{ about the book }
Standalone Novel
Published October 3, 2017 by Entangled Teen
Early hardcover sent by the publisher
Early hardcover sent by the publisher
How many times would you die for love?
What if you had to relive the same five days over and over?
And what if at the end of it, your boyfriend is killed…
And you have to watch. Every time.
You don’t know why you’re stuck in this nightmare.
But you do know that these are the rules you now live by:
Wake Up.
Run.
Die.
Repeat.
Now, the only way to escape this loop is to attempt something crazy. Something dangerous. Something completely unexpected. This time…you’re not going to run.
Combining heart-pounding romance and a thrilling mystery Never Apart is a stunning story you won’t soon forget.
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{ my review }
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This novel was good but it was also a bit confusing. I liked it, but I also felt something was lacking, sadly.
It’s told through two, uh, time views, I guess? A before and after situation. I normally do not like this kind of set up because then there’s two plot points going and basically, it takes twice as long to get to the action, which is what had happened here.
In the “now” sections, it took nearly half the book for the ball to get rolling. For the main character to realise she had to do something completely different for this “life” not to end up like the others. That entire first half, I was uninterested in the “before” chapters because it was basically a set up—her friendship with Ander, Finn showing up, feelings changing, and all that. I was bored with all of it. I wanted to know more about the “life” she was in now, what Grace was going to do to stay and fight.
The second half of the novel was definitely more fun and more engaging! Things had finally started happening and I ended up hooked on both old Grace and this new Grace, along with both their situations. What Bernard here was intriguing—I liked it! Things were changing, a lot of things were changing, and it both made me happy and nervous—happy because woo, my potential ship might be happening, and nervous because oh noooo, the ending is coming and clearly there’s a twist here that won’t make this last.
I wished the characters had a little more… personality to them? Grace’s voice sometimes fell flat and it made connecting with her a bit difficult. I wanted more voice, something that made her stand out, but by the end, nothing like that had happened, which was unfortunate.
This was definitely a unique, if a bit confusing novel. The whole concept of lasting in a new, parallel life (of sorts) for five days before moving to another was totally fresh. I liked the idea, though I never understood how it really happened? … It still confuses me a bit. But I liked it, for the most part.
I also sort of expected to see more of the supposed lives Grace, Ander, and Finn were in, but we’re really stuck in her new one and the first, original one.
Overall, a decent novel and a quick read! It felt a bit slow but the second half made it more engaging! 3 stars.
Romily Bernard graduated from Georgia State University with a literature degree. Since then, she's worked as a riding instructor, cell-phone salesperson, personal assistant, horse groomer and exercise rider, accounting assistant, and, during a very dark time, customer service representative. . . . She's also, of course, now a YA novelist.
So don't let anyone tell you a BA degree will keep you unemployed.
Romily currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and Find Me is her debut novel. It placed first in the 2011 YA Unpublished Maggie Awards (given by Georgia Romance Writers) and won the Golden Heart Award for YA Romance from the Romance Writers of America in 2012.
It’s told through two, uh, time views, I guess? A before and after situation. I normally do not like this kind of set up because then there’s two plot points going and basically, it takes twice as long to get to the action, which is what had happened here.
In the “now” sections, it took nearly half the book for the ball to get rolling. For the main character to realise she had to do something completely different for this “life” not to end up like the others. That entire first half, I was uninterested in the “before” chapters because it was basically a set up—her friendship with Ander, Finn showing up, feelings changing, and all that. I was bored with all of it. I wanted to know more about the “life” she was in now, what Grace was going to do to stay and fight.
The second half of the novel was definitely more fun and more engaging! Things had finally started happening and I ended up hooked on both old Grace and this new Grace, along with both their situations. What Bernard here was intriguing—I liked it! Things were changing, a lot of things were changing, and it both made me happy and nervous—happy because woo, my potential ship might be happening, and nervous because oh noooo, the ending is coming and clearly there’s a twist here that won’t make this last.
I wished the characters had a little more… personality to them? Grace’s voice sometimes fell flat and it made connecting with her a bit difficult. I wanted more voice, something that made her stand out, but by the end, nothing like that had happened, which was unfortunate.
This was definitely a unique, if a bit confusing novel. The whole concept of lasting in a new, parallel life (of sorts) for five days before moving to another was totally fresh. I liked the idea, though I never understood how it really happened? … It still confuses me a bit. But I liked it, for the most part.
I also sort of expected to see more of the supposed lives Grace, Ander, and Finn were in, but we’re really stuck in her new one and the first, original one.
Overall, a decent novel and a quick read! It felt a bit slow but the second half made it more engaging! 3 stars.
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So don't let anyone tell you a BA degree will keep you unemployed.
Romily currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and Find Me is her debut novel. It placed first in the 2011 YA Unpublished Maggie Awards (given by Georgia Romance Writers) and won the Golden Heart Award for YA Romance from the Romance Writers of America in 2012.
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