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For Always
by
Danielle Sibarium (Goodreads Author)
You never really get over your first love. Such is the case for fourteen-year-old Stephanie Barrano, self-proclaimed misfit and death magnet. A freshman in high school, Stephanie is befriended by Jordan Brewer, a hot, in-demand senior, who pulls her from the outer circle of obscurity into the realm of acceptance. Jordan quickly works his way into Stephanie’s heart. He’s he...more
ebook, 280 pages
Published
October 27th 2011
(first published June 27th 2011)
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This story is the epitome of teen angst, with a mix of severe depression. WOW! It was a very emotional read, especially for a YA story. When I say emotional, I don't mean "boo hoo the boy doesn't like me". There is devestation, death, betrayal, and a glimmer of a happy ending. Jordan and Stephanie are close friends, with a silent understanding that they would like to be more. He is hung up on the age difference and thinks she is too optimistic about relationships. She is hung up on HIM and can't...more
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This is somewhat of a hard review to write because my feelings about the novel changed throughout the storyline, the end being very strong and emotional.
The book begins with Stephanie Barrano in her freshman year. She meets Jordan, a senior, and she falls hard quickly. The problem I had with this is the age difference. In my experience, a senior boy would not take a second look at a...more
ARC copy generously provided by author in exchange for honest review.
This is somewhat of a hard review to write because my feelings about the novel changed throughout the storyline, the end being very strong and emotional.
The book begins with Stephanie Barrano in her freshman year. She meets Jordan, a senior, and she falls hard quickly. The problem I had with this is the age difference. In my experience, a senior boy would not take a second look at a...more
3.5 Stars!
Thank you to author, Danielle Sibarium for this e-book! This is a nicely written contemporary albeit a little darker and heavier on the teen angst and depression than your traditional YA read. Stephanie's story sucked me right in but hers is not an easy one and I was left feeling emotionally drained. Despite all she's been through, she showed courage and a willingness to make the most of her life even after she felt as though she'd hit rock bottom. (Refusing to give up is rarely a bad...more
Thank you to author, Danielle Sibarium for this e-book! This is a nicely written contemporary albeit a little darker and heavier on the teen angst and depression than your traditional YA read. Stephanie's story sucked me right in but hers is not an easy one and I was left feeling emotionally drained. Despite all she's been through, she showed courage and a willingness to make the most of her life even after she felt as though she'd hit rock bottom. (Refusing to give up is rarely a bad...more
Vampires, werewolves, faeries, and all the paranormal creatures you can think of have been taking over the Young Adult shelves. No matter what library or bookstore you step into, you are bound to find tons of them. It's time to take a break, and curl up with an outstanding contemporary YA novel. For Always is just perfect for that. The emotion and page turning plot, will have you falling in love with story and characters.
The main character, Stephanie, doesn't feel like she's wanted or fits in....more
The main character, Stephanie, doesn't feel like she's wanted or fits in....more
May 12, 2012
Erica
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Dark and gritty, Danielle Sibarium has delivered a darker YA contemporary that is one enjoyable read. With an enticing plot and good cast of characters, For Always is one book you don't want to miss.
There isn't enough good dark contemporary out there, so For Always was such a treat in that way. The beginning of the book felt a bit off to me, and I wasn't sure what I was going to think. Shortly after this, I was just loving the story and didn't want it to end.
The characters were so great! I reall...more
There isn't enough good dark contemporary out there, so For Always was such a treat in that way. The beginning of the book felt a bit off to me, and I wasn't sure what I was going to think. Shortly after this, I was just loving the story and didn't want it to end.
The characters were so great! I reall...more
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For Always by Danielle Sibaruim was a good young adult romance novel. Some of content in this novel pertains to drinking, drugs, and sex; therefore, I recommend this novel to “mature” young adults.
For Always is Stephanie and Jordan’s love story. Their story isn’t a fluffy fairytale. It’s a sweet story filled with hope, happiness and love, but it’s also an emotional story full of guilt, loss, and heartache.
This sto...more
For Always by Danielle Sibaruim was a good young adult romance novel. Some of content in this novel pertains to drinking, drugs, and sex; therefore, I recommend this novel to “mature” young adults.
For Always is Stephanie and Jordan’s love story. Their story isn’t a fluffy fairytale. It’s a sweet story filled with hope, happiness and love, but it’s also an emotional story full of guilt, loss, and heartache.
This sto...more
Let me first say that is book is AMAZING, FABULOUS, STUPENDOUS and all the spectacular words in the English dictionary that can describe this book. To be honest I don't think all those words combined can describe how wonderful this book is. I abso-freaking-lutely of loved this book. A warning to anyone reading this book, KEEP A BOX OF KLEENEX near by because you are going to cry. I find it hard for books to make me cry and when I do its a because this book is just BEAUTIFUL. Sometimes things jus...more
Jan 10, 2012
Nicky
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3 of 5 stars
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Wow.. Talk about a surprise. This book wasnt anything like I expected, I bought it thinking I was going to get just a run of the mill book.. That was SO not the case. This book was surprisingly deep. and i do mean deep. Not my cuppa but it was a change and I literally put my kindle down twice and read it in a couple of hours. I was glued to the screen. Personally I really liked the heroine. At least for the first half of the book. The second half of the book she had a total personality transplan...more
I don't know what I was expecting from For Always, but the story I got definetly wasn't it. This book was emotional and heartbreaking while at the same time having this underlying sense of hope for the characters. I absolutely loved it! I read this book in about two and a half hours because it was near impossible to set down. I had to know what was going to happen next, and the few times I did set it down I was left thinking about the story the whole time.
While I enjoyed this book, the one thing...more
While I enjoyed this book, the one thing...more
TEARJERKER!
I never thought reading this while Christina Perri sings in the background would turn into one major sobfest.
Jordan and Stephanie's relationship somehow reminds me of that of Phillip and Jadyn's in That Boy in the way both boys look after the girls. But, even though Jordan and Stephanie did not start as childhood friends and only met during high school, their relationship still runs deep in a way which helps both of them relate with each other.
I love the way Jordan loved Stephanie dur...more
I never thought reading this while Christina Perri sings in the background would turn into one major sobfest.
Jordan and Stephanie's relationship somehow reminds me of that of Phillip and Jadyn's in That Boy in the way both boys look after the girls. But, even though Jordan and Stephanie did not start as childhood friends and only met during high school, their relationship still runs deep in a way which helps both of them relate with each other.
I love the way Jordan loved Stephanie dur...more
I love this book! I was sucked in from the very first chapter. You can feel the love Stephanie has for Jordan in every word.
Stephanie thinks she causes death where ever she goes. So she makes it a point to not get close to anyone. Except Maria, her best friend. When upperclassman Jordan starts to notice her, she doesn't believe it, but it makes her days in high school so much better.
Stephanie knows Jordan is the one for her, but he has a problem with their age difference. So she vows to her sel...more
Stephanie thinks she causes death where ever she goes. So she makes it a point to not get close to anyone. Except Maria, her best friend. When upperclassman Jordan starts to notice her, she doesn't believe it, but it makes her days in high school so much better.
Stephanie knows Jordan is the one for her, but he has a problem with their age difference. So she vows to her sel...more
I wasn’t expecting to be pulled into Stephanie’s life so easily and I certainly wasn’t expecting to be affected by everything that happened to her. Most of all, I wasn’t expecting to be moved by Stephanie and Jordan’s story. Not only did Danielle Sibarium impress me, but she captivated me with her beautiful writing. She wrote Stephanie’s story with so much depth and passion, I felt it deep down inside me through her writing alone. Each page and each part of For Always stayed with me and kept me...more
For Always might be the only book I’ve ever read with a main character who shares my name—I’ve racked my brain and can’t think of any others—and it was downright eerie how much I could identify with this novel’s Stephanie, right from the very first chapter. Like Stephanie in For Always, I experienced an unusual number of family deaths at a young age, and while I didn’t consciously blame myself the way Stephanie did, it definitely had a huge impact on me. So I could definitely identify with Steph...more
This book took me by surprise. For one it was directed at a much more mature YA audience. "For Always" is about a high school junior Stephanie and a senior Jordan and their attraction for each other. The story spans a four year time period and the fault I have with the book is that the story drags. They spend four years liking each other and never getting together. It takes almost until the end of the story for them to share their first kiss. It was very frustrating. Having said that I do believ...more
Wow! What an amazing, sad, and beautiful story. We loved that this book took place over a four-year period. It was nice to see the characters grow throughout the book, while still holding on to their inner insecurities that come along with being a teenager. Stephanie broke our hearts, and made us remember what it was like to be a teenager. Now as amazing as this book is it did frustrate us many times, but in a good way. One minute you want to yell at Stephanie and Jordan and the next you want to...more
Although I was nothing like Stephanie in high school, I could relate to her and I was drawn into the story from the first page. I liked the story being told from the first person perspective. Her best friend, Maria, reminded me of a lot of kids I knew back in HS and the characterization in this book is well done. The tension and romantic angst is handled well and the book is definitely a page turner. Reading this book brought back memories of stories like this that I devoured growing up - before...more
This was an amazing book it is the first book ive ever read on my kindle fire it kind of reminded me of one of my favorite books call Heart on a Chain by Cindy Bennett.
Basically this book is about a girl named Stephanie who falls in love with a boy that is 4 years older than her named Jordan.
Jordan loves Stephanie but claims he cant be with because of their age difference, the beginning if the story is being told when Stephanie is a freshman in high school and Jordan is a senior. Then the secon...more
Basically this book is about a girl named Stephanie who falls in love with a boy that is 4 years older than her named Jordan.
Jordan loves Stephanie but claims he cant be with because of their age difference, the beginning if the story is being told when Stephanie is a freshman in high school and Jordan is a senior. Then the secon...more
When I first saw the title of author Danielle Sibarium’s, For Always I had a feeling I would be reading something teen fiction meets young love. I was spot on. I have to admit that I don’t read much teen fiction and am not all that used to reading it, however it was quite the adventure to get out of my comfort zone and delve into the life of main character Stephanie Barrano.
For Always starts off with a fourteen year old (death trap named) Stephanie who has just entered high school. Awkward and t...more
For Always starts off with a fourteen year old (death trap named) Stephanie who has just entered high school. Awkward and t...more
Just wow. I'm on a contemporary kick right now, which is fine by me. I had kind of gotten burnt out on high concept, paranormal, and/or series type books and just wanted to read some satisfying, one-book stories. And I've found some really great ones lately, including this one.
This was a touching, serious story that is about characters that meet with true-to-life situations. What girl hasn't had a serious crush on an older guy and loved him from afar. Who can't relate to that? You just had to l...more
This was a touching, serious story that is about characters that meet with true-to-life situations. What girl hasn't had a serious crush on an older guy and loved him from afar. Who can't relate to that? You just had to l...more
I was happy to curl up with this book. I always enjoy YA novels, and “For Always” was no exception. I enjoyed that it wasn’t a happy-go-lucky teen scene book; I liked that I felt raw emotion. I am going to give “For Always” 4 STARS and I would definitely read more from author Danielle Sibarium. I would recommend this book to people who like to read Young Adult novels and to anyone who likes to read fiction that deals with real life issues. Though, due to some of the scenes and concepts of this b...more
This was a really hard one to review! I really liked the characters, and the longevity of the romance building between Jordan and Stephanie. This was a young adult novel, and it was a glimpse of pure young love. Romance readers will melt with the growing bond between these two main characters. As a story this was as far as my raving could go. As much as I wanted to love this story it just seemed to be lacking the power and intensity that seemed to be simmering under the surface. The constant tug...more
Great book. i loved reading it but got frusrtated with Step and Jordan. They were so scared to admit to each other how much they loved each other. The book follows them Stephanie through hard times and Jordan always coming to the rescue. Their friendship is sweet and easy. Hard times come to their friendship and they argue constantly putting a strain on each other. i love following their story and reading about their ups and downs. Great book i definetly recommend reading it...
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For Always took me under ten hours to read. I picked it up, and couldn't make myself put it down. The romance between Stephanie and Jordan isn't something that develops easily. Over the years, they see other people, they fight with each other, push each other away, and save each other. I really enjoyed the fact that the story took place over a few years so you could see how the characters grew up and matured. It's not always flowers and butterflies for the cha...more
For Always took me under ten hours to read. I picked it up, and couldn't make myself put it down. The romance between Stephanie and Jordan isn't something that develops easily. Over the years, they see other people, they fight with each other, push each other away, and save each other. I really enjoyed the fact that the story took place over a few years so you could see how the characters grew up and matured. It's not always flowers and butterflies for the cha...more
Bleck!
What a horrible roller coaster full of horrible circumstances. The main character, Stephanie, is the most immature heroine I've ever had the displeasure to read. And the love interest, he was just stringing her along for years! I couldn't even see any good qualities in him. They both used other people the entire time, and even when having an attack of rebellion, she couldn't go through with anything, making me wonder if the author is Mormon or something. It was horrible, from the first wor...more
What a horrible roller coaster full of horrible circumstances. The main character, Stephanie, is the most immature heroine I've ever had the displeasure to read. And the love interest, he was just stringing her along for years! I couldn't even see any good qualities in him. They both used other people the entire time, and even when having an attack of rebellion, she couldn't go through with anything, making me wonder if the author is Mormon or something. It was horrible, from the first wor...more
This was an amazing book it is the first book ive ever read on my kindle fire it kind of reminded me of one of my favorite books call Heart on a Chain by Cindy Bennett.
Basically this book is about a girl named Stephanie who falls in love with a boy that is 4 years older than her named Jordan.
Jordan loves Stephanie but claims he cant be with because of their age difference, the beginning if the story is being told when Stephanie is a freshman in high school and Jordan is a senior. Then the secon...more
Basically this book is about a girl named Stephanie who falls in love with a boy that is 4 years older than her named Jordan.
Jordan loves Stephanie but claims he cant be with because of their age difference, the beginning if the story is being told when Stephanie is a freshman in high school and Jordan is a senior. Then the secon...more
This author is amazingly talented and I believe that she has found her genre. She has such a deep understanding of young love and the emotions and fears that plague the teens who venture to give their hearts. This story is so touching that it brought back memories of my own teenage romances. I highly recommend this book and look forward to future works by this author. Karen Kelly Boyce, author of Down Right Good
This book was amazing. I adore the charecters. My heart broke for Stephanie. We all know what it is like to feel insecure, to feel shunned by others, whether real or imagined. And Jordan! As much as I wanted to dislike him, I couldn't. I loved that he had demons of his own. Death is hard to deal with at any age, but when your young, you tend to blame yourself for things you have absolutely no control of, as these charecters did.
From the start of the book to the end, I saw tremendous growth in St...more
From the start of the book to the end, I saw tremendous growth in St...more
This book had two characters that you want to see together, but there are obstacles constantly in front of them. It kept the story interesting while never getting frustrating that they don't get together sooner.
YA can be tough to write because the conflicts have to be real and handled like a person that age would handle things. This books does that.
YA can be tough to write because the conflicts have to be real and handled like a person that age would handle things. This books does that.
I loved the characters, I love the storyline.Everything was really good!Some problems with the book We had to wait until over 90% of the book for the two characters to kiss for the first time what?!As well as love between the two characters never felt that true love....all in all I really enjoyed the last 30 pages.
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