"Enter a world of the unknown"
Reviewed by Patti Loveday
Posted April 6, 2018
Young Adult | Young Adult Suspense
NEVER APART is a young adult suspenseful fantasy that will draw
you in from the first chapter holding your attention until the
very end with thriller scenes, alternate realities, and
parallel worlds which will keep you guessing until the very
end.
Every five days Grace, Ander, and Finn fall into different
parallel worlds. This happens repeatedly until the last fall
which is different and Grace loses her reality. She awakened to
another version of herself. They are stuck in a purgatory-like
situation and must find out why before they end up stuck there
forever. Romily Bernard has written a beautiful story that switches
from the
future to the past and narrated from different point of views.
As you read along through all the falls there are revelations
about each fall and the reasons why will catch you by
surprise making you second guess the reason behind the fall.
You will not figure out the ending until the last page making
this a book that you will devour. NEVER APART has an interesting group of characters. Each
character has faults that are too real to ignore. Everything
from drinking, shyness, to wanting to be accepted for who they
are making it easy for the reader to relate to each character.
There is also an underlying love triangle that does not over
power the story but is needed to help find answers to stop the
fall. The romance is a sad one with a dark tragic aspect that
you will have to read to find out why.
Overall, I found this to be an enjoyable read that always had
me second guessing the reasons why. Page after page I read as
fast as I could because I was determined to find out why
certain things happened and why. This is one of those books
that will leave you thinking for a couple of days ater
finishing.
SUMMARY
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.
ExcerptTell her the truth. The idea grabs my breath as the
humid breeze picks up again, swirling around us with even
more force. “If I hadn’t come to Boone, I would never have
met you and I know I would’ve missed that—missed
you. I would never have known your name or your
face, but I would’ve known the absence of you, the gap that
was left in me because you were never there.”I’m breathing and not breathing and we’re so close, I can’t
help myself. As she stares at me, I brush my fingertip
against her knuckles, feel her skin’s heat. It’s like
discovering something no one has ever named. “I think I know what you mean,” she whispers at last,
putting down the Solo cup. Grabbing my T-shirt. I exhale—hard—and lean closer. “Finn?” “Yeah?” My heartbeat is deafening as her other hand climbs
my chest. “I want…” Then she kisses me and I’m frozen. I’ve kissed dozens of
girls. But this kiss? I can’t move. I can’t think.
She feels—oh my God, this is what the first jolt of espresso
feels like, what the first rush of whiskey tastes
like. She’s warm, but I’m burning. My hands go for her neck, her jaw, her cheeks. She kisses me
like she needs something, but I kiss her like she’s everything. “I’ve wanted this,” I whisper against her lips. She’s
snowfall soft. “I wanted you to want this…” “I do want it.” I pull back. Grace’s lips are swollen and her eyes are wide.
She looks like she just woke up, and it knocks the air from
my lungs. “I want it so much it scares me,” she says. I cradle her face in both hands. “Me, too.” Then she drags me down to her again, and I’m lost. My
fingers in her hair, my hands along her cheeks, my thumbs
bracketing her mouth. I can’t get enough. I’ll never get enough. I push her against the wall, and she pulls me closer. My
hips grind into her stomach and she digs her fingers into my
shoulders. “Grace…” Her name rides my groan, and she smiles.
Inside, the music climbs and people laugh and someone gasps.
I shouldn’t be able to hear it, but I do. So does Grace. She goes still. I look up. Ander. He’s drunk. Swaying a little. Furious. Is this the part where he fights for her? Where she takes
him back? My hands tighten around Grace, but she doesn’t
notice. She’s turning for him. She’s going to him. Or is she? Grace falters, and in the distance, heat lightning splits
the blackened sky. A storm’s coming. Then Ander’s eyes meet mine, and I know it’s already here.
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