Forever & Always

Jasinda Wilder

Dec 2013 · The Ever Trilogy Book 1 · Jasinda Wilder

About this ebook

Ever,
 
These letters are often all that get me through week to week. Even if it's just random stuff, nothing important, they're important to me. Gramps is great, and I love working on the ranch. But... I'm lonely. I feel disconnected, like I'm no one, like I don't belong anywhere. Like I'm just here until something else happens. I don't even know what I want with my future. But your letters, they make me feel connected to something, to someone. I had a crush on you, when we first met. I thought you were beautiful. So beautiful. It was hard to think of anything else. Then camp ended and we never got together, and now all I have of you is these letters. S**t. I just told you I have a crush on you. HAD. Had a crush. Not sure what is anymore. A letter-crush? A literary love? That's stupid. Sorry. I just have this rule with myself that I never throw away what I write and I always send it, so hopefully this doesn't weird you out too much. I had a dream about you too. Same kind of thing. Us, in the darkness, together. Just us. And it was like you said, a memory turned into a dream, but a memory of something that's never happened, but in the dream it felt so real, and it was more, I don't even know, more RIGHT than anything I've ever felt, in life or in dreams. I wonder what it means that we both had the same dream about each other. Maybe nothing, maybe everything. You tell me.
 
 Cade
 
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 Cade,
 
We're pen pals. Maybe that's all we'll ever be. I don't know. If we met IRL (in real life, in case you're not familiar with the term) what would happen? And just FYI, the term you used, a literary love? It was beautiful. So beautiful. That term means something, between us now. We are literary loves. Lovers? I do love you, in some strange way. Knowing about you, in these letters, knowing your hurt and your joys, it means something so important to me, that I just can't describe.  I need your art, and your letters, and your literary love. If we never have anything else between us, I need this. I do. Maybe this letter will only complicate things, but like you I have a rule that I never erase or throw away what I've written and I always send it, no matter what I write in the letter.
 
Your literary love,
 
Ever

Ratings and reviews

I was on Caden side the whole time, loved him, he has the most tragic life, he could do no wrong... But then the 2nd book came out...and he and Eden did the unthinkable, and then you find out she is pregnant, I am just do disappointed, I just want a HEA for Caden, I will never read this book again, cried the whole way through, and then to read the plots for the other 2 books.. no thank you

I would have given this book 5 stars, but I really would have liked this book better had Eden and Caden not had their affair. I understand that would make the story "less exciting," but I seriously don't think it was necessarily the best route to follow with this story. I get that they both needed each other to help them get through Ever's coma, but I think they could have been there for each other without having sex. They both should have been stronger. I really believe he loves Ever, he was just weak and lost. He was also especially vulnerable due to his past. That's not to say Eden wasn't lost or vulnerable, just that Caden was more sensitive. Not to mention the fact that had they not had sex, I wouldn't have spent the ENTIRE book in tears. After Eden and Caden started their affair, I was more upset about that than I was hurting for them having to go through Ever being in a coma and knowing there was a almost non-existent chance she would wake up. By the time Ever woke up, I wasn't crying...until Eden learned she was pregnant. Then I started all over again. Both my husband and 9-year-old son are baffled as to why I read these books if they make me cry so much. Sometimes, I'm just as baffled as they are.

I just lost my mom 2 weeks ago and being 47 it was hard enough. Not knowing really how to put into words what you feel. This author really captured what a child of any age losing a parent really goes through. Couldn't put it down. Read it start to finish without putting it down. The romance, the heartache, incredible. Very intuitive author.

About the author

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jasinda Wilder is a Michigan native with a penchant for titillating tales about sexy men and strong women. When she's not writing, she's probably shopping, baking, or reading. Visit her Website at http://jasindawilder.com.