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lady_abigail's review against another edition
5.0
This book wasn't as good as the first one, I found myself feeling stressed out and anxious the whole time and I wasn't in love with the ending but overall it was still good but the Edge Of Never will always be my favorite!
akiikomori's review against another edition
5.0
Here it is. Book two. The sequel to The Edge of Never, one of my new VERY FAVOURITE books. I’m pretty happy with this follow-up. Maybe not one of my all-time favourites, but I love Camryn and Andrew so much that I just had to know more about their story. If you’ve read The Edge of Never you’ll definitely love The Edge of Always. It’s just as beautiful, heart-breaking and heart-warming as its prequel.
After meeting Andrew Parrish, Camryn Bennett’s life is finally falling into place. She’s never been happier, is finally looking forward to her future, and is happily engaged to her soul mate. Ready to start the first day of the rest of her life with the love of her life, something awful happens that sets her right back to her days of depression. How can so many awful things happen to someone in one lifetime? Determine not to give up on his happiness and Camryn, Andrew decides they need to start over, and by starting over he plans to hit the road again and hopefully, help Camryn cope with the pain during her moments of weakness.
The Edge of Always picks up almost right after the end of The Edge of Never, give or take a few months. Andrew and Camryn are happy, ladidadida… everything just seems to be going well for them. So where is this story going? All of a sudden WHAM! RIGHT IN YOUR FACE FEELS!!! Your heart hurts so bad and you just feel terrible for these two…meanwhile Camryn is masking it all, trying to act normal, here you are feeling heartbreak for them!… Yeah, it’s not right, something is definitely up. (I can’t tell you what the event is because spoilers…)
I feel so bad for Camryn, because she’s been through so much, and deserves her happy ending, but it just gets taken from her and it’s just NOT FREAKING FAIR! But we wouldn’t have a story without a bit of tragedy. I just feel for her, you can’t help but do so.
Andrew Parrish…
Again, this….perfect specimine of human being. *grumbles* I hate him cause he’s so perfect. And hate in the playful sense. Why can’t more men be like Andrew Parrish? He should be the STAPLE of what Men want to be like when they grow up. I can never say enough good things about him, even more so in this novel. He’s Camryn’s rock, he’s so strong because he wants to be everything she deserves, he truly does love her, listens to her, is careful, but most of all he THINKS BEFORE HE SPEAKS. Such a rare and fine quality in a man. He’ll think about what she’s saying, and quickly devises an appropriate answer. Oh, and not to mention… He’s DANGEROUSLY ROMANTIC! Ugh that feels…
“Me?” I crouch in front of her again. “But I’m here, Camryn. I’ll always be here.” I take her hands into mine. “I don’t care what you do, or what happens between us. I’ll never leave you. I’ll always be with you.” I wrench her hands. “Remember when I said you were the world to me? You asked me to remind you if you ever forrgot. Well, I’m reminding you now.”
What I found about this book is that, for me, it wasn’t as moving, or as life-changing as the first novel. Maybe because I felt this book was a little more serious, or the theme was a little beyond my experience and I couldn’t relate as well. The first book was about breaking out, being comfortable with yourself and doing things that made you happy. This book was more about healing, learning to be happy with someone, and forgiving yourself. This book did have its moments though I’ll give it that much, and overall was a wonderful reading experience. God, I love Camryn and Andrew so much
“Which brings to mind number four on our list of promises: if I’m ever lost or missing, promise you’ll never stop looking for me until it’s been exactly three hundred sixty-five days. On day three sixty-six, accept that if was alive I would’ve already found my way back to you, and that I’m long dead. I want you to go on with your life.”
“OK, fine,” she says, slipping out of her seat belt and scooting over next to me. She lays her head on my shoulder. “Only if you agree to do the same for me. One year. Not a day more.”
“I promise,” I say, though I’m lying through my teeth. I would look for her until the day I died.
I’m sad their story is over because I’m going to miss them so damn much! It’s really scary how some stories have such profound effects on people. This book series moved me in ways that I haven’t felt since reading The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay. It is definitely a series that has changed my life.
5/5 Hearts of Love
After meeting Andrew Parrish, Camryn Bennett’s life is finally falling into place. She’s never been happier, is finally looking forward to her future, and is happily engaged to her soul mate. Ready to start the first day of the rest of her life with the love of her life, something awful happens that sets her right back to her days of depression. How can so many awful things happen to someone in one lifetime? Determine not to give up on his happiness and Camryn, Andrew decides they need to start over, and by starting over he plans to hit the road again and hopefully, help Camryn cope with the pain during her moments of weakness.
The Edge of Always picks up almost right after the end of The Edge of Never, give or take a few months. Andrew and Camryn are happy, ladidadida… everything just seems to be going well for them. So where is this story going? All of a sudden WHAM! RIGHT IN YOUR FACE FEELS!!! Your heart hurts so bad and you just feel terrible for these two…meanwhile Camryn is masking it all, trying to act normal, here you are feeling heartbreak for them!… Yeah, it’s not right, something is definitely up. (I can’t tell you what the event is because spoilers…)
I feel so bad for Camryn, because she’s been through so much, and deserves her happy ending, but it just gets taken from her and it’s just NOT FREAKING FAIR! But we wouldn’t have a story without a bit of tragedy. I just feel for her, you can’t help but do so.
Andrew Parrish…
Again, this….perfect specimine of human being. *grumbles* I hate him cause he’s so perfect. And hate in the playful sense. Why can’t more men be like Andrew Parrish? He should be the STAPLE of what Men want to be like when they grow up. I can never say enough good things about him, even more so in this novel. He’s Camryn’s rock, he’s so strong because he wants to be everything she deserves, he truly does love her, listens to her, is careful, but most of all he THINKS BEFORE HE SPEAKS. Such a rare and fine quality in a man. He’ll think about what she’s saying, and quickly devises an appropriate answer. Oh, and not to mention… He’s DANGEROUSLY ROMANTIC! Ugh that feels…
“Me?” I crouch in front of her again. “But I’m here, Camryn. I’ll always be here.” I take her hands into mine. “I don’t care what you do, or what happens between us. I’ll never leave you. I’ll always be with you.” I wrench her hands. “Remember when I said you were the world to me? You asked me to remind you if you ever forrgot. Well, I’m reminding you now.”
What I found about this book is that, for me, it wasn’t as moving, or as life-changing as the first novel. Maybe because I felt this book was a little more serious, or the theme was a little beyond my experience and I couldn’t relate as well. The first book was about breaking out, being comfortable with yourself and doing things that made you happy. This book was more about healing, learning to be happy with someone, and forgiving yourself. This book did have its moments though I’ll give it that much, and overall was a wonderful reading experience. God, I love Camryn and Andrew so much
“Which brings to mind number four on our list of promises: if I’m ever lost or missing, promise you’ll never stop looking for me until it’s been exactly three hundred sixty-five days. On day three sixty-six, accept that if was alive I would’ve already found my way back to you, and that I’m long dead. I want you to go on with your life.”
“OK, fine,” she says, slipping out of her seat belt and scooting over next to me. She lays her head on my shoulder. “Only if you agree to do the same for me. One year. Not a day more.”
“I promise,” I say, though I’m lying through my teeth. I would look for her until the day I died.
I’m sad their story is over because I’m going to miss them so damn much! It’s really scary how some stories have such profound effects on people. This book series moved me in ways that I haven’t felt since reading The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay. It is definitely a series that has changed my life.
5/5 Hearts of Love
cheltzel's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
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? It's complicated
3.0
kitaplarveotesine's review against another edition
4.0
Tek kitap olarak kalmasına dair birçok yorum görmüştüm. Açıkçası ben de o düşünceyle başlamıştım çünkü ilk kitabın finalinden sonra bir nebze hayal kırıklığı yaşamıştım. Ama şimdi iyi ki ikinci kitap olmuş diyorum. Hiçliğin Kıyısında ile bitmesini istemezdim. İkinci kitap Camyrn ve Andrew'un ruhunu daha iyi yansıttı bence. Tekdüze evet ama bence kitabı güzel yapan da bu bana göre. Sonu tabii ki illa böyle bağlanmayabilirdi tabii. Ben daha özgür, ucu açık finaller görmek istiyorum artık. Ama dediğim gibi ilk kitabın sonunun yarattığı hayal kırıklığını ikinci kitap yok etti.
camibookish's review against another edition
3.0
Didn't like it as much as the first. I still loved the main theme, follow your wishes, your desires, and not to live to society's expectations, it's a subject so close to me. But I sincerely think this books should have been the first, there's much character development here, but also unnecessary drama that shouldn't have been added to things that happened on the other book. If it would have been just one book, with the events of this book in the first book, it would have been great. Other than that, it was just ok...
thepaige_turner's review against another edition
2.0
When I found out that I had been granted permission to read and review and advanced copy of this on NetGalley I was so excited! I loved the first book, The Edge of Never, and this one also did not disappoint!
While The Edge of Never was filled with romance and passion with a smidge of heartbreak, The Edge of Always rivaled all that by throwing in deeper emotions of love and loss. I genuinely felt sad for Camryn and Andrew and all that they went through in these 400 some pages. When they triumphed and overcame an obstacle I was cheering along with them, and when they sank down and felt defeated, I mourned with them as well.
There was a few times towards the end where I felt like the book was dragging on a bit much, and I was relating less to the characters and what they were saying, but I still think this was a fulfilling sequel. A bit lengthy? Yes. Necessary? Maybe...
I think it's really up to each individual reader to decide whether or not this was as good as the first book. I for one thought The Edge of Never was better, but this one was a good ending for Camryn and Andrew's trials, tribulations, and travels.
So, if you disregard that the ending was a little bland, the beginning and middle of the book more than make up for what the ending was trying to accomplish (closure, I guess? The author was just giving way too many over the top descriptions of love, even for me to handle).
Overall, a wonderful ending to the duology and was something that I greatly anticipated to read and now am glad that I have finished it!
http://www.thepaige-turner.com/2014/01/the-edge-of-always-by-ja-redmerski.html
While The Edge of Never was filled with romance and passion with a smidge of heartbreak, The Edge of Always rivaled all that by throwing in deeper emotions of love and loss. I genuinely felt sad for Camryn and Andrew and all that they went through in these 400 some pages. When they triumphed and overcame an obstacle I was cheering along with them, and when they sank down and felt defeated, I mourned with them as well.
There was a few times towards the end where I felt like the book was dragging on a bit much, and I was relating less to the characters and what they were saying, but I still think this was a fulfilling sequel. A bit lengthy? Yes. Necessary? Maybe...
I think it's really up to each individual reader to decide whether or not this was as good as the first book. I for one thought The Edge of Never was better, but this one was a good ending for Camryn and Andrew's trials, tribulations, and travels.
So, if you disregard that the ending was a little bland, the beginning and middle of the book more than make up for what the ending was trying to accomplish (closure, I guess? The author was just giving way too many over the top descriptions of love, even for me to handle).
Overall, a wonderful ending to the duology and was something that I greatly anticipated to read and now am glad that I have finished it!
http://www.thepaige-turner.com/2014/01/the-edge-of-always-by-ja-redmerski.html
rayasunshiine's review against another edition
2.0
I hate to do this...I really, truly hate to do this. I feel the need to begin this review with a disclaimer: I LOVED the Edge of Never. Andrew and Camryn were both incredible characters I found myself emotionally invested in. I re-read the book twice because J.A. Redmerski wrote with so many feels and mind-blowing scenes. But this...
I downloaded the book as soon as it was available at midnight on its release date and finished it the following afternoon. I have never felt so disappointed and let down in my life. The entire book seemed like I sat down with the author to lunch after having finished "The Edge of Never" and asked her "so, what happened next??"
All 80% of the e-book would have been a transcription of her 3 hour spoken answer of her throwing out some possible plot ideas and theories, making time jumps with an aside to me saying "I still have yet to figure that out exactly but I imagine it will involve them doing x and ", character inconsistencies from the first book since she's only covering the surface of their character with no real dialogue or depth since she's merely brainstorming, all well rounded with maybe 1 or 2 real touching scenes. Oh and then she'll decide to throw me for a loop at the end with a possible epilogue introducing a new character she can capitalize (Read: Cash in) on for the creation of a third book for the series. There's no conclusion, no closure, Andrew and Camryn become exactly what they don't want to become in the end - lifeless, personality-less, "mature adults" who have no actual deep thoughts of their own as they sign off in their last POVs of the story.
I'm pretty sure I read only 60% of the book and spent the rest hitting the "next" arrow on my kindle. It wasn't so much that the story bored me, there was just nothing to the story to actually read. I'm sure I could have written a more eloquent review for this, I believe Redmerski deserves it after how much I adored The Edge of Never, but I won't for the time being for two reasons:
1. I'm irrationally fired up over how upset I was by The Edge of Always
2. I could make specific references to how horrible and inconsistent the whole thing was but I don't want to hide any of my review because it contains spoilers and I don't my review to taint anyone's opinion to read the book. I'm incredibly eager to see how many people finish the book and feel as I do. Maybe then we can petition for Redmerski to give us a REAL sequel and not this churned out, emotionless crap.
My final word? If I had known the sequel was going to be like this, I would have preferred the Edge of Never to have stood on it's own. The book ended with enough closure for me to have been happy about Andrew and Camryn's futures. In fact I believe the future they had at the end of the book would have been incredibly amazing compared to how Redmerski proceeded to screw them over in The Edge of Always.
I downloaded the book as soon as it was available at midnight on its release date and finished it the following afternoon. I have never felt so disappointed and let down in my life. The entire book seemed like I sat down with the author to lunch after having finished "The Edge of Never" and asked her "so, what happened next??"
All 80% of the e-book would have been a transcription of her 3 hour spoken answer of her throwing out some possible plot ideas and theories, making time jumps with an aside to me saying "I still have yet to figure that out exactly but I imagine it will involve them doing x and ", character inconsistencies from the first book since she's only covering the surface of their character with no real dialogue or depth since she's merely brainstorming, all well rounded with maybe 1 or 2 real touching scenes. Oh and then she'll decide to throw me for a loop at the end with a possible epilogue introducing a new character she can capitalize (Read: Cash in) on for the creation of a third book for the series. There's no conclusion, no closure, Andrew and Camryn become exactly what they don't want to become in the end - lifeless, personality-less, "mature adults" who have no actual deep thoughts of their own as they sign off in their last POVs of the story.
I'm pretty sure I read only 60% of the book and spent the rest hitting the "next" arrow on my kindle. It wasn't so much that the story bored me, there was just nothing to the story to actually read. I'm sure I could have written a more eloquent review for this, I believe Redmerski deserves it after how much I adored The Edge of Never, but I won't for the time being for two reasons:
1. I'm irrationally fired up over how upset I was by The Edge of Always
2. I could make specific references to how horrible and inconsistent the whole thing was but I don't want to hide any of my review because it contains spoilers and I don't my review to taint anyone's opinion to read the book. I'm incredibly eager to see how many people finish the book and feel as I do. Maybe then we can petition for Redmerski to give us a REAL sequel and not this churned out, emotionless crap.
My final word? If I had known the sequel was going to be like this, I would have preferred the Edge of Never to have stood on it's own. The book ended with enough closure for me to have been happy about Andrew and Camryn's futures. In fact I believe the future they had at the end of the book would have been incredibly amazing compared to how Redmerski proceeded to screw them over in The Edge of Always.