Never Never, a novella series. Book one of three.
Best friends since they could walk. In love since the age of fourteen.
Complete strangers since this morning.
He’ll do anything to remember. She’ll do anything to forget.
“Never have I had my mind blown reading a book like I have reading Never Never. It was intense, sweet, completely unpredictable and utterly fascinating. Can’t wait for the … fascinating. Can’t wait for the next book in this series!” ~Jen, The Book Avenue
“Hoover and Fisher have combined their unique talents to deliver a deliciously twisted tale of deceit, love and friendship that keeps you guessing long after the heart-stopping end.” ~Vilma’s Book Blog
“Twisted, sickly wicked, yet warming with a deep-layered love story. Tarryn and Colleen combine their forces for good. Alone they are talented. Together this epic duo is unstoppable.” ~Pam, The Book Avenue.
“The evil queen and the good fairy of romance have come together, and the results are more than I could have ever asked for.” ~Holly’s Hot Reads
This novella is recommended for readers age 16+ due to mild language and sexual content.
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Charlie and Silas are high school students who suffer a strange sort of temporary amnesia. This occurs out of nowhere, and restarts again every couple days. In their second episode, yet one that the books jumps us into, they suddenly ‘wake up’ so to speak during school. Neither of them have a clue who they even are, where they are, or what to make of it. They play it cool, their friends approach them first so they’re able to pick up bits and pieces about their lives. Enough to get through the days without anyone figuring out what’s going on with them. BUT, what’s awesome and what makes the book – is that they each figure out that the other is suffering the same issue and each time their memories are wiped it’s a new experience for the two. They uncover their lives, secrets, traumas, and wind up on a quest of sorts to figure out what kind of curse they’re under.
It’s alternating POV which I absolutely love and is a great fit for the story line. They have been close since they were little and have been in love since fourteen. In the couple of years that they’ve been an actual teen couple, the two have went through hell. Their fathers used to be in a very prominent business together. Carlie’s father wound up in prison for embezzlement within their company along with other things, and Silas’s father holds a very serious grudge against Charlie, as he assumes she’d helped him hide documents that prove his guilt. After it all went down Charlie’s home life spiraled… they lost everything, her sister hates her, their mother turned to alcohol, and she do to her recent self loathing she began pushing everyone away from her, including Silas. She cheated on him, she was mean as crap to other students, the list goes on. Silas tried his best to cope but failed miserably and eventually they broke up.
Now here they are, with nothing but random meaningless memories like famous people, TV shows, how to drive etc. and they know absolutely nothing about themselves, each other nor their home lives. Somehow, they’re drawn to each other and their connection is dynamic. They write themselves notes of what they’ve uncovered so that they’d be one step closer each time they come-to memoryless. It’s a great fit because writing letters is kind of their thing, which they soon discover. They’ve written letters to each other on a regular basis for years. They find these letters and get to know each other and themselves through fresh-unbias eyes. Neither of them like what they find, and are able to hold together and uncover the big bangs that drew them apart in the first place.
As a whole this book reads really easily, it’s written simply yet captivatingly. It took me a bit longer to get through than some other of Hoovers (who I absolutely love BTW). Some things I found a little too repetitive, which in all fairness was necessary for the story line, but nonetheless repetitive. 4 stars for me!
Chills and thrills ran down my spine as I started listening to this stunning child of CoHo+Tarryn. This combo is highly lucrative & respected in indie world, because they’re both geniuses in their respective genres. YA to Dark psycho-thrillers and when the Twain met, the book had to be spectacular akin to a God- child…right?
It. Does. Not. Disappoint!
Very unusual story and so far we only know that Charlie wynwood and Silas nash belong with each other. But why? How? When? Is still wrapped in mystery as the young teen couple is caught in a 48 hour memory loop. The best thing I loved was how every action was questioned and every reaction explained. It wasn’t taken for granted, their minds tried to solve and anticipate every move.
Why don’t I remember?
How do I remember this?
When did this happen to me?
Even though it’s in alternating viewpoint, I felt I was Charlie or Silas and I was frustrated beyond measure.
The book ends on a cliffy and I already downloaded book 2 and started it.
5 stars for the sheer brilliance of writing by my fave combo
Took a little bit, but once it did suck me in, I couldn’t put it down. Really interesting read, shrouded in mystery. Beware: ends on a cliff hanger and with more unanswered than answered questions.
4 stars
I read the trilogy in one book.
I’ve read Colleen Hoover before but not Tarryn Fisher. I loved the characters and all of their complexities. The storyline is very unusual but kept me focusing on what was going to happen next. The last chapter ended the way I had hoped, yet different from my expectations. And the epilogue was over the top!
So, I was out and about and forgot my book at home, so I pulled up my Nook app on my phone and randomly chose this book because I happen to love everything I’ve read by Colleen Hoover. I won’t say I was disappointed, because I found myself immediately intrigued and couldn’t stop reading! It was different than I was expecting though! I ended up not being able to go back to my other book until I had finished this one…and now that I have, I fear I’ll have to read all three of them before I can get my mind into another story. That’s how completely the story has gripped me.
The idea of two people just randomly “waking up” and forgetting everything is very unnerving. I can’t even come up with a reason why this has happened and can’t wait to get to the part where we find out. I kind of like that both of them find out things about themselves that they don’t really like. It makes it seem like redemption is possible and that it might be a good thing this has happened to them, so they can fix what they don’t like about themselves.
We end on a massive cliffhanger, so don’t be like me and definitely have the next book (or both of them) handy before you start reading. The writing is amazing, in my opinion, and even though it’s different than anything I’ve read by either author before, I’m sure fans of either author will enjoy the book and the writing.
Never Never was a good read that left me with more questions than answers. Charlie and Silas start their day with no memory of who they are, their friends or family. They know general things like songs, presidents, flowers but remember nothing important. Throughout this book they only have each other to rely on as they try to figure out what is cause them to remember nothing about their lives and this goes on til the very end. We get a small glimpse that this has happened before then BAM the book is over. I enjoyed this book enough to finish it however, it gave me no answers besides drama between the family and the disapproval of Silas and Charlie’s relationship from their parents. Left with a whole bunch of questions and no answers leaves me unsure if I will read the next book in the series.