The Ever Trilogy by Jasinda Wilder
Forever & Always
After Forever
Saving Forever
Last week I finished ‘The Ever Trilogy” by Jasinda Wilder, and I haven’t stopped crying since. Let’s start with the first book, Forever & Always. This book takes you by complete surprise. “Forever & Always was joyful, heartbreaking, breathtaking, angsty, hopeful and sexy” (The Book Blog, 2013) “Each page bleeds emotion, heartbreak, tragedy and a deep-seated need for connection. This story is a journey.” (Vilma’s Book Blog, 2013) I’m trying to find the words to describe this book but can’t come up with anything better than what The Book Blog and Vilma’s Book Blog stated.
It starts out so sweet and innocent. Just 2 young pen pals struggling in their crazy worlds. Both experience things too tragic and sad for teenagers to ever go through. Through their struggles and tragedies, they had each other’s letters for support and guidance. Through the letters, they built a lasting love full of trust and loyalty. The kind of meaningful, significant, and unwavering love that we all long for. The amount of pain these 2 have to go through in life is staggering. Jasinda Wilder does such an incredible job making you feel every ounce of that pain along with Ever and Cade. Your heart breaks for them. Your heart also aches for them to find each other again. You spend most of the book experiencing their growing connection through their letters to each other. It’s magical. When they finally meet again, it’s like everything in the world falls in to place. Life is great again. But the ending…. As much as I love Jasinda Wilder’s writing, I cursed her for hours for nearly giving me a heart attack. I’m so glad the next books were already out because I don’t think I could’ve survived without them. I mean, you kind of knew there would end up being a cliffhanger. But this one was not expected. Jasinda Wilder’s writing style never disappoints. I’d first become obsessed with Jasinda’s stories when I read her Fallen series last year. I didn’t think she could possibly make me feel any more emotional turmoil than I did for that series. Man, was I wrong! Her stories flow so effortlessly. They’re well written, beautiful, emotional, and unforgettable. I full on ugly cried at the end of this book. Not just a few tears. Full on wailing and sobbing in the office bathroom then stuffing my face with strawberry Poptarts and Starbucks. Some people don’t like books with tragedies or the reality that comes from such. I think it speaks volumes to what a successful storyteller the author is to make me feel such personal turmoil.
“What is it with us?”
“I don’t know. It’s everything. It’s…”
“That’s what I need. I need everything, Cade. I need you. You’re everything. You’re always.”
5 Ugly-Cry Stars!
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For the other 2 books in the series: I’m not going to review them because there’s no possible way to do that without major spoilers. I may review them on Goodreads and Amazon though. I will say this… I think people were way too harsh in their reviews. I think sometimes people forget that these are stories and if it were reality it would play out much differently. Books 2 and 3 make you feel confusion and intense anger. Book 2 especially questions your moral compass and sanity. Your mind almost can’t comprehend everything that’s happening in book 2. It screws with your emotions unlike anything I’ve ever read before. To quote another reviewer, “It is also the most at war I have ever been with my morals and my conscience whilst reading a book. I still don’t know what to make of my feelings, if I’m honest. I don’t know whether I’m okay with the direction this book took. I don’t know whether I understand, whether I accept it, whether it’s okay or whether it’s totally wrong. I know, this all sounds very cryptic… but I just can’t give you any more information because you need to experience this all for yourself to have any chance of judging these characters fairly.” (Smitten’s Book Blog, 2013) The thing I highly suggest/recommend that you remember when starting book 2 [without spoiling it] is consider from a medial point of view the logistics here. If this were real life, things would be completely different and the story would’ve ended in the first few chapters. Keep that same mindset as you enter book 3 and appreciate the journey for what it is. I hope you all enjoy this unforgettable trilogy as much as I did.
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