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Together Forever
Together Forever is a sweet and poetic teen love story set in a picturesque universe.
Emma, a thirteen-year-old girl, is forced to live in a village in southern France after losing both her parents in a car accident. In the picturesque universe, the girl meets Lucas, a boy two years older who had also recently lost a parent. The moment he sees her, lonely and sad, the boy promises himself that he will take care of her as if she were his little sister.
Gradually, the girl falls in love with Lucas, but when she realizes that she can never be with him and decides to leave the village, hoping to forget about him.
Her destiny, however, has different plans and her life becomes even more complicated after she meets him again two years later in Paris.
As time passes, Emma discovers herself and also the challenges of adulthood.
Emma, a thirteen-year-old girl, is forced to live in a village in southern France after losing both her parents in a car accident. In the picturesque universe, the girl meets Lucas, a boy two years older who had also recently lost a parent. The moment he sees her, lonely and sad, the boy promises himself that he will take care of her as if she were his little sister.
Gradually, the girl falls in love with Lucas, but when she realizes that she can never be with him and decides to leave the village, hoping to forget about him.
Her destiny, however, has different plans and her life becomes even more complicated after she meets him again two years later in Paris.
As time passes, Emma discovers herself and also the challenges of adulthood.
191 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 8, 2021
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March 3, 2021
I really wanted to like this book. The concept is cute and I like the love interest and Emma’s ‘real’ friends. But I don’t like Emma. Like at all. I want to. I understand her feelings. But everything about her feels meek and wishy-washy. She can’t form her own opinion and keep it, which is evident throughout the book. There is no character development. She is the same person at the beginning as she is at the end, despite years passing. I really just wanted to smack her or strangle her or both.
The start of the story is incredibly strong. (Like I said Emma’s stays that 13-year-old, which is great when she is 13!) I felt her grief and Tyler’s desire to protect her. The pacing was great. Watching the friendship between the two of them was so touching and sweet.
But then things happen and Emma moves to Paris (book takes place in France btw). It is sudden. And I hate it. It really feels like Emma is escaping her emotions, which is definitely a part of her character and the move is very in character for her. But not a single adult asked why she had to move and what caused her emotions to be through the roof. They just accepted that she couldn’t stay in the small town anymore and gave her free-reign of Paris. The years she’s in Paris vanish, barely being discussed for a chapter.
Honestly, everything I dislike about the story comes down to Emma and her inability to make a decision and stick with it. She says she’s going to be a better person multiple times throughout the story and never follows through. She hates Tyler, until she sees him. Then she runs, blames him for everything, and forgives him a few days later.
I know there are plenty of people who will love this story because the story itself is GOOD and I enjoyed the style of writing. I just wish that Emma developed a backbone during the course of the book. I understand not having one a 13, but being persuaded with a few words at 18 is irritating.
Overall, it is worth picking up. It’s $0.99 on Kindle and you will love the side characters and the plot. Some may even like Emma because outside of the no backbone thing, she is a pleasant character.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
The start of the story is incredibly strong. (Like I said Emma’s stays that 13-year-old, which is great when she is 13!) I felt her grief and Tyler’s desire to protect her. The pacing was great. Watching the friendship between the two of them was so touching and sweet.
But then things happen and Emma moves to Paris (book takes place in France btw). It is sudden. And I hate it. It really feels like Emma is escaping her emotions, which is definitely a part of her character and the move is very in character for her. But not a single adult asked why she had to move and what caused her emotions to be through the roof. They just accepted that she couldn’t stay in the small town anymore and gave her free-reign of Paris. The years she’s in Paris vanish, barely being discussed for a chapter.
Honestly, everything I dislike about the story comes down to Emma and her inability to make a decision and stick with it. She says she’s going to be a better person multiple times throughout the story and never follows through. She hates Tyler, until she sees him. Then she runs, blames him for everything, and forgives him a few days later.
I know there are plenty of people who will love this story because the story itself is GOOD and I enjoyed the style of writing. I just wish that Emma developed a backbone during the course of the book. I understand not having one a 13, but being persuaded with a few words at 18 is irritating.
Overall, it is worth picking up. It’s $0.99 on Kindle and you will love the side characters and the plot. Some may even like Emma because outside of the no backbone thing, she is a pleasant character.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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March 17, 2021A sweet love story about two star-crossed lovers over the course of their youth, and gets readers rooting for them since the start of the book.
The will-they-won't-they progression kept the pages turning because I was really curious if the two main characters would finally end up together in the end.
There were many passive descriptions of what happened and what was going on in the protagonist's inner thoughts, rather than adopting more dialogues to depict those situations which I would have preferred. The main POV was solely from Emma, and would be easier to relate if readers can also understand the feelings of other characters as there were quite a few of them in the story.
All in all, Together Forever by Ana Blanche makes a pleasant light-hearted reading for weekend afternoons. Not my usual choice as it is of the purely romance genre, so I will not use the star-rating system without having read other similar books as a benchmark.
A potentially good start to future novels by Ana hopefully! A sequel to this perhaps, about whether their love remains as the characters grow into adulthood?
The will-they-won't-they progression kept the pages turning because I was really curious if the two main characters would finally end up together in the end.
There were many passive descriptions of what happened and what was going on in the protagonist's inner thoughts, rather than adopting more dialogues to depict those situations which I would have preferred. The main POV was solely from Emma, and would be easier to relate if readers can also understand the feelings of other characters as there were quite a few of them in the story.
All in all, Together Forever by Ana Blanche makes a pleasant light-hearted reading for weekend afternoons. Not my usual choice as it is of the purely romance genre, so I will not use the star-rating system without having read other similar books as a benchmark.
A potentially good start to future novels by Ana hopefully! A sequel to this perhaps, about whether their love remains as the characters grow into adulthood?
January 11, 2022
I received this book for free from Hidden Gem books.
This was a beautifully written coming of age story.
The emotions of Emma as a child growing into adulthood were very realistic.
This was a beautifully written coming of age story.
The emotions of Emma as a child growing into adulthood were very realistic.
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