never had a sequel book live up to the first...this one did!

5 Eversea*glass Loving Stars

The first book in this series [b:Eversea|17793815|Eversea (Eversea, #1)|Natasha Boyd|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1368025871s/17793815.jpg|24889145] was a total surprise punch to the junk book for me. (That's a good thing) I wasn't expecting much because I honestly started reading it because I loved the cover. One page in and I was hooked. I wanted to know Keri Ann, Jack, hell I even wanted to know more about Hector in the diner's kitchen. Ms. Boyd has a simple yet intricate way of weaving a story that is so engaging and reads so clearly that you seriously get lost in it. So let me tell you how it went when I got to the end of Eversea. First, I checked if there was a Book 2 (never learn should have done that first), YES, we have a book 2 but no cover (not a great sign of it being close to done), then the stalking of Ms. Boyd began. Did I schedule into my phone bi-weekly check on release dates? Um, perhaps. Where you may say stalk..I like to go with encourage!



"Let's start with something I never told you before. I, Jack Eversea, am...utterly in...love...with you,"

Cheers and clinks glasses, right? Wrong..this is a proclamation made towards the very beginning and let us say that it didn't go as smoothly as both parties may have wanted. You cut back into their lives with some time accumulating between them. Time that hasn't been spent wisely and images that set the tone for..wait for it..angst!

"The thing about pain, whether physical or emotional, is there's no running away. You can't escape it and you can't hide from it."




5 months have passed and Jack is ready to come a reclaim the woman that showed him what truth and love truly mean. He has done all that he had to do to escape the fabricated life he has come to despise. Loving his craft is becoming the hardship when it comes with such a false sense of himself. Everyone around Jack has always been there to simply get something for themselves. The actuality of Keri Ann simply wanting nothing but Jack for the simple fact that she loves him. She doesn't want his money, his fame or anything that comes along with that. I think that was the trigger for him to fall so fast and so hard for this sweet, innocently real girl.

"How did I have the power to make someone like Jack Eversea so vulnerable?"



Keri Ann used the time apart to start repairing not only her home but her future. Working on her projects and being part of some gallery shows, enrolling and getting into a design school. Things were going her way and she isn't willing to get back on the Eversea Express with destination heartbreak so clearly written before her. If the future she wants is actually in the stars, that future will need to be worked hard for. Keri Ann in her wholesomeness, was also a fighter and I bonded with her immediately. The bonds she shared with her family and friends and the certainty she lived her life by, makes you want the best for her.

"This could be the best non-kiss in the history of non-kisses."

"I pursed my lips, inhaling deeply through my nose. My chest began a deep steady thump, and I wanted to close my eyes and just revel in the feeling of his fingertips on me."



I included these quotes to really drive home the fact that when an author draws me in, I get so immersed that in just reading these simple gestures I physically react. Butterflies, nervous knots in my stomach and a feeling of impending doom were just a couple of emotions I felt throughout this book. There may have been a couple of panty changes as well, Jack is hot! I love me a romance and all the fixings that go with that, but the simplicity of true love that can evoke even the hardest of hearts are hands down my favorite.

"He's sweet and everything, but honestly, my most important erogenous zone is my mind.

I am hoping to learn more about the supporting players in this story. I would love to get the scoop on Joey and Jazz, Colt and Karina hell even what is happening with Paulie, Brenda and Hector. Crossing fingers for spin offs that of course give me an extra peek at Jack and Keri Ann..squeals!




I feel in reading this story I found the elusive red sea glass that I will treasure always. That being said, Ms. Boyd did a fantastic job of keeping your mind committed to the story and gave a love story that will stay with me forever, Jack.

Arc kindly received by author (after slight begging and trying to barter 4 kids) in exchange for an honest review..review will also be posted on www.sizzlingpages.com

This book picks up after the events of Eversea. Jack has been gone for seven months. He spent five of those partying up in London....at least that's what it looks like. Keri-Ann is now working as an artist and trying to move on with her life.

Loved so much!!! Jack is perfect, and Keri Ann finds her strength!

I enjoyed these books very much. The characters and setting (which almost felt like a character all on it's own, so beautiful) pulled me in quickly. Yes, it was a bit predictable but that didn't bother me this time. I do feel that, had the books been put together into one, it would have been a five star read-sometimes one good, solid novel is all you need to tell a story.

Fabulous! More, please:)

the misuderstanding stuff isn't so bad; she mostly grows into herself.

I LOVED this book!! The hero, Jack, was already swoon worthy in the first book - hot Hollywood actor with vulnerabilities too, but the romantic gestures & breathtaking words were even better in this one. As far as heroes go, he’s pretty close to the ideal heart throb. And the heroine in this sequel, Carrianne, gets stronger and comes into her own more as well. A very likable and relatable character. One of those books you don’t want to end.

Thankfully, I believe there are more stories set in this small town so I can linger there a little longer.

I received an eARC of this book as a contest winner.

I want to say upfront that I LOVED Eversea and I was really looking forward to reading Forever, Jack! I was also somewhat on edge and went into reading it with some trepidation. It seems all too often these days sequels fall flat. I have made the comment on more than one occasion that such-and-such sequel never should have been written....a few more chapters at the end of the first book would have sufficed. Many sequels feel, to me, that they are simply published because the first one went over so well. They seem forced and have very little story line. And I want to say right away that Forever, Jack is NOT one of those sequels!!!

I love Jack. Can I get my very own Jack Eversea? And Keri Ann.....she's so human. She's so normal. She doesn't see stars when she sees Jack (well, she does, but not like everybody else in the free world does!) and she's not going to sacrifice herself to be with him. I loved that about her! And Jack...well, if you've read Eversea you know what Jack is like!

This is a fabulous sequel! I can't wait to see what else Natasha Boyd publishes in the years to come!

Eversea and Forever, Jack were delightful reads. Natasha Boyd writes about a romance between a Hollywood celebrity and a small town girl, a theme that has been explored in many books, but she tells the story like none I've ever read before. Her characters are realistic from the start: Keri Ann is starstruck the first time she meets Jack Eversea and his arrogance reveals him as someone who is used to getting his way. But slowly they begin to trust one another and lower their defenses and instead begin to explore their intense mutual attraction. The Hollywood drama between Jack and Audrey and the producers reveal the dark inner-workings of the film industry in a way that seems realistic to someone who has no experience with the Hollywood scene and is not overdone.

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Something Natasha Boyd conveys extremely well is Keri Ann's fears of losing her own identity to one defined by the role Jack plays in her life. I've never really come across this in a novel - where the actor's fame counts against him rather than in his favor. This is a testament to Keri Ann's strength of character and it was very refreshing to read about.

It is heart wrenching to read about the lengths Jack goes to protect Keri Ann, and their romance is one that will captivate you from the first page of Eversea to the epilogue in Forever, Jack.