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.

Book 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.

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