A review by loveclairee
Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

3.75

Naomi and Waylay's relationship is top tier. 🙌

Here are some lines that stood out for me:

What the hell kind of name was that? Was it a hard Knox life? Did he tell a lot of Knox Knox jokes? Was it short for something? Knoxwell? Knoxathan? –Naomi

Romantics were the hardest women to shake loose. The sticky ones. The ones who pretend they could handle the whole "no strings" deal. Meanwhile, they plotted to become "the one", trying to con men into meeting their parents and secretly looking at wedding dresses. –Knox

She was the kind of woman with expectations. With long term plans. With honey-do lists and would you minds and can you pleases. –Knox

"She didn't understand that people could be more than one thing or like more than one thing. You can wear dresses and makeup and build rockets. You can dress in suits and play basketball. You can be a millionaire and work in you pajamas." –Naomi

My voice of reason best friend. No judgments. No second guessing. Just unconditional love and support...and the occasional truth bomb. He was one in a billion. –Naomi

"You get to decide how you show up in this world. No one else gets to you who you are," –Stef

"She'll probably still fuck up now and then, but that's cause she's human, not broken." –Knox

"And I'm not going to let anyone make her feel like she's responsible for the decisions adults make." –Naomi

"Baby, need to stop obsessing about the things you should be doing and make some time for the shit you wanna do." –Knox


"You can't spend your entire life trying to make everyone else happy, Naomi." –Knox

Oh, but you can solve everyone else's? You gotta stop worrying about making everything okay for everyone else and start thinkin' about making it okay for you." –Knox

A man doesn't go all in with a woman, it's for a reason. Maybe he's looking for something better. –Naomi

"That's parenting.  We're all doing our best. We're exhausted, confused, and feeling like we're constantly being judged by everyone who looks like they've got it all figured out. But no one does. We're all just making it up as we go." –Yoland Suarez (Caseworker)

"At some point, you have got to stop worrying so much about what everyone else needs and start thinking about what you need." –Yolanda

"There's a difference between taking care of someone because you love them and taking care of someone because you want them to love you." –Yolanda

"Sometimes when you don't know what's possible, you can't hope for it yourself." –Yolanda


Overall, this was such a light and fun read before 2022 ends in 2 days. 💗

Xoxo
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