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Forever Blue #1-2
Forever Blue
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Forever Blue: What would you do if your first love suddenly walked back into your life? This is the question Alexa Moore asks herself the moment she comes face to face with her childhood sweetheart nearly fifteen years after his mysterious disappearance.
In this coming of age novel, it's the summer of 1992. Carter Storm is a precocious thirteen-year-old child actor awaiting his big break in the entertainment industry. Alexa Moore's just a regular teenager seeking acceptance from her peers. With heartbreak and humor, these two friends expose a world of secrets and learn to survive in the face of life’s contradictions and tragedies. When Carter’s dark life suddenly unveils before Alexa’s eyes, she witnesses her best friend beaten down mercilessly by his stage mother’s antics, but Alexa’s strong will and determination helps Carter pull through his darkest hours. The two are bonded by a love that only deepens as they grow older. Carter’s mother will do everything she can to keep them apart so that her prodigy is not distracted. In doing so, the two are forced to keep their childhood romance hidden from prying eyes.
Alexa world shatters the day she discovers Carter’s family packed up and gone without so much as a chance for goodbyes. Alexa spends years trying to rid her mind of the dreams she has of Carter that increasingly haunt her life.
Over a decade later, Carter Storm resurfaces as a Grammy award winner with a new name, a new life, and an entourage of screaming girls and paparazzi following him everywhere he goes. When Alexa randomly comes face to face with Carter Storm, the encounter sets off a string of events that will have her torn between the man she loves and the man she once loved. One look at Carter is all it takes to know she can’t live without him. Alexa puts up a good front but can’t deny the love she still feels for him. Sometimes love isn’t enough to heal the wounds of the past. There's no telling how far Alexa will she go when the man from her past suddenly walks into her future.
Forever Blue: New Tears to Cry, Old Songs to Sing:
t’s the captivating conclusion to this moving saga of choices made and chances lost.
Over a decade ago, Alexa Moore’s first love vanished without warning. After years of mourning Carter Storm’s fateful departure, her emotional wounds have faded and she is finally free from the pain of her past. Now in her mid-twenties, her future includes the perfect husband and a lucrative career as a make-up artist. Of course, all this comes to a screeching halt when the past suddenly comes rushing back at her. The moment Carter Storm returns and reveals the truth about his mysterious disappearance, Alexa’s life is irrevocably altered. Every irrepressible emotion she ever tried to bury for him is inexplicably rehashed. In the wake of their rekindled friendship, Alexa promises to keep Carter at a distance, so that her marriage is not put in jeopardy. With all the strength Alexa can muster, she must push back the very real attraction she still feels for this man. But their history just won't let the passion between the two die, especially when Carter refuses to fan the coals of their long ago relationship. As Alexa struggles to determine where her heart and future lie, she makes a shocking decision that will upset the balance of everyone around her, leading to a series of staggering and heart breaking surprises.
Forever Blue: What would you do if your first love suddenly walked back into your life? This is the question Alexa Moore asks herself the moment she comes face to face with her childhood sweetheart nearly fifteen years after his mysterious disappearance.
In this coming of age novel, it's the summer of 1992. Carter Storm is a precocious thirteen-year-old child actor awaiting his big break in the entertainment industry. Alexa Moore's just a regular teenager seeking acceptance from her peers. With heartbreak and humor, these two friends expose a world of secrets and learn to survive in the face of life’s contradictions and tragedies. When Carter’s dark life suddenly unveils before Alexa’s eyes, she witnesses her best friend beaten down mercilessly by his stage mother’s antics, but Alexa’s strong will and determination helps Carter pull through his darkest hours. The two are bonded by a love that only deepens as they grow older. Carter’s mother will do everything she can to keep them apart so that her prodigy is not distracted. In doing so, the two are forced to keep their childhood romance hidden from prying eyes.
Alexa world shatters the day she discovers Carter’s family packed up and gone without so much as a chance for goodbyes. Alexa spends years trying to rid her mind of the dreams she has of Carter that increasingly haunt her life.
Over a decade later, Carter Storm resurfaces as a Grammy award winner with a new name, a new life, and an entourage of screaming girls and paparazzi following him everywhere he goes. When Alexa randomly comes face to face with Carter Storm, the encounter sets off a string of events that will have her torn between the man she loves and the man she once loved. One look at Carter is all it takes to know she can’t live without him. Alexa puts up a good front but can’t deny the love she still feels for him. Sometimes love isn’t enough to heal the wounds of the past. There's no telling how far Alexa will she go when the man from her past suddenly walks into her future.
Forever Blue: New Tears to Cry, Old Songs to Sing:
t’s the captivating conclusion to this moving saga of choices made and chances lost.
Over a decade ago, Alexa Moore’s first love vanished without warning. After years of mourning Carter Storm’s fateful departure, her emotional wounds have faded and she is finally free from the pain of her past. Now in her mid-twenties, her future includes the perfect husband and a lucrative career as a make-up artist. Of course, all this comes to a screeching halt when the past suddenly comes rushing back at her. The moment Carter Storm returns and reveals the truth about his mysterious disappearance, Alexa’s life is irrevocably altered. Every irrepressible emotion she ever tried to bury for him is inexplicably rehashed. In the wake of their rekindled friendship, Alexa promises to keep Carter at a distance, so that her marriage is not put in jeopardy. With all the strength Alexa can muster, she must push back the very real attraction she still feels for this man. But their history just won't let the passion between the two die, especially when Carter refuses to fan the coals of their long ago relationship. As Alexa struggles to determine where her heart and future lie, she makes a shocking decision that will upset the balance of everyone around her, leading to a series of staggering and heart breaking surprises.
590 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 11, 2012
About the author
Jennifer Edlund
10 books110 followersI've been writing novels for over 15 years. I've completed 4 novels and now working on my first novella.
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June 8, 2015
Holy Magnolia. I am so unimaginably grateful that I got these books in a set, because if I had to stop reading even for a minute in between, I would have broken down in tears. This was a deep, sweet, thought-provoking and gut-wrenching emotional read that I just did not see coming. But I sure as hell am glad it came my way.
Do you remember your first love? That boy or girl that you liked in a way you weren't quite sure about? The one you wanted to hold hands with and protect, take care of, look out for? Alexa and Carter instantly bonded, and the bond lasted despite his mother's cunning manipulations to drive them apart... until Carter hit the jackpot in his career, moved away and became Aidan. Failing on both an educational as well as a familial level, Alexa moved on, and made something of herself in the make-up world. She and her husband could not be happier.
But two star-crossed lovers that are meant to be cannot be kept away for too long. Crossing paths again has been an experience of roses for Alexa, their love's soft fragrance still lingering in the air, yet her marital betrayal's wicked thorns digging at her sides. And when a new member of the family is on the way, coming clean leaves everyone alone, hurt and in pain. A child is a blessing though, and such is Luke for her - a new light shines in her life, and she is determined to keep it bright.
...until the past comes back with inexplicable vengeance and tears her life apart again.
I didn't read this set. I consumed it. In one breath. One after another the pages lead me through themes, emotions and ideas. Love. Oppression. Tragedy. Betrayal. Humiliation. Treachery. Romance. Justice. And the million dollar question: can we ever be the way we were?
I am struggling to write this review. I have nothing but admiration for Ms. Edlund and the story she has created. I started of rooting for Carter and Alexa, feeling their love building under the mess of adolescent uncertainty. I was saddened by their tragedies, whether by their own choice or imposed by overbearing Monster-Moms. I was pleased they seemed to find some solace and move on with their lives. I was upset and thought the worst of Alexa when she cheated, and blindly enraged with the way Aidan treated her. I have a very sensitive spot when it comes to people who "are no longer available", and he rubbed them all the wrong way.
I was heartbroken about Scotty, glad about Ruth and Isabella, and thankful for Derrick. I was furious at Mary, desperate about Luke, and so cruelly bitter at the act of the ultimate betrayal. Slap my face and call me plot-twist, I did not see that coming... But Karma is nothing if not a bitch, and sometimes the only true absolution comes by lacking a pulse.
What a story. WHAT A STORY! I experienced such a maelstrom of emotions, all so strong in their convictions. It doesn't matter than some of them were negative - the fact that Ms. Edlund's subtle yet oh-so-poignant writing captured me in its net and invoked every single one of them is enough for me to applaud her and rush for the next book of the series.
This is not a book. This is an experience. Don't miss it.
Do you remember your first love? That boy or girl that you liked in a way you weren't quite sure about? The one you wanted to hold hands with and protect, take care of, look out for? Alexa and Carter instantly bonded, and the bond lasted despite his mother's cunning manipulations to drive them apart... until Carter hit the jackpot in his career, moved away and became Aidan. Failing on both an educational as well as a familial level, Alexa moved on, and made something of herself in the make-up world. She and her husband could not be happier.
But two star-crossed lovers that are meant to be cannot be kept away for too long. Crossing paths again has been an experience of roses for Alexa, their love's soft fragrance still lingering in the air, yet her marital betrayal's wicked thorns digging at her sides. And when a new member of the family is on the way, coming clean leaves everyone alone, hurt and in pain. A child is a blessing though, and such is Luke for her - a new light shines in her life, and she is determined to keep it bright.
...until the past comes back with inexplicable vengeance and tears her life apart again.
I didn't read this set. I consumed it. In one breath. One after another the pages lead me through themes, emotions and ideas. Love. Oppression. Tragedy. Betrayal. Humiliation. Treachery. Romance. Justice. And the million dollar question: can we ever be the way we were?
I am struggling to write this review. I have nothing but admiration for Ms. Edlund and the story she has created. I started of rooting for Carter and Alexa, feeling their love building under the mess of adolescent uncertainty. I was saddened by their tragedies, whether by their own choice or imposed by overbearing Monster-Moms. I was pleased they seemed to find some solace and move on with their lives. I was upset and thought the worst of Alexa when she cheated, and blindly enraged with the way Aidan treated her. I have a very sensitive spot when it comes to people who "are no longer available", and he rubbed them all the wrong way.
I was heartbroken about Scotty, glad about Ruth and Isabella, and thankful for Derrick. I was furious at Mary, desperate about Luke, and so cruelly bitter at the act of the ultimate betrayal. Slap my face and call me plot-twist, I did not see that coming... But Karma is nothing if not a bitch, and sometimes the only true absolution comes by lacking a pulse.
What a story. WHAT A STORY! I experienced such a maelstrom of emotions, all so strong in their convictions. It doesn't matter than some of them were negative - the fact that Ms. Edlund's subtle yet oh-so-poignant writing captured me in its net and invoked every single one of them is enough for me to applaud her and rush for the next book of the series.
This is not a book. This is an experience. Don't miss it.
August 23, 2014
Wow these 2 books had me hook line and sinker, I couldn't stop reading and then 8 chapters of next book left me wanting more. This is a crazy story of Alexa and Carter who meet before 8th grade when he moved across the street. Alexa was a lonely girl and Carter became her best friend and whole world. Her life was torn apart when he left abruptly before the end of their Junior year of high school. One day she saw Carter on MTV now Aiden and his dreams were coming true, her world had fallen apart. Their story goes thru 2 love triangles, Carter's horrible mother- let me say I was very mad at Carter then his mother and wanted to reach into my kindle and punch both of them. The story though tragic, painful, and wonderful keeps a reader wanting to keep going. Looking forward to book 3 I hope it is very soon.
November 15, 2013
Wow! I was not expecting these books to be as good as they were! I was pleasantly surprised. I cannot wait to read the next one. I will right a more detailed review after I read the next one.
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August 21, 2015This is book one and two. Book 3, You'll have to Stay, coming in 2014!
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