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Juliana Romano’s FIRST THERE WAS FOREVER is captivating and beautifully written, a blend of sad and sweet, and with this wonderful, haunting quality to it deriving from the way the author uses her words to describe what her character Lima is seeing and feeling. It’s a story about friendship and love, growing up and growing apart, having to make hard choices, and facing the consequences of those decisions. It’s a story that’s light enough to be the perfect summer read and weighty enough to be a memorable one.

Ever since school started Lima has felt like she’s been losing her best friend. Hailey is spending more time with Skyler and less time with her, doing things she doesn’t feel like doing, and saying things that don’t feel at all like something a friend would say. So when Hailey’s long-time crush, Nate Reed, starts to pay attention to her and not Hailey, she doesn’t push him away far enough. Or keep him away.

As long as they are just friends and Hailey isn’t acting like one, she could sort of convince herself she isn’t doing anything wrong. But when things with Nate turn into something more and Hailey suddenly wants to be friends again, she can’t continue to lie to herself. Or to Hailey. She’ll have to come clean or break things off with Nate and in doing so risk losing one or both of them.

Author Juliana Romano created a story that goes beyond the typical “girl falls in love with best friend’s love interest, betrays best friend, loses best friend” plot. Her main character, Lima, is interesting and fascinating and unique. The way she sees herself, sees others, and looks at life is refreshingly different. There is something more mature and yet more innocent, more introspective, more thoughtful, more centered about her. She’s not someone who’s chasing popularity or following the crowd or obsessed with her looks. She’s genuine and down to earth, but flawed just enough to be relatable and still very much likable.

The author introduces a few other quirky and intriguing and glamorous characters readers will want to get know. She paints the most gorgeous pictures that invite readers into her story and make them get lost there for awhile. She gives them something to think about while they’re there, with the decisions Lima makes and doesn’t make. And she makes them sympathize with her character for what she risks losing, what she has lost, and what can never be undone.

FIRST THERE WAS FOREVER will grab hold instantly, has a quick pace, delivers an emotional and heartfelt story that is both sweet and bittersweet, has an array of appealing characters, and some truly fantastic writing. For fans of the genre and for those looking for an enchanting and relatable and engaging read, Juliana Romano’s debut is a story not to be missed.


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First There Was Forever Juliana Romano Books Reviews

My Thoughts I was extremely excited for this one and looking forward to it for months. It was compared to Jenny Han and Huntley Fitzpatrick. Those are two of my favorite authors. I liked First There Was Forever to an extent.

We are introduced to Lima and Hailey. They have been best friends forever. Hailey was the loud outspoken one while Lima was usually quiet and reserved. Hailey has had a crush on Nate forever. She dreams about him and imagines what it will be like when he finally likes her back. But, Lima ends up liking him too eventually. It just happens. She doesn’t plan on it or even want to really like him. But it happens. And he likes Lima back.

Usually I like love triangle books. I’m drawn to them. I know I shouldn’t but I usually do. And, while I did like this one, I just never really felt the connection between Lima and Nate. Usually I would be rooting for them, but I felt like I didn’t care either way which girl ended up with him. Maybe I just didn’t like him very much either.

While, I enjoyed seeing how much Lima and Hailey changed I just didn’t find myself loving this as much as I wanted. I finished it within two days but I never really felt connected I guess.

Overall I just felt like I had mixed emotions with this one. I liked it enough to finish it, and some parts were even really great but I was never truly sucked in I guess. I think this one is more of a 3.5 for me I guess. I liked the writing style but never really connected with either girl.

Cover I adore the cover! It’s super cute! Love it!

What I’d Give It 3/5 Cupcakes
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Great book! Wonderful characters and a fun read set in a magical LA setting.
Book was good - per daughter. Arrived in advertised condition.
A friend recommonded this book. I stayed up to late reading it several nights in a row! I'm in my early 30s now but I love YA and this was a real page turner - reminded me of high school and early romance in so many ways. I think this book is great for older teenagers but it is pretty sexy so I think it's not appropriate for middle schoolers (though my 8th grade self would have teared through it over and over again...)
Reading the words of Lima, that narrator are like talking with your best friend. She is a likeable realistic character and her thoughts and emotions are genuine. The basic storyline of friendships that end as friends grow up and develop different interests is a story so many readers will relate to and enjoy seeing examined in such honest detail. The interactions between Lima and Nate are spot on and they actually seem like teenagers, not 30-year-olds showing up in a young adult book. The field of young adult literature seems filled with dystopian worlds and supernatural characters and it is a joy to read a story about a sweet, smart, human girl coming of age.
First There Was Forever reminded me of how complicated being young was, and how those intense emotions associated with "growing up" never really fade away. As a 30 year old (and native Angeleno), Lima represents so much more than just a version of my former self. She represents the point in one's life where the realization that nothing is clear cut, black or white, or compartmentizable, is actually liberating and empowering. High school forces you to self categorize, self identify, and self criticize. With this book, Juliana is able to eloquently draw you into the normalcy of being a teenager, and reminds you that despite the time, space, and technology that differentiate Lima's social experience from, say, The Breakfast Club, that this specific period in our lives, coming of age, forming of self, will always, somehow, be the same.

I would recommend this book to anyone, to my other 30-something year olds, and young adults a like.
Juliana Romano’s FIRST THERE WAS FOREVER is captivating and beautifully written, a blend of sad and sweet, and with this wonderful, haunting quality to it deriving from the way the author uses her words to describe what her character Lima is seeing and feeling. It’s a story about friendship and love, growing up and growing apart, having to make hard choices, and facing the consequences of those decisions. It’s a story that’s light enough to be the perfect summer read and weighty enough to be a memorable one.

Ever since school started Lima has felt like she’s been losing her best friend. Hailey is spending more time with Skyler and less time with her, doing things she doesn’t feel like doing, and saying things that don’t feel at all like something a friend would say. So when Hailey’s long-time crush, Nate Reed, starts to pay attention to her and not Hailey, she doesn’t push him away far enough. Or keep him away.

As long as they are just friends and Hailey isn’t acting like one, she could sort of convince herself she isn’t doing anything wrong. But when things with Nate turn into something more and Hailey suddenly wants to be friends again, she can’t continue to lie to herself. Or to Hailey. She’ll have to come clean or break things off with Nate and in doing so risk losing one or both of them.

Author Juliana Romano created a story that goes beyond the typical “girl falls in love with best friend’s love interest, betrays best friend, loses best friend” plot. Her main character, Lima, is interesting and fascinating and unique. The way she sees herself, sees others, and looks at life is refreshingly different. There is something more mature and yet more innocent, more introspective, more thoughtful, more centered about her. She’s not someone who’s chasing popularity or following the crowd or obsessed with her looks. She’s genuine and down to earth, but flawed just enough to be relatable and still very much likable.

The author introduces a few other quirky and intriguing and glamorous characters readers will want to get know. She paints the most gorgeous pictures that invite readers into her story and make them get lost there for awhile. She gives them something to think about while they’re there, with the decisions Lima makes and doesn’t make. And she makes them sympathize with her character for what she risks losing, what she has lost, and what can never be undone.

FIRST THERE WAS FOREVER will grab hold instantly, has a quick pace, delivers an emotional and heartfelt story that is both sweet and bittersweet, has an array of appealing characters, and some truly fantastic writing. For fans of the genre and for those looking for an enchanting and relatable and engaging read, Juliana Romano’s debut is a story not to be missed.