Forever (Temptation Novel, #3)

by Karen Ann Hopkins

All I want is my happily ever after.

That's all I've wanted since meeting Noah Miller.

From the day we met, the world has tried to keep Noah and me from being together, but now that I'm carrying his child, no one will be able to tear us apart. Or so I hope. But Noah and I have made some mistakes along the way, and the consequences are impacting the people we love. Worse, there's a storm on the horizon, and it's sure to cause serious devastation.

If we can get through this, we'll finally be Rose & Noaha family, forever.

But first we have to survive the road ahead. And happily ever after is a long way off.

• ISBN10: 0373211066
• ISBN13: 9780373211067
• Publish Date: 28 January 2014 (first published 1 January 2014)
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Publish Country: CA
• Imprint: Harlequin Teen
• Edition: Original ed.
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 336
• Language: English

Reviews

[Angie]

I received an ARC through NetGalley.

I loved the previous two books, but Forever just did not work for me. On its own, the story wasn’t that interesting to me, since I’m not into pregnancy stories. As a series finale, it was also disappointing. I was nervous going into it because of Rose’s pregnancy, but I was interested in how it would effect her relationship with Noah, as well as what it would mean for his relationship with his community. I figured one of the main tensions would be whether they decided to go Amish or English, and there’s good arguments for both sides.

Just like in Belonging, we get the added POV of Rose’s brother, Sam. However, it doesn’t add anything at all in Forever. In fact, he was extremely frustrating and once again gets involved in something that’s not his business. All of his chapters could have been eliminated the story would have been exactly the same. Similarly, we also get chapter’s from Sarah–Noah’s sister–which don’t add anything either. Something major does happen with her toward the middle, but I don’t think it warranted adding her as narrator. These added perspectives just made the story feel dragged out.

As for the plot, Forever starts with Rose stressed about what she’s going to do: go Amish and marry Noah, stay English as a single mother, or try to convince Noah to go English. This delays her in even telling him that she’s pregnant, although he does suspect. Of course, she tells him and he wants them to be married and be Amish. But things aren’t going to well for Noah’s family after his broken engagement, and he starts to have doubts about raising a family in that community. Neither of them want to be out in the city, far from their families, but being Amish isn’t the right decision either. There was a super obvious solution to this predicament, but strangely, no one even considers it. They make a terrible decision, and terrible things happen to them (which was a bit over-the-top), and the finally that obvious solution appears. Really? The in between drama was really not needed.

I didn’t care for Forever much at all. I was completely invested in Rose and Noah’s romance, but this conclusion was a bit on the silly side. The last third could have been avoided altogether with just a little compromise. Actually, it wouldn’t even be a compromise since it was exactly what both of them wanted and needed. I’m just bummed.

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[Kelly]

http://www.divabooknerd.com/2013/12/forever-by-karen-ann-hopkins-arc-review.html#more
Forever is the third and final installment in the Temptation series and follows the story of the forbidden love between Noah, the Amish boy and his next door neighbour Rose, the English girl, the term the community uses for those who aren't Amish. It's a modern day twist on the classic Romeo and Juliet, where both families are the major influence within the young couples relationship. Although pregnant, Rose has lost her warmth and vivaciousness, being separated from Noah and the pressure his community is now placing upon his family are almost too much for Rose to bear. Noah is torn between his love for Rose and his community, which for most of us sounds like a simple decision. Imagine having to change your way of life in a instant, but he expects Rose to submit to the Amish way of life... Or who knows what will become of them. Noah was frustrating and seemed to have lost his will to fight for his girl, allowing the community to dictate the terms of their relationship, but unwilling to compromise when anything other than Rose becoming Amish arises.

I enjoyed Sarah and Micha's side story, the two teens not quite courting, but enjoying what seems to be their first attraction. Karen Ann Hopkins has an incredibly laid back style of writing, but I feel that there may have been a little too much drama in Forever. It followed the same format as both Temptation and Belonging, books one and two in the series, but Rose, Noah, Sarah and Sam all share their thoughts and readers see a new insight from their points of view. I'd love to see a novella depicting Sam and Summer's story, I adore Summer's brutal honesty and lack of a verbal filter. By including Sam's point of view, I think his story may be on the cards.