Review: An Intensely Entertaining Romance
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 17, 2013
Ellery Rhodes' "Never" is the type of novel that quickly sucks you in and keeps you engaged from the very first page until the last. The romance between Lucas and Juliet is honest, romantic, endearing, captivating and authentic. The two characters manage to wind themselves around each other and around the reader, weaving a story of love and drama as the two have to face insurmountable odds if they are going to be able to come out the other side in love and happy together.Ms. Rhodes has a talent for writing that is clear from the first page, drawing the reader in with vivid imagery, engaging and memorable characters, and a plot that is both real and dramatic in equal turns. The novel flows smoothly from the moment Lucas and Juliet come back into each others' lives again tot he moment where the novel ends (but really, where their love story only truly begins). This is the kind of quietly gripping novel that takes you by surprise and makes you care about the characters and about their fates together (and apart) in a way that is truly special.Overall, it was a lovely romance that entertained me and kept me eagerly reading until the very end.