In Place Of Never Analysis
I received an e-arc of In Place of Never by Julie Anne Lindsey from Lyrical Press, Kensington Books via NetGalley. This has in no way influenced my thoughts and feelings about the book.
I don’t know what I was expecting when I started this book. I hadn’t heard much about, I read it on a whim as the synopsis really intrigued me and I am glad I did.
In Place of Never follows protagonist, Mercy as she tries to come to terms with the death of her sister. Even though it happens years before, something died in Mercy when her sister did. So when the last people that saw her alive comes back to town – she has to confront them, but everything isn’t all it seems. She finds an expected ally is Cross who sees her for her for the first time and not someone …show more content…
Her life has been school and boys. She had to suffer through the terrible drowning of her sister Faith and then the suicide of her mother, leaving her with her over protective father. And herself. Mercy suffers with depression and heartache, all I wanted to do was wrap her in my arms and hug her. Everyone treats her differently and all she wants is answers. So when the traveling gypsies come back to town she knows when to get them. Everything isn’t what it seems and then she meets Cross.
I loved Cross, he was such a loveable character that you couldn’t help but smile every time he was mentioned. Maybe it was because of Mercy and how she felt about Cross or maybe it was because she was such beautifully written. I normally hate when characters are musicians in novels simply because I think it’s so clique and I have seen it so many times before, but there was something about Cross, that it didn’t matter.
The storyline of In Place of Never was really intriguing, I wanted to know what happened to Faith. As each step into the novel, we find out stuff that leads us into one direction and then bam we are in another. It was thrilling and I couldn’t get enough of it. I liked how everything unfolded slowly and not until the end. However I felt the ending was rushed and wasn’t intense enough for the situation at hand.
The writing was beautiful. Julie Anne Lindsey is captivating and brings the reader on the journey with both Mercy and
I don’t know what I was expecting when I started this book. I hadn’t heard much about, I read it on a whim as the synopsis really intrigued me and I am glad I did.
In Place of Never follows protagonist, Mercy as she tries to come to terms with the death of her sister. Even though it happens years before, something died in Mercy when her sister did. So when the last people that saw her alive comes back to town – she has to confront them, but everything isn’t all it seems. She finds an expected ally is Cross who sees her for her for the first time and not someone …show more content…
Her life has been school and boys. She had to suffer through the terrible drowning of her sister Faith and then the suicide of her mother, leaving her with her over protective father. And herself. Mercy suffers with depression and heartache, all I wanted to do was wrap her in my arms and hug her. Everyone treats her differently and all she wants is answers. So when the traveling gypsies come back to town she knows when to get them. Everything isn’t what it seems and then she meets Cross.
I loved Cross, he was such a loveable character that you couldn’t help but smile every time he was mentioned. Maybe it was because of Mercy and how she felt about Cross or maybe it was because she was such beautifully written. I normally hate when characters are musicians in novels simply because I think it’s so clique and I have seen it so many times before, but there was something about Cross, that it didn’t matter.
The storyline of In Place of Never was really intriguing, I wanted to know what happened to Faith. As each step into the novel, we find out stuff that leads us into one direction and then bam we are in another. It was thrilling and I couldn’t get enough of it. I liked how everything unfolded slowly and not until the end. However I felt the ending was rushed and wasn’t intense enough for the situation at hand.
The writing was beautiful. Julie Anne Lindsey is captivating and brings the reader on the journey with both Mercy and