💫💫💫💫NEVER EVER YOU
Sarah Echavarre
September 17, 2024
291 pages
First of all, I was drawn to this book by the cover. Yes, I can be that shallow, but it’s a pretty cover with nice colours.
This is a strange book as the plot moves backwards. Not a spoiler, it’s in the book’s description. It starts on Valentine’s Day, 2024, jumps to Valentine’s Day 2025. Then it goes backward to explain how everything changed in the one year. It’s confusing to the main character, Riley. It’s confusing to me as the reader. But, it’s also intriguing. Admittedly, it takes me a while to get into the swing of the backwards timeline. The reader sees the results of actions before the actual actions. Hard to explain but the author makes it work.
The story centres around family dynamics and very dysfunctional and toxic relationships within the family. Books with this theme are usually quite heavy, but Riley somehow lightens it up. The older I get and the more I read, the more I realize how many dysfunctional families exist. Some of the main themes are infidelity, prejudice and friendship. The characters are great, some are lovable, some are not.
If I suspend the fact that my mind likes everything to be logical, this is a fun and entertaining story.
The ending made me smile!
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the Advance Readers Copy.
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