And Power uses this impediment most effectively. Gus has always known that her love for Bryce is hopeless. Never Say Never has a strong plot and an attractive hero and heroine. Power is very good at describing the mutual anguish of two people who are the victims of an out-dated law that prevents them from finding the happiness they deserve. I must conclude that there was something about Power's writing that distanced me from the story.
Power uses internal monologues continually.
We spend an inordinate amount of time in the character's heads. And the thoughts she describes seem somehow unlikely or forced. For example, Bryce is riding in a carriage with a sleeping Gus. He has just begun to realize how much she means to him. And his thoughts turn to his business success and his career as an investor in railroads and shipping lines.