Reviewed by nitzan_schwarz on
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON MY BLOG, AFTERWORDS
Yay, I finally completed this doulogy! You'd think, it being just two short books, that I could've done that ages ago. Alas, I like to keep you on my toes so I didn't.
Confession time, here's what I got: I didn't remember much of the first book going into this one. I thought about re-reading it for a moment or two but then decided... nah. So I was a little fuzzy on the details, but this book did a good job bridging that gap. Everything was very clear so even someone who read the first book two years ago could understand.
My thoughts on Forever, Jack? Unnecessary. It's not that it was bad - but did you really need to split the novels into two for this? You could've had one great standalone instead! And don't let the 300+ page count fool you. These books feel short.
Forever, Jack deals with the aftermath of Jack leaving Keri Ann and how they come back together. I think maybe 30% of the book is a flashback to what Jack did in those months they were separated and why he didn't just come back to Keri Ann.
The rest was them repeating and rehashing the same weak conflict over and over again. If Keri Ann didn't pretend to be over it or determined to succeed in their relationship despite it, it would've been less annoying but the way she kept going back and forth pissed me off. It's like, this book could've ended 150 pages ago if you'd stop.
It just didn't have enough sustenance, you know?
That's not to say I didn't enjoy seeing this sweet couple find their happily-ever-after and being cute af while doing so. 'Cause... I really did.
Old Notes
3.5 stars
In all honesty, I feel like this didn't have enough sustenance to be a solo novel (it might have been better if they combined book 1 & 2) because this entire novel had a very weak conflict to me that kept repeating and being rehashed even after it shouldn't have, but it was cute and I loved watching these two get a HEA :)
Reading updates
- Started reading
- 25 March, 2016: Finished reading
- 25 March, 2016: Reviewed