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akiikomori's review against another edition
4.0
The one thing I regret is not reading this book sooner!
Me and my stupid self waited almost a year to read this book after I’d finished the first novel, Eversea.
I usually like to read series in one sitting, or one after the other so I don’t forget what had happened in the previous novel. Forever Jack takes place almost immediately after Eversea ends and ties up a lot of loose ends about what happened with Jack and Keri Ann after the events that led to their ‘separation’. Once again Jack Eversea proves that there is more to life than fame and money, that some things are more important, and that there are such things as already being in love right when you meet a person.
A mistake and a bad decision. That’s what led infamous actor, Jack Eversea to his current predicament.
His ex-lover and agent blackmailed him and forced him to leave the best thing to ever happen to him, and Keri Ann was left broken-hearted and back to square one with nothing but the memories of Jack to hold her at night.
But life goes on and Jack is determined to fix everything he’d broken when he left Butler Cove.
After several months of radio silence and another movie later, Jack returns in pursuit of Keri Ann in hopes of getting back together with her. But after several months, Keri Ann has moved on. She’s applied and been accepted into an art school, has her own gallery showing coming up and is working towards a better future for herself – a future without Jack. When he comes waltzing back into her life of course she’s skeptical, of course she can’t trust him, but part of her remembers…remembers and yearns for him, and she doesn’t know how long she can go without being with him. The only problem is that even though Jack is back will she be able to live with his lifestyle?
I’ve probably said this a bunch of times but I can’t stress the fact that I love women who can make up their own minds. Women like Keri Ann HAVE STANDARDS and won’t let anyone push them around or will change their minds easily. I’m sure many women would love to go out with a celebrity like Jack, but Keri Ann knows what sort of life is…the paparazzi, being defined by dating him, not being able to make her own way in the world and that’s tough. It really is a hard life to live and she knows it and that’s why I have to give her MAD PROPS for confronting Jack about it. It is her life and their life and there has to be some sort of compromise.
Jack’s best qualities come from his perseverance in going after what he wants. He wants Keri Ann, he knows he can be happy with her, she is his everything, and even if she’s dating someone else he’d still fight for her. I mean some people may think his actions may seem a tad bit obsessive…but he does it in a tolerable romantic way. The point is that he fights for what he wants, he isn’t rude about it, and he will not take no for an answer. Again, some people may think it’s too much, or that it only works because Jack is hawt, and a movie star, and famous, but IT CAN WORK with the right attitude, which is why Jack is top in my books.
A lot of this book was about Jack winning Keri Ann back after what happened at the end of book one, and Keri Ann forgiving him and letting him back into her life. As often as this sort of storyline/theme has been used it is enjoyable in doses. Keri Ann is sensible enough to know that life with Jack will be hard, and to know that he could turn around and get any girl he wanted; I can understand her need to be skeptical. But life and relationships can or have to sometimes be about compromise… If you want to be with someone you have to learn to make sacrifices and I think that’s what this book is mainly about…sacrifices and forgiveness.
Here’s to one of the cutest couples ever! Although I do say if you’re going to read this series read one after the other and don’t wait like I did. You’ll fall in love with Jack instantly and he’ll prove that he’s worth your love and affection. And being famous doesn’t hurt his cause either.
4/5 Hearts of Love
Me and my stupid self waited almost a year to read this book after I’d finished the first novel, Eversea.
I usually like to read series in one sitting, or one after the other so I don’t forget what had happened in the previous novel. Forever Jack takes place almost immediately after Eversea ends and ties up a lot of loose ends about what happened with Jack and Keri Ann after the events that led to their ‘separation’. Once again Jack Eversea proves that there is more to life than fame and money, that some things are more important, and that there are such things as already being in love right when you meet a person.
A mistake and a bad decision. That’s what led infamous actor, Jack Eversea to his current predicament.
His ex-lover and agent blackmailed him and forced him to leave the best thing to ever happen to him, and Keri Ann was left broken-hearted and back to square one with nothing but the memories of Jack to hold her at night.
But life goes on and Jack is determined to fix everything he’d broken when he left Butler Cove.
After several months of radio silence and another movie later, Jack returns in pursuit of Keri Ann in hopes of getting back together with her. But after several months, Keri Ann has moved on. She’s applied and been accepted into an art school, has her own gallery showing coming up and is working towards a better future for herself – a future without Jack. When he comes waltzing back into her life of course she’s skeptical, of course she can’t trust him, but part of her remembers…remembers and yearns for him, and she doesn’t know how long she can go without being with him. The only problem is that even though Jack is back will she be able to live with his lifestyle?
I’ve probably said this a bunch of times but I can’t stress the fact that I love women who can make up their own minds. Women like Keri Ann HAVE STANDARDS and won’t let anyone push them around or will change their minds easily. I’m sure many women would love to go out with a celebrity like Jack, but Keri Ann knows what sort of life is…the paparazzi, being defined by dating him, not being able to make her own way in the world and that’s tough. It really is a hard life to live and she knows it and that’s why I have to give her MAD PROPS for confronting Jack about it. It is her life and their life and there has to be some sort of compromise.
Jack’s best qualities come from his perseverance in going after what he wants. He wants Keri Ann, he knows he can be happy with her, she is his everything, and even if she’s dating someone else he’d still fight for her. I mean some people may think his actions may seem a tad bit obsessive…but he does it in a tolerable romantic way. The point is that he fights for what he wants, he isn’t rude about it, and he will not take no for an answer. Again, some people may think it’s too much, or that it only works because Jack is hawt, and a movie star, and famous, but IT CAN WORK with the right attitude, which is why Jack is top in my books.
A lot of this book was about Jack winning Keri Ann back after what happened at the end of book one, and Keri Ann forgiving him and letting him back into her life. As often as this sort of storyline/theme has been used it is enjoyable in doses. Keri Ann is sensible enough to know that life with Jack will be hard, and to know that he could turn around and get any girl he wanted; I can understand her need to be skeptical. But life and relationships can or have to sometimes be about compromise… If you want to be with someone you have to learn to make sacrifices and I think that’s what this book is mainly about…sacrifices and forgiveness.
Here’s to one of the cutest couples ever! Although I do say if you’re going to read this series read one after the other and don’t wait like I did. You’ll fall in love with Jack instantly and he’ll prove that he’s worth your love and affection. And being famous doesn’t hurt his cause either.
4/5 Hearts of Love
talip22's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
devansbooklife's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed the conclusion to this romance. Although at times Keri Ann annoyed the heck out of me because of her pride. The story came together nicely and the lose ends were tied up enough to please me.
katyanaish's review
2.0
So much eh.
Look. I don't forgive Jack. I find his absence for 7 months, without a word - to be unforgivable. Remember that their relationship began, in the last book, when he asked her to take a chance on him. She chose to trust him, and he completely fucked her over. And nothing that was said, nothing about the situation, has even come close to explaining - to me - why he couldn't call her and explain. Whether she chose to believe him again or not, at least he'd have tried. But to not even bother - and then whore himself around England for 5 months, without even a moment of thought about how seeing that shit in tabloids would wreck her - and then show up after 7 months determined to fix things...
Nope.
That's just a hard no.
So that made for a real problem, for me. Because that's the situation the book establishes in the first like ... 15%. And I was never sold. He exhibited so little care for her that I don't understand how she could trust him again. It made her look like a doormat.
Later in the book, she annoyed the crap out of me because
And then, as a final complaint, the Audrey stuff was bullshit. I'm sorry, but this bitch was having an affair - and that was public knowledge, so her image was already shit. None of her threats held water. Jack had her over a barrel. She was not a threat. Jack should have turned the tables on her immediately, and completely put her down.
So that's probably it for me. I didn't buy her ever forgiving him, from the outset, and then I thought she was an asshole when they decided to try again. Meh.
Look. I don't forgive Jack. I find his absence for 7 months, without a word - to be unforgivable. Remember that their relationship began, in the last book, when he asked her to take a chance on him. She chose to trust him, and he completely fucked her over. And nothing that was said, nothing about the situation, has even come close to explaining - to me - why he couldn't call her and explain. Whether she chose to believe him again or not, at least he'd have tried. But to not even bother - and then whore himself around England for 5 months, without even a moment of thought about how seeing that shit in tabloids would wreck her - and then show up after 7 months determined to fix things...
Nope.
That's just a hard no.
So that made for a real problem, for me. Because that's the situation the book establishes in the first like ... 15%. And I was never sold. He exhibited so little care for her that I don't understand how she could trust him again. It made her look like a doormat.
Later in the book, she annoyed the crap out of me because
Spoiler
she decides to have this relationship... but only half-assed. It has to be secret, he can't go to any of her art exhibits, they can't end up in the tabloids, he can't do a thing to help her. Okay, firstly, good luck with the tabloids. He literally cannot control that. But secondly - and most importantly - you're either in or you're out. You can't have a foot in and a foot out. You know who he is, what his life is. If you decide you want a relationship, then you're deciding to take that on and see how it goes, so woman up and do it. If you can't do it, then stop stringing him along, because that's shitty.And then, as a final complaint, the Audrey stuff was bullshit. I'm sorry, but this bitch was having an affair - and that was public knowledge, so her image was already shit. None of her threats held water. Jack had her over a barrel.
Spoiler
All he had to do was like, go on Access Hollywood to announce that he was filing charges for fraud, against her and his ex-agent, for faking a pregnancy in order to manipulate him. There were witnesses to that reveal - several of them - and it would have utterly destroyed Audrey. Look, society is inherently misogynist. A woman faking a pregnancy to manipulate a man? The public would have crucified her for that.So that's probably it for me. I didn't buy her ever forgiving him, from the outset, and then I thought she was an asshole when they decided to try again. Meh.
nitzanschwarz's review
3.0
Yay, I finally completed this doulogy! You'd think, it being just two short books, that I could've done that ages ago. Alas, I like to keep you on my toes so I didn't.
Confession time, here's what I got: I didn't remember much of the first book going into this one. I thought about re-reading it for a moment or two but then decided... nah. So I was a little fuzzy on the details, but this book did a good job bridging that gap. Everything was very clear so even someone who read the first book two years ago could understand.
My thoughts on Forever, Jack? Unnecessary. It's not that it was bad - but did you really need to split the novels into two for this? You could've had one great standalone instead! And don't let the 300+ page count fool you. These books feel short.
Forever, Jack deals with the aftermath of Jack leaving Keri Ann and how they come back together. I think maybe 30% of the book is a flashback to what Jack did in those months they were separated and why he didn't just come back to Keri Ann.
The rest was them repeating and rehashing the same weak conflict over and over again. If Keri Ann didn't pretend to be over it or determined to succeed in their relationship despite it, it would've been less annoying but the way she kept going back and forth pissed me off. It's like, this book could've ended 150 pages ago if you'd stop.
It just didn't have enough sustenance, you know?
That's not to say I didn't enjoy seeing this sweet couple find their happily-ever-after and being cute af while doing so. 'Cause... I really did.
Confession time, here's what I got: I didn't remember much of the first book going into this one. I thought about re-reading it for a moment or two but then decided... nah. So I was a little fuzzy on the details, but this book did a good job bridging that gap. Everything was very clear so even someone who read the first book two years ago could understand.
My thoughts on Forever, Jack? Unnecessary. It's not that it was bad - but did you really need to split the novels into two for this? You could've had one great standalone instead! And don't let the 300+ page count fool you. These books feel short.
Forever, Jack deals with the aftermath of Jack leaving Keri Ann and how they come back together. I think maybe 30% of the book is a flashback to what Jack did in those months they were separated and why he didn't just come back to Keri Ann.
The rest was them repeating and rehashing the same weak conflict over and over again. If Keri Ann didn't pretend to be over it or determined to succeed in their relationship despite it, it would've been less annoying but the way she kept going back and forth pissed me off. It's like, this book could've ended 150 pages ago if you'd stop.
It just didn't have enough sustenance, you know?
That's not to say I didn't enjoy seeing this sweet couple find their happily-ever-after and being cute af while doing so. 'Cause... I really did.
soccer8s's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I'm glad I read the second book. This was a fun, lighthearted story. I'm glad it continued from 'eversea'.
Fun love story, great characters, relatable
Fun love story, great characters, relatable
mrs_jonesie's review against another edition
fast-paced
3.5
3.5 stars... This was a quick read, I think it was better than the first book.
darkcrystal1839's review against another edition
4.0
What I loved most about this continuation to the fabulous Eversea, Book One, was that in this book we were finally able to see more through the eyes of Jack. That is one of my favorite storytelling devices - I know how one character affects the narrator, but to flip that around and suddenly learn that the narrator has just as much of an affect on that character? Gets me every time.
I really enjoyed this second installment, which continued the story of Jack and Keri Ann and they're extremely complicated relationship. Like the first book, it also included many seriously steamy scenes, so those who shy away from those types would want to look elsewhere for their light read. I found myself sucked into the story, same as book one, so I didn't mind so much all the raunch.
I also thoroughly enjoyed all the literary, cinematic, and pop culture references thrown into this book. There were some scattered throughout the first book, but this one has some real gems. I was surprised how much I laughed when reading this light romantic read.
A fitting end to a great romance! And with a fantastic epilogue that just left me grinning like an idiot.
I really enjoyed this second installment, which continued the story of Jack and Keri Ann and they're extremely complicated relationship. Like the first book, it also included many seriously steamy scenes, so those who shy away from those types would want to look elsewhere for their light read. I found myself sucked into the story, same as book one, so I didn't mind so much all the raunch.
I also thoroughly enjoyed all the literary, cinematic, and pop culture references thrown into this book. There were some scattered throughout the first book, but this one has some real gems. I was surprised how much I laughed when reading this light romantic read.
A fitting end to a great romance! And with a fantastic epilogue that just left me grinning like an idiot.
nighteyes82's review against another edition
4.0
What I liked about the #1 is that it was a single POV
yes I am old school and the new trend of dual POV was nice but it is overdone and annoying lobg term IMHO
so here it is 90% her POV and his i take and the story is bringing solething to the plot.
Jack my man you have a lot on your plate!
Ker you are growing up so fast
reading this story at the same time of an other huge scandal in Lalaland is interesting. it gives perspective. a reminder of all the BS and make believe (hello Twillight love story).
I will read Jazz and Joey story later. I am not that invest in their story
yes I am old school and the new trend of dual POV was nice but it is overdone and annoying lobg term IMHO
so here it is 90% her POV and his i take and the story is bringing solething to the plot.
Jack my man you have a lot on your plate!
Ker you are growing up so fast
reading this story at the same time of an other huge scandal in Lalaland is interesting. it gives perspective. a reminder of all the BS and make believe (hello Twillight love story).
I will read Jazz and Joey story later. I am not that invest in their story