Always Never Yours
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4.2 • 46 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
An unlucky-in-love teenager finds herself cast as the leading lady in her high school play and discovers an unexpected connection with the playwright.
“Every page bursts with humor, squee-inducing romance, and an abiding sense of the deep love and joy of its two writers.”—Entertainment Weekly
“Perfect for the hopeless romantic.”—Popsugar
Shouldn’t a girl get to star in her own love story?
Seventeen-year-old Megan Harper is about due for her next sweeping romance. It’s inevitable—each of her relationships starts with the perfect guy and ends with him falling in love . . . with someone else. But instead of feeling sorry for herself, Megan focuses on pursuing her next fling, directing theater, and fulfilling her dream college’s acting requirement in the smallest role possible.
So when she’s cast as Juliet (yes, that Juliet) in her high school’s production, it’s a complete nightmare. Megan’s not an actress, and she’s used to being upstaged—both in and out of the theater. In fact, with her mom off in Texas and her dad remarried and on to baby #2 with his new wife, Megan worries that, just like her exes, her family is moving on without her.
Then she meets Owen Okita, an aspiring playwright inspired by Rosaline from Shakespeare’s R+J. A character who, like Megan, knows a thing or two about short-lived relationships. Megan agrees to help Owen with his play in exchange for help catching the eye of a sexy stagehand/potential new boyfriend. Yet Megan finds herself growing closer to Owen, and wonders if he could be the Romeo she never expected.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Megan, who aspires to be a theater director, is focused on finishing her senior year and fulfilling the acting requirement she needs to get into the Southern Oregon Theater Institute. Her family life is in flux (her parents are divorced), and her best friend is dating her ex, Tyler. But then she's cast as Juliet, opposite Tyler's Romeo. Owen, a new boy with theater aspirations of his own, enters Megan's life, and as their friendship grows she misses all the signals that Owen might be the love she didn't know she wanted. Real-life romantic partners Wibberley (the Last Oracle series) and Siegemund-Broka (making his YA debut) collaborated in this theater-centered novel, with a predictable will-they/won't-they romance at its core. As Megan spends the bulk of her time with yet another guy who's wrong for her (Will), Owen is there in the wings. The coauthors wisely balance out the romance with family drama, and Megan's commitment to a future life in the theater will please readers who share a similar love of Shakespeare and want a little romance to go with their drama. Ages 14 up.
Customer Reviews
Ummm
Spoiler but how is she going to get angry she gets cheated on and judges those involved but then tries to get with Owen twice when she knows he has a girlfriend yeah the 2nd time they already broke up but she didn’t know that also I’m guessing she won’t tell her friend about Tyler trying to cheat which honestly I’m not so sure she should bc I don’t know how it’ll be recurved considering her friend and Tyler cheated where she was with Tyler
Sarcastic and Witty
I really loved how unashamed Megan was of who she was as a woman and as a flirt. This was a great book for lessons on self worth and figuring out your place in a changing family. The quick and bold banter between Owen and Megan had me rereading dialogue over and over again with a grin on my face. If you love a love story and you appreciate a sarcastic sense of humor this is definitely the book for you.
L O V E
FINALLY a well written YA romance where the girl is seriously funny and smart, and everything that happens in the book happens for a reason. absolutely loved this book.