When I first picked up this book the characters sounded familiar, but as soon as the Grove Street Homeless Shelter was mentioned, the first book in the Hanover Falls Series, Almost Forever came rushing back to my mind. Forever After picks up a few months after where Almost Forever left off and tells the story using Jenna Morgan and Lucas Vermontez as the main characters. I appreciated how deeply this book delved into the lives of both Lucas and Jenna. Every character is intricately woven and intriguingly created even down to the dog that Lucas adopts named Sparky.
Both Jenna and Lucas are still reeling from the impact of the fire that decimated the Grove Street homeless shelter and also took away an irreplaceable part of their lives. At the beginning of the book, they are only friends and as the book progresses so does their relationship. Jenna is finally coming to terms with the truth surrounding her marriage to her husband that ended in tragedy when he was killed during the Grove Street fire. She finally accepted that she married her husband out of obligation and that she can no longer fund the life she had been living and must face the music concerning her debts. It is a painful change from the life Jenna once lived to the life she is going to lead now and the same is true for Lucas as he recovers from his life-changing injury.
I enjoyed this book very much. It was quick moving and employed great character development as well as good plot development. The only thing I wish this book had was a maybe a little more development around who was setting the new fires at the Grove Street Homeless Center. This part of the story almost wasn’t worth mentioning because it really was developed all that much. Oh well. Other than that, the book was superbly written and QUITE enjoyable!
I received a copy of this book from Glass Road PR for review purposes. All opinions expressed are my own.
