs to her sister Tina who calls her asking for help. Unfortunately, that was a misleading call… When Naomi arrives in Knockemout, not only is she forced to deal with her twin’s terrible reputation but her sister has stolen her car, wallet, phone, and more from Naomi. And in its place, left her daughter Waylay for Naomi to take care of. In the midst of things falling apart, Naomi meets Knox, the town’s “bad boy” who prefers to be alone. However, despite his best attempts to resist, he can’t stay away from Naomi. He goes out of his way to help her & Waylay and seems to be falling for her in the process. Though he plans to distance himself as soon as she’s back on her feet, his heart and the trouble Tina has gotten into have other plans for him.

After seeing all the hype for Things We Left Behind, I knew I needed to return to Knockemout. And I enjoyed this book a little more the second time around! Not sure why but I bought into Knox and Naomi’s relationship more and had greater sympathy for Knox during my second read. As said in my OG review, I really enjoyed the side characters and wish we got to know more about them (what was the deal between Lucian and Sloane, deeper dive into Waylay’s early childhood, and more about Nash, Knox, and Lucian’s younger selves). Because of this, I am super excited to read TWLB soon!

Favorite Quote: “You know what they say about ‘fine’— f*cked up, insecure, neurotic, and emotional.”

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, and Medical content

bxcvi's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Medical content, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, and Addiction

gracehannahh's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting

matthewslaura's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Maybe it’s because I have a tendency to put others needs before my own, but I loved how a big part of the story was Naomi learning to accept the fact that she didn’t have to do everything on her own and can rely on others for help. I especially loved how her and Knox’s characters seem like a real life couple with the way they compliment, love, hurt, and help each other… this book was cute and I devoured it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Bullying, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

sebradley29's review against another edition

medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Murder, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

brandie_abbie19's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Car accident and Infertility

lindseybarnett's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Violence, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Medical content, Infertility, and Sexual content

hannibanani29's review against another edition

challenging emotional lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Kidnapping, Cursing, Gun violence, and Abandonment

Moderate: Grief, Violence, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Infertility, Medical content, Police brutality, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Sexual harassment

beckyyreadss's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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 wanted to read this book as I've seen a lot of Lucy’s work all over the book community, so I thought I would take a dive and read this book first and holy sh*t, I'm in love and want to read all her work now.  

This book has two points of views. The first one is Naomi Witt, she is not having a very good day, she is a runaway bride who has just drove to a small town called Knockemout Virginia, after getting a phone call from her twin sister saying she needed help. Knockemout is described as a rough-around-the-edges town where disputes are settled the old-fashioned way – with fists and beers, in that order. When Naomi gets to town, she realizes her sister hasn’t changed at all. She helps herself to Naomi’s car and cash, Tina leaves her with a little surprise – the niece Naomi didn’t know she had. Now she’s stuck in this town with no car, no job, no plan and no home with an eleven-year-old who acts older that she is. The second point of view is Knox Morgan, he is a bearded, bad boy barber who prefers to live his life the way he takes his coffee: Alone. Unless you count his basset houng, Waylon. Knox doesn’t do drama, even when it comes in the form of the stranded runaway bride. There's a reason Knox doesn’t do complications or high-maintenance women, especially not the romantic ones. But since Naomi’s life imploded right in front of him, after he thought she was Tina. The least he can do is help her out of her jam. And just as soon as she stops getting back into new trouble, he can leave her alone and go back to his life alone. At least that’s the plan until the trouble turns into a real danger. 
 

This book has the potential to be one of my favourite books of 2022. It had everything I absolutely love in a book – Grumpy x sunshine trope, touch her and die trope, hates everyone but her trope, dual POV. I want to be Naomi, I want to go to Knockemout and get myself a Knox Morgan because holy hell that man made me giggle, cry and blush within this book. I love the chemistry and the tension between Naomi and Knox and how Knox is supposed to be this big scary bad guy and yet he completely melts around Naomi and Wayley. I love Knox and Wayley’s relationship and how he will do anything for that kid. I would have loved to see some chapters with the POV from Wayley and maybe Liza because those two like to stir the pot and I LOVED it.  

I cannot fault anything about this book, it has been stuck in my brain since I started reading it. I was thinking about it during work, driving home, eating food, drinking coffee. I wanted to devour this book but I didn’t want it to end at the same time. Lucy has just gone on my list of insta-buy authors and favourite authors.  

When I found out this was a series, I immediately pre-ordered the second book and I cannot wait to read about Nash as he had such golden retriever energy. I really, really hope we get a book for Lucien and Sloane because I would KILL to know what happened between those two.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual content, and Gun violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Medical content, and Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction and Infertility

sdemo08's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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

This was an amazing read and I loved the character growth. We get to follow along and connect with the FMC as she faces the many problems caused by her sister and saves herself and her niece. The MMC is the perfect example of a strong, supportive partner who feels overwhelmed and scared but eventually recognizes the error of his words and actions. Absolutely loved every second.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Blood, Cursing, Violence, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Toxic relationship