Series Review: Eversea by Natasha Boyd

Series Review: Is this series worth your time? Does it get better as the novels progress? Or does it get worse? Find out below:

Series: Eversea

There is a spin-off series called Butler Cove.

Author: Natasha Boyd
# of Books: 3 (Eversea; Forever, Jack)
Book Order: Chronological
Complete?: Yes
Genre: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance, Drama
Heat Rating: getting hot
Point of View: First Person

Thoughts:

I can’t remember how I came across Eversea, but as soon as I read the synopsis I couldn’t get it out of my head. Eventually, I got copies of Eversea and Forever, Jack at the same time so I decided to read them between my library books.

Eversea has everything I like in a good romance novel. It has great sexual tension, likeable leads and enough drama to keep the book interesting. While there are some love triangles to be had, they aren’t irritating ones and I feel like they actually contribute to the story in a positive way–meaning they aren’t there simply for the sake of throwing them in for some unnecessary drama.

Like most books set in the South, Eversea can move slowly at times. But I found that there are some interesting plotlines going on with secondary characters that we get little hints of as we read and they managed to capture my attention so I was never bored per say. It’s ironic that the book seems to move so slowly because everything takes place within a few weeks at the start so it doesn’t feel like a rushed romance even though it is. I think a few more days of them getting to know each other more would help smooth things over all round.

Forever, Jack is book two and the end of Jack and Kari Ann’s story. I really wasn’t sure how this book was going to go but I was expecting a lot of back and forth. Near the end, the constant back and forth got to be a little annoying but I found it hard to be angry because I completely understood Kari Ann’s thoughts and reasons. I would probably be the same way if I was ever in her shoes (ha! I wish) but I wish she was more confident in herself!

Although Goodreads doesn’t show it, on the author’s website she has posted that there will be a third book in the story that will be about Joey and Jazz which is super exciting. I really hope that there are some other companion novels in this series because I really liked all the potential relationships we were introduced to in these two books and would love to see how they play out.

UPDATED: There is a spin-off series called Butler Cove that will feature Jazz and Joey’s story. There novel is called All That Jazz.

Conclusion:

For those readers who have always wanted to read a realistic fiction novel about an everyday girl falling in love with a major celebrity without BDSM and other kinky tastes, this is a great series to pick it up. Those who like mature, New Adult contemporary reads set in the South with a strong heroine and nice-guy hero will really enjoy this series.

Rating: 4/5

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Synopsis for Eversea (from Goodreads):
An orphaned, small-town, southern girl, held hostage by responsibility and self-doubt.

A Hollywood A-list mega-star, on the run from his latest scandal and with everything to lose.

A chance encounter that leads to an unlikely arrangement and epic love affair that will change them both forever.

When his co-star and real-life girlfriend is caught cheating on him with her new director, A-list hottie, Jack Eversea, finds himself in sleepy Butler Cove, South Carolina. Jack hopes the sultry southern heat in this tiny coastal Lowcountry town will hide him not only from the tabloids and his cheating girlfriend, but his increasingly vapid life and the people who run it. He doesn’t count on meeting Keri Ann Butler.

Keri Ann has relied on herself so long, dealing with her family’s death and the responsibilities of keeping up her family’s historic mansion, that boys and certainly the meager offering of eligible boys in Butler Cove, have never figured into her equation. But fate has other plans. Suddenly face to face with the man who played the movie role of her favorite fictional character, Jack has Keri Ann yearning for everything she has previously avoided … and Jack must decide whether this funny, sassy girl is worth changing his life for, before his mistakes catch up to him.

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