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Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score

22 reviews

blankaurban's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious relaxing 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 book was so amazing. I loved every part of it. Thank you to Lucy for writing this masterpiece with such a deep meaning hidden that was only revealed at the very end.

The character of Naomi was written incredibly with the whole opposite twin thing. She felt the need to be perfect in order to balance Tina's horrible behaviour but thankfully she learnt how to be herself and make mistakes throughout the story which I think makes her a relatable and great character.

Knox was always shown as a grumpy character but we never really knew why until the very end. I thought it was nice to see him actually open up to Naomi because of how much he loved her. I really enjoyed watching his character development in the book.

The whole story and the side characters were really well-written and they all had their unique personalities, all of which were actually interesting. 

Knockemout as a town and a community has got me wanting to move to a small town and find myself a Knox.

I'd recommend this book to people who love slow-burn romances that are a grumpy x sunshine as well. The storyline is also great and if you pay attention you can connect small strings which makes reading much more fun for me personally.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Gun violence, Death of parent, and Cursing

Minor: Infertility

isabelleroyall's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Abandonment, Cursing, Drug abuse, Bullying, Body shaming, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, and Blood

ms_brie3's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

Lucy Score is one of my all-time favorites and I’ve been reading her books for years. TWNGO is an incredible addition to a long backlist of excellent work. The characters are so well-written and their development is beautiful while being relatable and often times hilarious. Plus, Knox will always be one of my favorite book boyfriends <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Abandonment, and Drug use

Most of the trigger warnings are in relation to Waylay’s bio-mom who has a substance abuse problem and neglected and abandoned her daughter

deltamarie_24's review

challenging emotional funny slow-paced

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

3.5

Kept seeing this book being talked about everywhere and finally went for it and bought the whole series when it went on sale. I liked other peoples fan cast which originally made me want to read it. I didn’t hate the book and I enjoyed the writing but it definitely won’t go on my favorites list. It threw me off when I found out the mmc was over 40. I’m used to reading college age stuff because I still identify as a teenager 🥴 (I’m 30) so it kind of put me off a little bit with him being so old 🤣 (no offense) but I was like I’m going to give it a chance because I’m older now. That being said….

I loved the story line with Tina being the troubled twin and Naomi staying to take care of Waylay (what an odd name) the niece she didn’t know she had. That story line was perfect in my opinion it would have been much better with just that. Without the romance part because Knox sucked. He’s a 40 year old man who acts like a child. He seemed so hateful to her for no reason. He just wasn’t that lovable like some of the other characters. And then she told him the story about Warner being a dick while drunk and then he goes and basically acts just like him minus the abuse because he’s drunk when he’s the one who ended it. That whole scene rubbed me the wrong way. I did like Knox at certain parts but not enough to really make me love the book. I think I’d much rather have Naomi with Nash instead. Or just Naomi learning on her own how to be a mother to Waylay.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, and Physical abuse

katiea714's review

emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Minor: Infertility, Drug use, and Drug abuse

lizzye33's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Sexual content, Hate crime, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Confinement, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Violence, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Death

Minor: Sexism, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Drug use, Abandonment, Blood, and Alcoholism

jennabeck13's review

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

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

rainyautumnreads's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Pregnancy, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Addiction

kingangie's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Addiction, Alcohol, and Drug use