Review by beckyyreadss - Forever Never

beckyyreadss 's review for:

Forever Never by Lucy Score

4.0

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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

This book was gifted to me by Kaya from the book club I’m in as part of a secret Santa. This book has been on my TBR forever and this was in my amazon basket, and I thought I would wait until the secret Santa gift arrived and luckily this was in the box, and I was excited to read this, and it was completely chaotic, but I loved it.

This book has two points of view. The first is Remi Ford and she is returning to her hometown of Mackinac Island in the dead of winter with a secret and a broken arm. But she is putting on a brave face for everyone. Unfortunately Brick Callan knows she is hiding something and is determined to find out what put the shadows in her green eyes. Even if it means breaking down the walls, she made sure was unbreakable. Remi is determined to avoid Brick but Brick’s chest beats a loyal heart with a few cracks in it. He’s the steadfast, overprotective type especially when it comes to Remi as he has practically stopped her from having fun all his life and cock-blocked any opportunity she has had. The second point of view is Brick Callan. He has been in Mackinac forever and is a sergeant in the police force and a bartender for the local bar. Brick wants to know what’s going on without falling for the one girl he has never got over. He is determined to break down these walls that she has around her. He can’t fall for your brother’s high school sweetheart, your boss’s daughter or your ex-wife's best friend especially when there are all in the form of green-eyed and beautiful Remi.

I loved the small-town romance aspect of this and that everyone knows everyone and what they were like as a child. I love that Remi wanted to prove to everyone that she had changed since she was a teenager, and she wasn’t this troubled kid anymore, yet she kept getting in trouble. I love Brick – broken, overprotective and loyal. The fact that everyone rings him first instead of anyone else when someone is in trouble. I loved the kids and how one of them saved the day because even though she was quiet, she was attentive. I loved the storyline and loved the mystery aspect of it and wanted to know the secret as well and what the hell what was going on. I love the fact that no one wanted to get with anyone because of history and things like in a small town, if you did that everyone would be single.

I loved the storyline but felt like there was times where the information was just repeated and there wasn't any need for it. Like if we did a shot for how many times it got mentioned that Brick couldn’t get with Remi because she’s the boss’s daughter – I would have been drunk by 50% of this book. I usually love the long books but with the flashbacks and repeated information, this book could have been cut down by about 150 pages.

Overall, I loved this book, it was mysterious, adorable, hot with the small-town vibes. I cannot wait to read more of Lucy’s work.

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