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Forever Never Always (Forester Family Series, #1) by Hanna Holt
2 reviews
dani_j_norwell's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
slow-paced
4.0
To be honest, this book took a little while for me to get into and I was afraid I would agree with some other reviewers about there being too many characters and too many issues to keep straight but, in the end, I found that I was able to get to know all of them and become invested in the story.
I loved how the POV shifted between Ash and April, highlighting how easily and often misunderstandings and the best (but misguided) intentions can change everything. I really enjoyed the lightheartedness of this second chance romance, intertwined with far heavier topics like drug abuse, teenage pregnancy, and infertility, to name a few.
I spent the whole book waiting to learn more about the Forester family's past, [slight spoiler] specifically what happened to their mother, and I will say that these loose ends basically got tied up but I'm still left with questions/wanting more. I hope that Book 2 will go into this further and I will definitely be checking it out to find out!
Side-note: I enjoyed this book as an audiobook and, while I understand that the two voice actors likely recorded their chapters separately, it was a little jarring to hear "Ash" reading April's lines in his chapters and vice-versa. I also found the drawl-y voice the narrator for April's character put on when she was speaking for any other woman to be a bit annoying, but it wasn't a dealbreaker. In fact, I think it was ideal to take in this first book as an audiobook since it pushed me to just keep listening even when I couldn't remember which sibling was which, and I eventually caught on. On the other hand, I know I would have spent time trying to look back and figure it out if I had been reading traditionally and that would have been more frustrating.
I loved how the POV shifted between Ash and April, highlighting how easily and often misunderstandings and the best (but misguided) intentions can change everything. I really enjoyed the lightheartedness of this second chance romance, intertwined with far heavier topics like drug abuse, teenage pregnancy, and infertility, to name a few.
I spent the whole book waiting to learn more about the Forester family's past, [slight spoiler] specifically what happened to their mother, and I will say that these loose ends basically got tied up but I'm still left with questions/wanting more. I hope that Book 2 will go into this further and I will definitely be checking it out to find out!
Side-note: I enjoyed this book as an audiobook and, while I understand that the two voice actors likely recorded their chapters separately, it was a little jarring to hear "Ash" reading April's lines in his chapters and vice-versa. I also found the drawl-y voice the narrator for April's character put on when she was speaking for any other woman to be a bit annoying, but it wasn't a dealbreaker. In fact, I think it was ideal to take in this first book as an audiobook since it pushed me to just keep listening even when I couldn't remember which sibling was which, and I eventually caught on. On the other hand, I know I would have spent time trying to look back and figure it out if I had been reading traditionally and that would have been more frustrating.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Car accident, and Infertility
Minor: Bullying, Infidelity, and Pregnancy
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