Review: Always and Forever by Julia Jarrett
About the Book
He’s my childhood best friend’s older brother, and he’s determined to convince me to stay in Dogwood Cove, with him, forever.
Coming home to Dogwood Cove after eighteen years away is bittersweet. But running into Ethan Monroe has me wondering why I put it off for so long.
He isn’t the boy I played hide and seek with as a child anymore. Now he’s the seriously hot, plaid wearing, scruff bearing, mayor of this small town. A man who can sweep me off my feet, and make me feel safe, all at the same time.
Except I didn’t come back here looking for love. My estranged father is dead, and because of an unexpected inheritance, I find myself learning the truth of everything I lost when my mother moved us away.
Through it all, Ethan’s right by my side. And with every day that passes, he’s helping me to see that coming back to Dogwood Cove could be the start of the life I’ve always dreamed of.
Review
If you love sweet, small-town, low angst romance with the friends-to-lovers/my best friend's brother trope, then Always and Forever might be the perfect book for you.
The love story between Summer and Ethan started out a little to insta-lust for me, seeing as it had been nearly two decades since they'd last seen each other, but I did warm to them and their feelings and connection became more believable as time went on. Their journey was very low conflict and mostly just a cutesy love story (with a heaping side of steam).
Overall, it was a feel-good, quick read. Always and Forever is the first installment in the Dogwood Cove series, and it does not end on a cliffhanger. There were a couple of side characters I would be interested in getting to know, so if they're featured in the follow-up novels, I'll definitely read them.
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About the Author
Julia Jarrett is a busy mother of two boys, a happy wife to her real-life book boyfriend and the owner of two rescue dogs, one from Guatemala and another one from Taiwan. She lives on the West Coast of Canada and when she isn’t writing contemporary romance novels full of relatable heroines and swoon-worthy heroes, she's probably drinking tea (or wine) and reading.
