Book Review and Giveaway for Forever and Never by Ella Fields

FOREVER AND NEVER
by ELLA FIELDS

Lars Bradby was supposed to be my forever.
That was before we found out he would become a father at the tender age of eighteen.

For years, he’d watched me.
For months, he’d wanted me.
For weeks, he’d chased me.

Relentless and infuriating, he turned my stubborn heart into something pliable and weak.
Sly and honest, he worked his way into my life as though he’d always planned to be the focal point of it.

In love and naive, even when our future seemed bleak, I believed in us.
Heartbroken and desperate, I tore my bleeding heart from my chest, wanting only the best for him.

In doing so, our forever wasn’t just interrupted. It was chased away with one irreversible decision after another.
And now, we could no longer see it beneath the heaping piles of debris we’d left in our wake.

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REVIEW: 4+ STARS
"You taste like a fucking dream, only better. A candy-shrouded dream."

I hate that all Ella Fields books end.

Teenage love beating all the odds is not an easy feat. I feel like there are few that can actually write it and make 'frustrating' perfect. How is perfection frustrating? Well, I feel like a teenage love is already perfect because it's the first butterflies and the anticipation of the first kiss and the innocence of holding hands. That whole part is my favorite - the experimenting, the discovery, the secrecy of firsts that are held dear to the heart. But I also know it's frustrating because communication isn't always there, and teenage drama is a real thing. Needless to say, Ella has the perfect mixture of frustrating perfection. She gave me the torture. She fed me the agony. She dragged my heart through the prickly thorns, and left me hanging for quite a while - but I had no choice but to suffer the pain her characters were, because I too felt their pain. She makes me pace. She writes angst oh so well, and I love that she gives it hard and swift, because it hits me when I don't even know that it hit me until it's too late and I'm too deep in. I crave her style of teenaged drama and angst.

"Heartbreak was a ghost. You didn't need to see it to feel it, and you could never outrun it."

Seriously, only one of a few authors that I can and will confidently recommend in the YA genre repeatedly, without question. The thing about Ella is, hers are always hard hitting.....or heart hitting, if I want to be technical about it. It wasn't until I met Jay McLean and Ella Fields that I realized there were some authors out there that could capture that high school world for me and sum it up in a story that pulled at my heart, angered me to my core, but made me cheer on this love that was inevitable.

"I laughed, and he looked at me with something that sparkled a lot like wonder and felt a lot like possibility."

I love Fields' word manipulation. She uses words in ways I never thought of, but they make perfect sense. Seriously, I LOVE that. It's books like this that inspire excitement and challenge thought processes. You can't simply walk into this 'world' without having an understanding of how messed up a teenage love story can be without obstacles thrown in. Because when the very REAL world is thrown at a teenager, that's a whole new mess of problems to overcome, adding to the difficulty. But Ella Fields seems to greet this opposition with a sharp mind and a deft stroke of her keyboard. The heaviness that she breathes into her characters and their emotions is unrivaled. I never walk away from one of her books without an overworked heart and a discussion on the ready.

I think Fields captured the rawness that came with the struggles that this YOUNG couple faced....but I also think she let Daphne be the teenager that was driven to extremes with her choices, stupid or not, to handle this how she felt she needed to. I can't help but surrender my heart to these stories because Fields never ceases to amaze me. Whether I am mad, sad, happy, angry, in love or broken - she always gives me something to ponder and discuss. Seriously discuss. And with her stories and characters being relatable, there is always a little bit of my heart that I can use to explain my stance on an event, a happening, a reasoning in the story. I love that about her stories.

The drama is real and down to earth, the plight is accurate in so many ways....but their actions speak louder than most because they are still the young ones in an adult world, making the only decisions they know how to make. And as angry as this one made me, it inspired a deep love for Lars and Daphne as well. Ugh. So much to discuss, and I can't wait to have those arguments. HAHA! Remember, we met Lars and Daphne in Kiss and Break Up and I would recommend reading that first so you can get the background of all the stories happening - however, this is considered a standalone.

I love the perfection that is Ella Fields' covers. Shelf worthy on every level.

"You're fucking with every part of me, but I can't bring myself to stop you."
~BEE

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~MEET ELLA FIELDS~

Ella Fields is a mother and wife who lives in the land Down Under. While her kids are in school, you might find her talking about her characters and books to her two cats. She's a notorious chocolate and notebook hoarder who enjoys creating hard-won happily ever afters.

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