"What If I Never Get Over You" was a pleasant read.

Our two main characters, Ash and Ellie, meet on trip through Lisbon, Madrid and more. Both of them are dealing with unimaginable grief and found a kindred spirit in one another. Unfortunately, life tends to throw curveballs until they get back together again and must deal with the feelings that still fester.

There were some emotional and fun moments that made the read an enjoyable one. However, I felt the author really missed the boat on exploring more of the grief (ancillary but a driving force) as well as how their love for each other wrecked them each after such short times.

What was fun to me was the inclusion of different cultures, the Welsh language, and the aristocracy.

Thank you to Net Galley and Paige Toon for the ARC for an honest review.

If you love a second chance romance this is a must read! Ate this book up! Thank you NetGalley for the eARC of this. Highly recommend adding to your TBR.

I enjoyed this book and it reminded me a little of her last book with going back and forth between timelines. A great summer read and one I think a lot of readers will relate to

I felt like this book tore my heart apart and put it back together. There is no doubt you feel a wide range of emotions when reading this. I enjoyed it!

Paige Toon has become an auto buy author for me, and this book did not disappoint. What If I Never Get Over You was a heart wrenching, emotional rollercoaster of a love story. I also loved the added regency and Bridgerton vibes.

Such a sweet story about a boy and girl who are inter railing and then loose touch. Several years later, their paths cross again but will they stay together when he is royalty and she is actually his gardener?

I loved how this book kept me on edge and had such sweet moments between the two main characters.

Thank you NetGallery and Penguin Publishing for this ARC.

I just adore Paige Toon, and this book was no different. It’s full of love, loss and heartbreak, and I could not put it down.

I loved every part of how Ellie and Ash met and their 3 whimsical days together. And then I was crushed as they repeatedly tried to find their way back to each other.

Thank you NetGalley, Paige Toon and Penguin Group Putnam for allowing me this ACR read for my honest review.

This one was hard for me. I really felt the longing and heartbreak, but I was disappointed that the characters seemed to not have grown at all after 6 years. It was also predictable about 50% through. This book read like YA and I was hoping for more of an adult book with mature characters

There is something magically unique about the experiences and the people you meet traveling no, a bond that forms that connects you in an instant and lasts a lifetime. Three days in Lisbon was all it took for Ellie and Ash to fall for each other; but was it meant to last or just meant to be a fleeting spark? When their plans to meet up fall through, they must go on with their lives apart and time moves on with that idea of, “what if?” lurking in the shadows.

Sometimes you have your plans and then life has its own plans that throws a wrench into everything and we live with a plethora of “what if” scenarios. Paige Toon beautifully examines what happens when the one that got away, the quintessential “what if” scenario that has haunted your thoughts for six years, shows up back in your life and stares you in the face. What If I Never Get Over You is another emotionally gripping read by an instant favorite author; Paige Toon has an inexplicable way of writing her characters into the reader’s hearts creating an enchantingly cathartic novel that will sweep you away.

Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book.

Paige Toon is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors even though this is only the third of hers I've read. I really need to dig into her backlist. This was.a quick, one-sitting read. I loved all of the characters (well, except Ash's father of course) and the way their journeys brought them together time and time again. The ending was perfect. I love her writing style. Perfect beach read. Highly recommend.

Thank you to Penguin and NetGalley for giving me the chance to read this book! I couldn't wait to read it!
"What If I Never Get Over You" by Paige Toon is a poignant and relatable exploration of love, loss, and the messy journey of moving on. Toon skillfully captures the raw and often conflicting emotions of grief, from the initial shock and disbelief to the lingering ache and the struggle to imagine a future without the person you love. This story is a moving and thought-provoking novel that will stay with you long after you finish reading it. This is my first book of Toon's and definitely won't be my last. This one is definitely one I'll be recommending to people I know.
Thanks to Penguin and the author again for letting me read this incredible book!

This is my second book by Paige Toon. I liked it, but I didn’t love it like Seven Summers. Ash honestly annoyed me so much I wanted to shake him so many times. I felt bad for Ellie she deserved the world. In the beginning I was intrigued, but in the middle it started to get slow for me. I enjoyed it though. Thank you Paige and NetGalley.

The right person, wrong time kind of love story that definitely gave off some “Bridgerton” vibes.

The love story between Ellie and Ash and them falling in love while inter railing through Europe was a cute premise.I loved how this explored themes between the fmc and mmc where they had to decide if they were willing to do what’s expected of them from their parents or just follow their hearts. I adored the self discovery and the pursuing of dreams that these two helped each other in. Overall this book did feel rushed and during the middle it did make me feel furstrated; however the ending made up for it and I still loved the warm feeling this book gave off.

I might just have a new favorite romance book - five incredible stars 🤍

“One Day meets a contemporary Bridgerton in this high-drama, escapist wonder of a love story, Paige Toon’s best yet.”

Thank you to NetGalley, and Penguin Group Putnam for providing me with an advance reader copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book was beautifully written, the settings were painted perfectly, and the character development was one of the best I’ve ever read.

Favorite quotes:

“I have a surreal feeling that I could listen to his voice for the rest of my life and it still wouldn't be long enough.”

“It's been almost six years, but I'm not over him and I'm not sure I ever will be.”

“I used to wish with all my heart that Ash and I would find our way back to each other, that he might be my person, the person I would spend the rest of my life with. But I've spent a lot of time wondering if I built those three days into a bigger deal than they were. That connection felt so strong ... But I think it might be time to lower my expectations and start being a bit more realistic.” NO

"Are we looking back at that time through rose-tinted glasses? Was any of it real?"
He meets my eyes, and then says, with absolute conviction: "It was real."

And then my favorite- “I've given up trying to fight this. It will end in disaster-there's no way we're coming out of it unscathed-but maybe if we let this thing between us burn brightly enough, the flame will fizzle out.
Or maybe it will crash and burn in a fireball so brilliant that we'll never recover.
Either way, I'm in.”

Tropes:
- Insta love
- Second chance romance (a FAV)
- Missed connections
- Right person, wrong time
- Dare I say forbidden love
- Miscommunication (AHHHH)
- Class differences
- Unfinished business (this was a big one and is truly one of the parts that made the story so enjoyable!)

I loved this book, and I’ll be recommending it to everyone! I truly have zero complaints about it, and look forward to reading more by Paige Toon!

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I've read a few by Paige Toon that I LOVED and a few that were just ok. This one was...not good. The bones of a great story were there but the FMC was low-key annoying? Clearly she has PTSD but it's not appropriately explored and then you get like a two paragraph explanation near the end? The relationships aren't well developed and I just wasn't rooting for these two. Was hoping for a fun Valentine's love story but this was a disappointment.

What If I Never Get Over You by Paige Toon was such a great read. It was a shorter book so I breezed through it very fast. I also just wanted to keep knowing what would happen next between Ellie and Ash. They fell in love quickly but had many obstacles and years to reach the potential for a happily ever after.
This was just such a good, sweet story about love and heartache. The descriptions Paige uses to describe the landscape in the book made me, someone who isn’t particularly fond of the outdoors, want to sit out in a garden and read for hours.
Thank you NetGalley, Paige Toon and Penguin Group Putnam for allowing me this ACR read for my honest review.

What If I Never Get Over You
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This story slowly grew on me! If you’re not sure at first—keep at it!

While backpacking in Europe, Ellie and Ash connect and spend three wonderful days together. But the two lose touch and don’t connect for six more years. As each of them wrestle with family expectations, they learn how to find what is most important in their lives.

I don’t love the instant love trope, but these two slowly grew on me, and I liked the second half of the book more than the first. Also really made me want to travel and see more of Wales!

Thanks to @netgalley for this ARC!

What if I never get over how much I love this book? I am a new fan of Paige Toon and her picturesque settings, emotional storylines and endearing characters always keep me wanting more. I fell in love with Ash and Ellie from the moment they met on a ‘crowded rooftop of a hostel” in Lisbon, Portugal. They were both interrailing through Europe alone, staying in hostels, meeting new people and for Ash, taking on odd jobs along the way to make money. They had an instant connection and I believe fate brought them together that summer day so their lives would be full of fun adventures, romantic nights under the stars, and fields full of beautiful flowers.

The memories they made in their three days together should have been enough to fill a lifetime but when they parted ways, Ash and Ellie made plans to meet in Madrid in one week. Unforeseen circumstances derailed their plans, and they spent the next six years apart, reliving every minute of their short time together. Ellie was heartbroken and wished she could wipe Ash from her mind, but it was impossible. She hated working for her parents and was tired of being the dutiful daughter, so one day she set off on her own to live her life on her terms. Ellie never expected that Ash would become part of her new life and she was shocked to find out that he was not the man she remembered, or was he?

This was a really sweet read that really gave me all the romantic Bridgerton vibes. Ellie and Ash were genuinely lovable and relatable characters and their story through the years really tugged at my heartstrings. If you love a steamy, but not too spicy romance, and a conflict resolution between a couple that feels relatable, this is for you.

A few chapters in and I knew this book was going to destroy me and then it absolutely destroyed me! I devoured this book. I really enjoyed the characters, I loved the plot, I loved how much it made me feel. It’s one of my favorite books of the year so far. Such an emotional read but I just really loved it!!