I have to admit I had higher expectations for Forever Black. Maybe I read too many praising reviews (including Marina's review with references to Sweet November, a movie I adore), but I expected more.

I did like the novel. Ellery was a good main character, definitely a girl I could root for. She's a fellow Michigan native so there's prop points for that, but she was also kind, smart, and spunky as heck. She wasn't about to let this man she barely knew order her around, and I found that refreshing. I didn't like Connor initially, but he grew on me (kind of like mold). Peyton was a friend I wouldn't mind having. In fact, I have several Peytons in my life. Denny made me laugh a lot of the time too, and it seemed like he and Ellery were the only people who called Connor out on his crap.

That being said, there were more than a few problems here. The relationship between Ellery and Connor drove me crazy. They always fought over little things and then left each other for a while, but then things would go back to normal, and the cycle just repeated itself. It's not really a stable relationship.

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Also, why would Ellery hide her illness? Why no treatments? What kind of cancer does she have? These questions were never really answered.

There were slight grammar and punctuation issues as well as a few spelling mistakes. Forever Black wasn't very well edited.

If you're going to read Forever Black, don't buy it in paper. It's cheaper on an eReader, and that way if you don't like it it's not too much of a lose.