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Author(s)

Jessa Russo

Publisher Name

Curiosity Quills Press

Genre(s)

Paranormal Romance

Release Date

October 01, 2012

ISBN13

9781620070895

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Seventeen-year-old Ever’s love life has been on hold for the past two years. She’s secretly in love with her best friend Frankie, and he’s completely oblivious.

Of course, it doesn't help that he’s dead, and waking up to his ghost every day has made moving on nearly impossible.

Frustrated and desperate for something real, Ever finds herself falling for her hot new neighbor Toby. His relaxed confidence is irresistible, and not just Ever knows it. But falling for Toby comes with a price that throws Ever’s life into a whirlwind of chaos and drama. More than hearts are on the line, and more than Ever will suffer.

Some girls lose their hearts to love.

Some girls lose their minds.

Ever Van Ruysdael could lose her soul

Seventeen-year-old Ever’s love life has been on hold for the past two years. She’s secretly in love with her best friend Frankie, and he’s completely oblivious.

Of course, it doesn't help that he’s dead, and waking up to his ghost every day has made moving on nearly impossible.

Some girls lose their hearts to love.

Some girls lose their minds.

Ever Van Ruysdael could lose her soul

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Too many unanswered questions.

September 16, 2012 (Updated: June 25, 2026)

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2.3

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3.0

Plot

2.0

Characters

2.0

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Frustrated. This is the best way I can describe how this book made me feel. I think the cover is pretty, the summary intriguing and while there were parts that I found interesting, the overall impression it's left me with is frustration. The biggest dislike for me was discovering 3/4 of the way through that it's not a stand alone. It ends with too many unanswered questions and a love triangle that was awkward.

There didn't seem to be enough background story about Ever and Frankie other than they'd grown up together and she's always loved him. How he came to be a ghost, or rather, why he remains a ghost is glossed over and that left me with a ton of questions. Has their relationship always been one-sided? Where did his nickname for her come from? Where does he goes when he vanishes? Why is he so intent on her staying away from Toby? I had really hard time connecting with them as a potential couple.

Then there's Toby. I didn't trust him at first and found his behavior very forward but as the story progressed, I actually liked him the best which isn't saying a lot because we're given very little information about him or the others. This is a pretty crucial part of the book to leave out, I think. It seemed like the focus was more on the wanna be love triangle which wouldn't have been bad if there were more details about the characters themselves.

I couldn't find any information on a forthcoming book but I cant imagine there wouldn't be one with the way this one ended. However, a lot of blanks will need to be filled in for the next one to hold my interest.

Jen Top 50 Reviewer 377 reviews

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Neutral Toward This One

November 07, 2012 (Updated: June 25, 2026)

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My feelings about 'Ever' are rather neutral. I didn't hate it, though there were some parts of the book that I really disliked, and I didn't love it even though there were parts of the book I enjoyed. So I'm sort of in ambivalent book limbo here...

In 'Ever,' the title character is a reclusive teenage girl who is still obsessed with Frankie, the ghost of her best friend/long-time crush who is now living in her house. Chilling on her couch. Chatting with her parents. And Ever still harbors strong though pointless feelings toward him. But things start to change when new neighbors move in to Frankie's abandoned house...specifically when hot, twenty-something Toby takes an automatic interest in her. As Ever deals with needing to a real boyfriend instead of a bevy of unrequited love for a ghost, her life gets extremely more complicated as her love life becomes twisted and chaotic.

First off, I didn't feel any strong attachment for practically any of the characters. I didn't really like Ever: she is obsessive, indecisive and angsty, plus she seems to have no idea what a loyal relationship looks like. At all. Granted, she doesn't have much dating experience besides being obsessed with a ghost, but still. You just don't make out with three guys over the course of about three and then give your virginity up to one of them, all the while moping about how awful your love life is and how difficult it is and what a pain. I became very tired of reading make-out scenes and then reading Ever lament about how hard it is to love two guys at once. Wake up, girl. Let GO of the GHOST. HE'S DEAD. This brings me to:

GHOST RELATIONSHIPS. I do not like them. I thought this one might work out since Ever loved Frankie before he was a ghost, but no. It didn't. Being in love with something that is dead-ghost-pale-dead is definitely not romantic to me, and no amount of longing looks, wishing-to-touch moments or stay-by-your-bed-while-you-sleep-because-I-don't-need-sleep-staaaaaare nights are going to make me change my mind. Nope. And I found Frankie's nickname for Ever, "Doll," to be borderline creepy. For a little while, I thought he might actually be a ghost from the 1920s pretending to be Frankie, but nope, he actually calls her that and he's from the current century. I found that off-putting.

Going back to the characters, I actually did like two of the characters, Ever's mom and dad, and their relationship. It was nice to see parents portrayed as being very in love and basically being soulmates. I really did like that part. I also liked the entrance of Ariadne and her evilness, even if it was a little random; it was well-timed, and I think it really got the story going. The romance between Ever and Toby was acceptable; I just wish Ever might have put a little more effort into getting over dead!Frankie so she could actually be happy with Toby. But apparently happiness isn't really in the works for Ever, especially at the end of the book, so she might've been better off just forgetting about relationships entirely and going to college boyfriend-less and ghost-less. The story was interesting, if a bit confusing every now; I don't feel like enough clues and hints were dropped at the end of the book. I want to read the next one to figure out what happens, but I wish more threads had been wrapped up in this one, which would have left room for more open plots in the next one. Instead, I was a little unsatisfied with the ending.

Overall, it was a decent read. Not my favorite, but it didn't get chucked against the wall, either.

Thank you to NetGalley.com and Curiosity Quills Press for letting me read this galley.