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Forever Never by Lucy Score
3.0
Normally, I'll gobble up a Lucy Score novel like candy but this one took a long time to get through. Like, months. I took a break and almost forgot about it entirely until I was re-organizing my Kindle library and realized I never finished this.
This book feels dreary and just drags on. Most Score novels do, to be far, but the bleak tone and repetitive conflict in the first 50% just never ended. The same tired tension between the two leads was played out on a loop.
I wasn't too big a fan of Remi, but Score's independent, smart-mouthed heroines tend to be a hit or miss for me. I thoroughly enjoyed Brick, his chemistry with Remi and their growth by the end, but those three were about the only things I vaguely missed when I finished reading. I skimmed through the last 20%, which ended similarly to Score's previous novel Riley Thorne and the Dead Guy Next Door (which I also felt meh about), and didn't feel like I would've missed out on much if I never finished it. Maybe Brick's dirty talk, which definitely should've come in way sooner than the last half.
I prefer Score's romcoms, but her signature humor shone through at quite a few surprising but much needed moments. Quite a bit of steam in the latter half, but sadly it doesn't make up for the meh and meandering plot.
This book feels dreary and just drags on. Most Score novels do, to be far, but the bleak tone and repetitive conflict in the first 50% just never ended. The same tired tension between the two leads was played out on a loop.
I wasn't too big a fan of Remi, but Score's independent, smart-mouthed heroines tend to be a hit or miss for me. I thoroughly enjoyed Brick, his chemistry with Remi and their growth by the end, but those three were about the only things I vaguely missed when I finished reading. I skimmed through the last 20%, which ended similarly to Score's previous novel Riley Thorne and the Dead Guy Next Door (which I also felt meh about), and didn't feel like I would've missed out on much if I never finished it. Maybe Brick's dirty talk, which definitely should've come in way sooner than the last half.
I prefer Score's romcoms, but her signature humor shone through at quite a few surprising but much needed moments. Quite a bit of steam in the latter half, but sadly it doesn't make up for the meh and meandering plot.