Forever & Always (The Ever Trilogy #1) by Jasinda Wilder

Forever & Always (The Ever Trilogy #1) by Jasinda Wilder

Released December 2013

Spoiler Free Review by Krystal

Ever,

These letters are often all that get me through week to week. Even if it’s just random stuff, nothing important, they’re important to me. Gramps is great, and I love working on the ranch.

But…I’m lonely.

I feel disconnected, like I’m no one, like I don’t belong anywhere. Like I’m just here until something else happens. I don’t even know what I want with my future. But your letters, they make me feel connected to something, to someone. I had a crush on you, when we first met. I thought you were beautiful. So beautiful. It was hard to think of anything else. Then camp ended and we never got together, and now all I have of you is these letters.

S**t.

I just told you I have a crush on you. HAD. Had a crush. Not sure what is anymore. A letter-crush? A literary love? That’s stupid. Sorry. I just have this rule with myself that I never throw away what I write and I always send it, so hopefully this doesn’t weird you out too much. I had a dream about you too. Same kind of thing. Us, in the darkness, together.

Just us.

And it was like you said, a memory turned into a dream, but a memory of something that’s never happened, but in the dream it felt so real, and it was more, I don’t even know, more RIGHT than anything I’ve ever felt, in life or in dreams. I wonder what it means that we both had the same dream about each other. Maybe nothing, maybe everything. You tell me.

Cade

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Cade,

We’re pen pals. Maybe that’s all we’ll ever be. I don’t know. If we met IRL (in real life, in case you’re not familiar with the term) what would happen? And just FYI, the term you used, a literary love? It was beautiful. So beautiful. That term means something, between us now. We are literary loves. Lovers? I do love you, in some strange way. Knowing about you, in these letters, knowing your hurt and your joys, it means something so important to me, that I just can’t describe. I need your art, and your letters, and your literary love.

If we never have anything else between us, I need this. I do. Maybe this letter will only complicate things, but like you I have a rule that I never erase or throw away what I’ve written and I always send it, no matter what I write in the letter.

Your literary love,

Ever

When we were first introduced to Caden and Ever, they were 14/15, met at an Artsy Summer camp, Interlochen... where they spent 3 weeks of the summer.

   

The day they left camp, they decide to become pen pals.Over the next time their friendship starts to grow through letters. A few weeks after camp, Caden discovers that his mother has cancer. He’s heartbroken and scared. Exchanging letters with Ever is one of the few things that help him cope. With the loss off his mother and the breakdown of his family, it takes a toll on Caden. 

"That summer we met, Interlochen. The lake. Drawing all day. Sitting on the dock together. It was the last of my childhood, I think. The last happy days of my life." ~ Cade

When he moves to his grandparent’s farm in Wyoming, things start to get better in his life. Ever and Caden are pen pals for 5 years and even though they both grow up and have other relationships, they remain a constant in each other’s lives. And through this, they go through death together, first kisses, first sexual encounters. 

Then about 5 years down the road...When another tragedy hits Caden’s life, he loses it. He had suffered so much loss and heartache that he breaks down and goes to seek out the one person who has always brought him love and comfort. ....Ever gets a knock on the door. When Ever and Caden finally saw each other again, it was hot, intense, and so emotional. 

"You knocked on my door, and you kissed me. Lady Antebellum was playing. You kissed me, and I knew then that I'd never love anyone more. I never could, and I never will."

Now to the big finale... the ending. It’s pretty obvious if you know Jasinda Wilder, you know she is going to throw something heartbreaking at you... it ends in a giant cliffhanger, but don’t let that stop you from reading it! Book 2 is out so there’s no good reason not to jump right in!!


I downloaded this book when it was free some time ago and tried to get started reading it once and got distracted... but when I finally picked it up... I couldn't put it down. Forever & Always made me an EmOtIoNaL wreck... I seriously read all three books of the series in less then 2 days... I was captivated by their love and I could bot focus on real life. 

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND BUYING THE SECOND BOOK IMMEDIATELY!!!!

Purchase Links and Reading Order

Forever & Always (The Ever Trilogy #1) Amazon (FREE)

After Forever (The Ever Trilogy #2) Amazon ($5.99)

Saving Forever (The Ever Trilogy) Amazon ($5.99)