Reviews with content warning for Panic attacks/disorders - Ever After Always

ending resolution fell kinda flat for me but i think the concept of a marriage in crisis is interesting and very different from any romance book i've ever read before

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btwnprintedpgs's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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kkenna7's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.75

The last quarter of this one felt a little all over the place. The plot twist with Aiden's dad felt unnecessary to me and it was a little weird to have so much conflict in the last 2 or 3 chapters of the book. It was raw and emotional and fantastic otherwise.

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xeniba's review

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hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-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

3.0

As someone who’s been married almost ten years and has experienced a significant rough patch or two (and also has severe anxiety, along with other mental health diagnoses/neurodivergencies), I wasn’t sure how I was going to feel about this book.

Overall, I enjoyed the read, but when I actually think about the details of the story, I get a little frustrated.

Aidan supposedly has been in talk therapy for YEARS…did he really not talk with his therapist about what was going on with Freya and his app and his anxiety and sex drive? And then after one session with the marriage counselor he starts trying to make an effort? That just didn’t sit well with me. Or Aidan really needs a new individual therapist.

Other minor quibbles…I’m from Kailua and we do not refer to
most highways by their numbers. When I read that they merged on to “61-S” I legit put my book down and looked up wtf road that was because I wasn’t sure. Then I texted my sister who also had no idea because literally we only call it Pali Highway. I drove the Pali almost daily, if not multiple times a day for years and genuinely had no idea what it’s number was.

Lastly, the new pendant Freya has made said 3650 days. That’s not how many days are in 10 years. There are two leap years in a decade, so it should be 3652 days (hi, can you tell I’m autistic?). I feel like that’s something that Aidan would have at least noticed, since he’s such a stickler for numbers and accuracy and stuff.

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buttermellow's review

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

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maikendignes's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

From the beginning of the book, I’d never expect it to end up with this high of a rating. I get so frustrated (which is probably the point) when I read conflicts that could’ve been fixed with the help of communication! But the more I thought about it, the more I realized how realistic this book is. And as much as both the main characters frustrated me at times, I do see where they were both coming from.

I also really liked the anxiety representation in here! I know that anxiety is different for different people, but I very much recognized myself in the way Aiden described his mind and how it works.

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katebrownreads's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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