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Never Apart by Romily Bernard Review...

Hi ForeverBookers,  

Last night I finished Never Apart and I ending up enjoying it. When I started reading it, I found it quite boring. It was at about 60% that I started thinking it was good. I was quite lost at the beginning but Grace, our lead protagonist is lost so I think we're meant to feel as she does. 

I'm not going to quote any of the story because this review would go on for too long, if I did, I feel. 

Spoilers below...

We meet Grace when she's on the run from someone. Although, the person is revealed in the book I don't want to as it's a pretty major spoiler, I think. Grace is special. She can hop into different timelines. She doesn't like being able to do this, though. I don't want to reveal anything about the time hopping as that is again a pretty big spoiler. 

Grace has a boyfriend, Ander and there's another boy, Finn in the story. This sort of plays out as a love triangle but it wasn't annoying. Grace has clear boundaries throughout. 

What did I like about Never Apart? 

I liked how the story was told from Grace's POV. It made some of the aspects of the story more relatable. 

I liked how Grace's parents were featured a lot. Often in YA stories, the parents are either dead or absent in some way. Here, they actually had a role to play, as well.

I liked how this story was fantasy or magical but also set in the real world. 

I liked how the story just focused on 4 main characters. I could see the development of these characters as the story progressed. There were other minor characters but they didn't mess up the flow of the story. 

What didn't I like about Never Apart?  

I didn't like how it was slow to get to the romance. With a title like Never Apart, I thought that it would be far more romantic than it actually was. 

I didn't like how boring Never Apart seemed to be. While I was reading I was always thinking, "when will something exciting happen?" But it didn't until right at the end. 

Overall then, I liked Never Apart. I didn't love it because it was missing my favourite trope for the majority but even with the kind of love triangle it wasn't too bad. I'm therefore giving it 3 stars! 

Stand by for my next review. Coming soon...

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