Book Review and Giveaway for First and Forever by Jay McLean

FIRST AND FOREVER
by JAY MCLEAN

Ava Diaz needs saving.
She just doesn’t know it yet.

Just like she doesn’t know a thing about the boy she sits next to on the first day of senioryear.

He thinks she’s a brat.

She thinks he’s entitled.

Maybe first impressions don’t always last…

Because Connor Ledger’s about to save her.

He just doesn’t know why.

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REVIEW: 4 STARS
"He's the peace to my chaos." 

Did I really think I would walk away from this second book unscathed? HAHA! Jokes on me, because I did NOT. There are books that I wait anxiously for....but also dread. This was one of them. Sounds like a terrible thing to say, but I wanted so desperately to get more of Connor and Ava's story, but I also knew that once I read it, it was going to be over and I was going to be super sad about that. Well, Jay McLean.....ya done did it again. I haven't read a book of yours that I haven't loved and heartily recommended, and now I have a new addition to my Favorites List for 2019.

She nailed the teen angst and the stubborn anger.
She nailed the pressure and teenaged stress.
She nailed the love and the heartbreak.

Honestly, I just think she NAILED it.

"I want to get lost in your magic."

Not sure I want to readily admit that Connor is book boyfriend material.....because "Bee as a #Cougar" comes to mind right now. HA! But he was being raised right and he had a heart of compassion and a head filled with determination. He was growing up into an amazing young man and he just made me smile. He did everything right and he was so worthy of all the frustration and the drama. I definitely would have been head over heels in love with him had I been in high school with him. He would have easily been the dream back then. That kind of love is perfect. Painful as it may have been, the magnetism he and Ava had was perfection. I honestly think I can sum it up to say that Jay McLean can write the most amazing young men. Seriously, I'm in love with Connor and who he is at his core.

The craziness of this reading journey was not lost on me. I knew I needed to be worried because I was like, yes!! We are cool. Life is good. They are in love. But then I looked down and it said I wasn’t even halfway through it, so I knew some stuff was coming my way. I told myself, “Self: brace yourself. Jay’s coming for your heart.”

And she did.
Without apologies.

There is something about the way she tells a story. She just wraps me up in a bear hug while she tells of a journey worth your time and patience. Trust. 5 letters. Powerful ones. After loving every story of hers I’ve read, I whole heartedly TRUST her to take me down a path....one with fears and pain, one with love and emotion, but one with truth and consequences. I loved this duet. I got all the emotions I wanted to get in a YA, angsty young love romance. She's also only one of two that I wholeheartedly trust without question.

Connor was all boy.
Ava was all girl.

Connor was trying to always do the right thing with one goal in mind. His end goal.
Ava was stubborn beyond control, but had a heart of fear she lived with. Her reality.

Connor was everything I would have wanted in a boyfriend. He proved it daily with Ava.
Ava was scared of the pain that love would inevitably deliver. Connor wanted to prove she was safe with him.

I can compare and chat about this series all day long, and there will always be a special place in my heart for these two. Always.

I think the only things I ran into with this one were that it read a bit slower than the first one, so I was constantly wondering what was going to happen as I went further along, and the extra drama that just added salt to the already seeping wounds. It worked, and it was a trajectory for some of the results to play out as they did, but there was quite a bit in this book. I'm thankful it didn't detract from my overall enjoyment factor, and for someone who hates extra drama - it still worked, so I can't truly complain. The issues that came up between Connor and Ava were true to life, real teenage issues....but also magnified by teenaged rationale, or lack thereof. Their love defied all logic and these are the kinds of love stories that I love to settle deep into. I'm completely drawn to them, but also to Jay McLean's writing and the wonder that is her mind. I loved this duet so so much and will happily and heartily recommend it to any and every one that will listen.

"I don't think we can choose the direction in which our heart beats."
~BEE

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~MEET JAY McLEAN~

Jay McLean is an international best-selling author and full-time reader, writer of New Adult and Young Adult romance, and skilled procrastinator. When she’s not doing any of those things, she can be found running after her three little boys, investing way too much time on True Crime Documentaries and binge-watching reality TV.

She writes what she loves to read, which are books that can make her laugh, make her hurt and make her feel.

Jay lives in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, in her dream home where music is loud and laughter is louder.

For publishing rights (Foreign & Domestic) Film or television, please contact her agent Erica Spellman-Silverman, at Trident Media Group.

Writer • Reader • Mom • Wife • Master of Awkward Sarcasm.

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