A review by chai_and_books
A Risk on Forever by N.S. Perkins

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

So here's my thing. I've heard that N S Perkins is a good writer. It showed in her writing, some of the prose, especially in Helen's letters, was written beautifully, even it talked about simple ideas. I loved Helen. She was funny, charming and an extremely endearing character to read about. Addy was nice. Like she was sweet, she was kind, she cared, but I wanted more for her. She stood her ground when required but I wanted more depth for her character; it felt very surface level. She did play 'soon you'll get better" while taking care of a sick Helen, so 10 points for that. Matthias started off good enough but got annoying by the end. I just hate the whole 'I did this to protect you" idea. Like I understand he was grieving but sir??? The romance felt a little forced, they talked twice and she was in love- (side note but the plane scene was giving me Ugly Love war flashbacks). You could sense the plot twist from a mile away- I actually postponed reading this book for 2 days because I was dreading reading that. I mean I didn't hate it, but it didn't make me cry either so yeah. I will revisit more of Perkin's work in the future though.