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Every Never After (Never #2)

by Lesley Livingston (Goodreads Author)

4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 · rating details · 49 ratings · 16 reviews

It's happening again!

Despite their vow to each other at the end of Once Every Never, best friends Clare and Allie once more find themselves in trouble—and travelling in time. Indulging in a low-key vacation at Glastonbury Tor, taking part in an archaeological dig while soaking up the sights of summertime England, the girls have promised each other: no time travel shenaniga...more

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Published March 12th 2013 by Razorbill Canada

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Apr 27, 2013 Sofia rated it 4 of 5 stars

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If I could sum up this book in one word, I think it would be trippy.

Once again, Lesley Livingston did not disappoint in her sequel to the novel Once Every Never. So this novel continues with Clare and Allie going to Glastonbury Tor in Britain after the "Time Travel Shenanigans" for an archaeological dig. We again see Milo, and of course (My favourite) Stuart Morholt. We are also introduced to a couple of new characters, such as Roman legionnaire Marcus Donatus,Piper, and Nicholas Ashbourne.

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Jan 20, 2013 Michelle rated it 5 of 5 stars

Oh my goodness!!! Really??? You can’t leave me hanging like that! That is just totally unfair! Just when everything was happening and coming to a close – BAM! – I feel like I was dropped in one of those time warps! So when is the next one coming out?? Soon I hope?

A great second read in the NEVER trilogy. I’ll admit it has been a long time since I read Once Every Never - turns out it was July 2011 and yes I had forgotten some of the book - but Lesley did a great job at throwing in relevant bits a...more Oh my goodness!!! Really??? You can’t leave me hanging like that! That is just totally unfair! Just when everything was happening and coming to a close – BAM! – I feel like I was dropped in one of those time warps! So when is the next one coming out?? Soon I hope?

A great second read in the NEVER trilogy. I’ll admit it has been a long time since I read Once Every Never - turns out it was July 2011 and yes I had forgotten some of the book - but Lesley did a great job at throwing in relevant bits and pieces of it in this book. I usually hate it when authors do that – but it was seamless here and perfect! Brought me up to speed when I needed it!.

So what is this about? It’s a continuation of Allie and Clare’s summer in England with Clare’s aunt Maggie. They’re now off to an archaeological dig site, one that should not have any lingering magic around. Ha! Leave it to these 2 to find it and continue on their journey with time-warping and such. I don’t want to give too much away – but it’s a GREAT story! As I’d mentioned in my previous post I really enjoy authors who find a new line of stories – especially ones that I have yet to read. Going back in time, shimmering, and meeting up with historical figures – is just cool! Keep them coming

The one aspect of this book that I found really fun were the “self-conversations” both Al and Clare were having. They are in the midst of making a decision and they’re both struggling with their inner-thoughts. At one point, when Al was trying to escape and she sees Marcus in the river.. I just love her thoughts and how she struggles with what she sees and what she thinks she should be thinking or feeling. Hilarious!! But I believe a true reflection of what most 16-17 yr olds do

…and NO I’m not being biased! Yes I’ve noted in previous posts that I love Canadian authors and maybe I enjoy their works more because of that – nope not here! I just loved this story! And I’ll also admit I did NOT like how it ended – completely up in the air! Ugh!!! What happened??? I cannot wait so I really hope the 3rd installment is due out fairly soon… PLEASE!!!!

Highly recommended
Ages: 14 and up

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May 02, 2013 Karly rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: little-fae-today

Huge SPOILER...... the ending SUCKS. I actually almost threw this book across the room, i say almost because that has only happened once due to my extreme-o love of books in general. I afterwards spent the next five minutes telling myself the last paragraph didn't happen, nope, not even, NO. It's a cute book, heavy on teenage jargon but as it is about teens I'll forgive it that. The meshing of now and then is very confusingly but well done. But the ending.... ERG.... Ms. Livingston there better...more

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Feb 25, 2013 Dayla rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Every Never After by Lesley Livingston is the sequel to the young adult historical adventure Once Every Never. Like the first in the Never series, Every Never After is full of romance, adventure, and really neat insights into what life must have been like in the ancient Roman times.

I find that Livingston's strongest writing technique is her dialogue. Witty, quick, and realistic, Cl...more

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Jan 19, 2013 Ashley - Book Labyrinth rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: for-review, from-publisher, netgalley

‘Every Never After’ is a book filled with a zany humour that is so uniquely Lesley Livingston; it’s an energy that really can’t be described unless you’ve met Lesley and/or read one of her books before. ‘Every Never After’ is a perfect blend of geekiness and giddiness, and if you liked the first book (‘Once Every Never’) then I’m certain you’ll enjoy this one too.

‘Every Never After’ features more time monkey shenanigans, this time involving Allie, but also relating to Clare in a roundabout way....more

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Mar 10, 2013 Lindsay rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: arc, netgalley, canadian, young-adult, friendship, historical, romance, time-travel, reviewed

Despite their vow, best friends Clare and Allie once more find themselves in trouble, and traveling through time. Indulging in a low-key vacation at Glastonbury Tor, taking part in an archeological dig while soaking up the sights of summertime England, the girls promised each other three things. No time travel shenanigans, no involvement with dangerous Druids or villainous museum thieves, and no weirdness about the fact that Clare is now dating Allie's super hot genius cousin, Milo. But when All...more Despite their vow, best friends Clare and Allie once more find themselves in trouble, and traveling through time. Indulging in a low-key vacation at Glastonbury Tor, taking part in an archeological dig while soaking up the sights of summertime England, the girls promised each other three things. No time travel shenanigans, no involvement with dangerous Druids or villainous museum thieves, and no weirdness about the fact that Clare is now dating Allie's super hot genius cousin, Milo. But when Allie makes a discovery at the dig site, the skull transports her back in time to a Roman encampment besieged by rampaging Celts. Caught between the Legions and the war band, Allie is rescued from certain death by Marcus, a young Roman soldier with a secret. As she struggles to survive in the past, Clare and Milo race against time in the present to bring her back before she loses her head or her heart.

Every Never After is a welcome return to an entertaining series with witty and intelligent characters. A return to Clare and Allie means a return to 1st century Britain with a little time travel to help them along, a return to blood magic and raging Celts and Druids, a return to complicated time streams and ingenious teen girls. But things are different now, this time it's Allie who travels back in time, and it's up to Clare to help bring her back.

Things are a lot more complicated this time around. Now Allie is trapped in the past and Clare and Milo are racing to find away to bring her back without bringing two worlds together and crashing everything into everything else. The stakes are so much higher than they were before, merely a month ago to Clare and Allie, and so much is at risk of disappearing.

It's never easy for Allie and Clare. Time is fickle, working against them along with Druid magic and villainous thieves. But what makes this book so entertaining is Allie and Clare themselves. They're passionate and sometimes foolish and headstrong, but they're smart, they're ingenious and intelligent, and they always seem to find a way to fix what was broken by a rather pompous time-traveling man.

Time travel is so complicated, so intricate and delicate. There are consequences to messing with time, there are paradoxes, and every loose thread must be tied off. Or everything Clare and Allie have done with be for naught.

With both this book and its predecessor, Lesley Livingston combines history, science fiction, and witty characters to bring readers something entertaining, cleverly disguising a possible British history lesson with a lot of action and intrigue. This book turns up the suspense, the excitement, the danger, the time travel complications, and at the end left me breathless and desperate for a third book.(less)

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Feb 15, 2013 Michele (Reading Lark/CanadianTwiMom) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: general-fantasy, mythology, net-galley, reading-lark, time-travel, own-it, softcover

My review can also be found on Reading Lark: http://readinglark.blogspot.ca/2013/0...

"It's happening again..." Yep! It surely is! Those who enjoyed Lesley Livingston's Once Every Never will undoubtedly be in for a treat with its much anticipated sequel, Every Never After. In the first book of this series, the adventure was predominantly Clarinet (Clare) Reid's, but in the second book, it is Allie who accidentally sets in motion a time-traveling journey of her own.

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My review can also be found on Reading Lark: http://readinglark.blogspot.ca/2013/0...

"It's happening again..." Yep! It surely is! Those who enjoyed Lesley Livingston's Once Every Never will undoubtedly be in for a treat with its much anticipated sequel, Every Never After. In the first book of this series, the adventure was predominantly Clarinet (Clare) Reid's, but in the second book, it is Allie who accidentally sets in motion a time-traveling journey of her own.

Who would have thought that an innocent childhood blood ritual between friends would have such crazy consequences later in life? I bet Allie didn't when she and bestie, Clare, shared a little blood oath when they were wee lasses. The result, of which, was that they quite literally became blood sisters and fortified a blood curse that originated with Queen Boudicca and tied the girls together several centuries later to a string of time-traveling adventures way beyond their wildest dreams.

Soon after the events of Once Every Never, where Clare--with a lot of help from her friends--traveled way back in time--to the time of the Druids and Romans--to set some things right and rewrite some wrongs, and inadvertently sent the villain, Stuart Morholt, to imprisonment in the past. Not a bad thing really...he got his just rewards, right?!

All our favourites from the first book join us in the second, with a few really great new additions, but as I already mentioned, this is mainly Allie's adventure, with Clare and Milo trying to figure out a way to bring Allie back home. While experiencing Allie's bizarre journey right along with her, what I found was that the quiet, somewhat shy and self-described brainiac-nerdy-girl was actually quite fun and interesting. Her inner-dialogue very much contained Lesley's trademark snark, and now I could see why she and Clare were such good friends. Her reactions to her situations were, I think, realistic from a 17 year old's perspective. She did appreciate the predicament she was in, but every so often would find her mind drifting inappropriately at times...especially when it came to Marcus.

I can't say too much about Marcus without spoiling some of the story (although I DID accurately guess his secret) but I can say that he is the Roman soldier that Allie eventually took a liking to. She couldn't help but notice his gorgeous features even though he was somewhat mean to her at first, but it was apparent fairly early on that he was also trying to protect her from what her captors would normally do to an alleged sorceress that literally appeared in front of them out of nowhere. It took a while for both to trust each other but once they started to let their guards down, I liked what I saw happening between them. There is a scene close to the end that was just so entirely sweet and lovely and swoon-worthy that I will always remember it. Not to mention I will always have Forever Young play in my head when I think of that scene again and for some time afterwards...as was the case for me. A blast from the past!

And can I just say that Stu reminds me of the meanie magician in Frosty the Snowman? That's how I picture him to look and sound. Ha!

What I also really liked about this second book was that we got to see some things from a different perspective. Wherein with Once Every Never, the story was focused on the plight of the Celts serving under Boudicca and how they fought against the Romans who were trying to overtake their lands and basically eradicate them. But in Every Never After, we get an interesting and thought-provoking look at the side of the Romans. No...the majority were still hell-bent on dividing and conquering but we got to see there was more to it from their side, and that not ALL the Roman soldiers were ruthless and evil.

What came first...the chicken or the egg? This query pertaining to this story made my head hurt at times. I admittedly got a bit lost as some of the pieces to the time-traveling puzzle and the blood curse were being revealed. And I hate feeling lost...so I did spend some time rereading certain parts to try to get the full meaning of the latest reveals, but eventually I just learned to plow on through with just being satisfied for getting the gist of it.

But I do have to say that Lesley's stories are always chock full of adventure and fun, and Every Never After is no exception. Good, clean fun--this is a safe read for younger teens. The romance is light and sweet and the characters are full of personality and snark. Lesley cleverly inserted recaps from the previous story to tie the two books together, of which I was completely thankful. There is a pesky cliffhanger at the end too...and it pains me to have to wait a whole year to find out what happens to one of my favourite characters in this book.

I'd like to thank the publisher and Netgalley for the opportunity to review this installment prior to its release.(less)

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Mar 14, 2013 Mary rated it 2 of 5 stars

Entertaining enough. Had a couple chuckles, learnt something new with portals to boot. This second installment just lacked...substance as to plot. No seriously, what was the point?

Was this novel ACTUALLY only about Allie retaining a love interest, to debunk her third wheel position? Just wow.
Aside the few plot holes and unrealistic teenage dialogue it's a good enough read if you have nothing else to do.

But some of those puns, really. Really Lesley.

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Apr 26, 2013 Fannishsunny rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-2013

Allie knows that Clare is the one who has temporal adventures. At least that's what she thought until she ends in being attacked by flaming spears, screaming Scathach & rather muscle bound Romans.

Clare won't sit idle when her best friend disappears, except she kind of has to while trying to figure out what to do on this side of a time trip.

Of course, with Clare & Allie (and Milo & Aunt Maggie) time never runs in a straight line.

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Apr 29, 2013 Perenelle rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: dead-really-dead, high-smancy-fancy-vocab, kickass-female-protagonists, magic, why-endings, time-y-stuff

the fates are way too cruel. What is Lesley Livingston trying to do with her fans????

First, it was pretty damn obvious who Marcus Donatus was (view spoiler)

Second, Milo and Clare's relationship. WHAT IS IT??

W/e

Anyway, overall the book was FREAKIN AMASASBDJHABFKAKSD!!!!

Except for the ending.

WHY!!!???!!!!

Dying in a corner, wondering why Allie McAllister can't have a happy ending

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Apr 15, 2013 Julie Czerneda rated it 5 of 5 stars

Another great installment in the time misadventures of two friends. I'm not sure what I loved most: the characters, the setting, or the wickedly clever pacing of the story. Can't wait for the next! Very highly recommended.

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Dec 26, 2012 BookChic Club marked it as to-read

Why can't these be released here in the US?! Lesley's books are so good!

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Oct 10, 2012 Carmen marked it as to-read

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OMFG. OMFG. OMFG. OMFG. OMFG. OMFG. PURE. EPICNESS.

YIPPEE!

LOVE the cover.

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Feb 02, 2013 Clare rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: canadian, young-adult

I like everything Lesley Livingston writes. She combines smart sassy characters with a depth of historical and mythological knowledge and time-shifting plots. In this book, her second in the series about Clarinet Reid and her sidekicks Allie and Milo and their interaction with a Druid Blood Curse they are working a summer dig at Glastonbury Tor. Things get weird, as we should expect by now, and hijinks ensue. Just a touch too much teen swooning in this one for my taste, but your mileage may vary...more

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Apr 05, 2013 Louisa rated it 5 of 5 stars

Oh, great book, really enjoyed seeing these characters again, and how events from Once Ever Never affect or effect, I really don't get the differences between those 2, this book! Also, I really, really want the 3rd book now, because they were forced to leave Allie's love interest behind!!!

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May 10, 2013 Sam Marchello rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Just as fun and flighty as the first. I really love Clare and Allie -- their relationship reminds me too much of my childhood bestfriend and I. :)

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Feb 17, 2013 Carol rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2013, adventure, fiction, friendship, humour, mystery, romance, time-travel, young-adult

Love, love loved it. If you haven't tried a Lesley Livingstone book yet - get hopping. This series just keeps getting better.

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Mar 23, 2013 Chandra Rooney rated it 4 of 5 stars

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SO. MUCH. TIME TRAVEL. AND. KISSING. FUN!

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Allie's story??!! Ooh, this looks good.

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