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Like Never and Always

Ann Aguirre

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Jul 29, 2018 Emma rated it liked it · review of another edition

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Liv, Morgan, Clay, and Nathan are all driving home from a party in Clay's convertible. Best friends dating brothers? It's fun. And this ride is the perfect end to another perfect summer night.

Until a crash changes their lives forever.

Liv wakes up in the hospital, hazy from the drugs and her injuries. She doesn't think too hard about it when people keep calling her Morgan--it has to be some kind of mix up. A mistake. Everyone keeps telling her Liv died in the car crash and she dreads having to co Liv, Morgan, Clay, and Nathan are all driving home from a party in Clay's convertible. Best friends dating brothers? It's fun. And this ride is the perfect end to another perfect summer night.

Until a crash changes their lives forever.

Liv wakes up in the hospital, hazy from the drugs and her injuries. She doesn't think too hard about it when people keep calling her Morgan--it has to be some kind of mix up. A mistake. Everyone keeps telling her Liv died in the car crash and she dreads having to correct them--especially Morgan's father.

But when the bandages are finally removed, Liv doesn't see herself in the mirror. Instead Morgan's face stares back at her.

Trapped in a body that isn't hers, Liv tries to make sense of Morgan's life. It always seemed perfect from the outside but now Liv starts to realize that she didn't know her best friend as well as she thought.

As Liv starts to make sense of Morgan's life, she unearths dangerous secrets about a decade-old murder and a dangerous love affair--all while pursuing a love that feels like a betrayal in Like Never and Always (2018) by Ann Aguirre.

Like Never and Always is a standalone thriller with a supernatural twist.

Liv's unique position as an outsider in her own (that is, Morgan's) life, ratchets up the suspense as both readers and Liv herself are left in the dark about all of Morgan's secrets. The pacing is tight with Liv constantly questioning her current situation and trying to make sense of it.

While most of the story focuses on Liv's investigation into Morgan's past, she also struggles with being caught between two boys. Nathan isn't the boy she thought he was when they were dating--especially now that he's consumed by grief. Clay, meanwhile, is so much more. Liv finally starts to understand what drew Morgan to Clay to begin with. But how can Liv move forward with either of them the way she is now?

Like Never and Always is a serviceable thriller with genuine moments of suspense despite some predictable reveals. The unique body swapping spin adds another dimension to the story but fails to be fully explored as Liv increasingly embraces her new circumstances without question. Recommended for readers looking for a new take on stolen identities.

Possible Pairings: The Possible by Tara Altebrando, Don't You Trust Me by Patrice Kindl, Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart, Soulprint by Megan Miranda, Pretending to Be Erica by Michelle Painchaud, In Her Skin by Kim Savage, As I Wake by Elizabeth Scott, Bad Girls With Perfect Faces by Lynn Weingarten

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Jul 08, 2019 Jennifer Melnyk rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, borrowed, 2019

It took me a long time to get into this book. I'd say the first 25% was the most difficult to get through. While I liked the way the author ended the book, I kind of wish it had a little more to go on. I feel like I was just starting to get to know Elle. ...more

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Jul 18, 2018 katayoun Masoodi marked it as tbr-ebook

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Mar 14, 2019 Elizabeth rated it really liked it

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