Did somebody say unexpected pregnancy? Say no more, you can count on me to read this book. 

 

That said, even if this book wasn’t about the unexpected pregnancy trope, I would have read it anyway, because after discovering Marley and Beau in Flowers in Your Hair, I would have had to be paid a huge amount of money not to read the book about them in the Ivy Ridge series. 

 

Never Really Mine made me feel a lot of emotions. You can feel Marley and Beau’s inner struggles through the writing. Although everyone knows that the two best friends are made for each other, they are far too afraid of losing their friendship to admit it to each other. A few dances and glasses of alcohol later—alcohol to be consumed in moderation, of course—the two best friends give in to temptation. Eight weeks later, the consequences of their night together appear as two pink lines on a pregnancy test. 

 

I don’t know about other readers, but I for one wish I had been there to reassure Marley about both her pregnancy and her relationship with Beau. The young woman has long struggled with her mental health and has built a huge wall around her heart to protect herself. This wall is preventing her from seeing that something is changing in Beau. The young man, whom I almost wanted to shake in Flowers in Your Hair for the way he behaved and hurt Marley, finally admits his feelings for his friend, but Marley is not ready to see that this is not a mirage, but reality. 

 

I really enjoyed the book and loved seeing Marley and Beau’s relationship develop as Marley’s pregnancy progressed. I really needed to read this HEA. 

 

I can’t wait to continue my discovery of the Ivy Ridge series when Can’t Let You Go comes out.