The Problem with Forever (Harlequin Teen) by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Epub)

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Growing up, Mallory Dodge learned that the best way to survive was to say nothing. And even though it’s been four years since her nightmare ended, she’s beginning to worry that the fear that holds her back will last a lifetime. Now, after years of homeschooling, Mallory must face a new milestone―spending her senior year at a public high school. But she never imagined she’d run into Rider Stark, the friend and protector she hasn’t seen since childhood, on her very first day.

It doesn’t take long for Mallory to realize that the connection she shared with Rider never really faded. Yet soon it becomes apparent that she’s not the only one grappling with lingering scars from the past. And as she watches Rider’s life spiral out of control, Mallory must make a choice between staying silent and speaking out―for the people she loves, the life she wants and the truths that need to be heard.

Praise for The Problem with Forever:

“We’re left breathless and a little haunted and wanting more.”―Danielle Paige, New York Times bestselling author of Dorothy Must Die

“Heartbreakingly real…a remarkable novel about the power of first love and the courage it takes to face your fears.”―Kami Garcia, #1 New York Times bestselling author

Also from #1 bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout:
If There’s No Tomorrow
The Harbinger Series
The Dark Elements Series

User’s Reviews

# 1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia with her husband and her Jack Russell, Loki. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She also writes adult and New Adult romance under the name J. Lynn. Find her on Twitter @JLArmentrout or become a fan on Facebook and Goodreads.

Reviews from Amazon users, collected at the time the book is getting published on UniedVRG. It can be related to shiping or paper quality instead of the book content:

⭐ I’ve been on the outs with JLA’s books since the final Lux book let me down. I felt as though I was reading the same story over and over again with different characters. That’s one of the reasons I decided to wait on reading The Problem with Forever, I didn’t want to be let down again by one of my favorite authors. What a surprise I was in for when reading this amazing novel. The story feels real and compelling, and it left me feeling joy when I finally closed the book. Well done JLA for making yet another amazing story.Mallory Dodge came from an abusive household where the only bright light during those first thirteen years was Rider Stark. Rider would protect her during those dark times and tell her to “not make a sound.” After an accident that leads both Rider and Mallory out of that terrible home, they became separated for four years. In that time Mallory was adopted by an amazing family of doctors who has worked with her to help her find her voice again. When TPWF starts we are meeting Mallory when she is a senior in high school and instead of being homeschooled for her final year before college, she wants to attend a regular high school. Her last class of the day; Speech class (every kid everywhere’s worst nightmare) is where she sees Rider again.TPWF was a beautiful story. Mallory, Rider, Hector, Ainsley, Jayden, Paige, Kiera, and Mallory’s parents all made for an amazing cast of characters. I loved how they all had an important role in this story and didn’t just become background noise to Rider and Mallory’s relationship. JLA has always done a good job making the secondary characters feel as important as the main characters, and this story is no different.Mallory was a character I enjoyed from the very beginning. She is going through a lot, she doesn’t talk much, and she wants to go to high school as a senior. Even though a lot of the times she thought she was weak, going to a new school in your senior year talks a lot of guts. Mallory worries over typical school-related things like “where am I going to sit at lunch?” and “will I make any friends?” Typical stuff that made Mallory and this story feel more real. Mallory’s character was just great. She struggles, a lot, and struggles some more. Not a lot of things are easy for her and while she struggles she doesn’t give up. Her strength was admirable and I loved how even with Rider she chooses what’s best for her. I can go on about how I enjoyed Mallory’s character, especially with her parent’s role in this story. They were amazing characters and Mallory goes through a lot of drama with them.Now there’s Rider. Honestly, he hasn’t been my favorite male lead to a date. I did like him a lot though. I mean JLA has written some very amazing male leads and while Rider was amazing he wasn’t my favorite. Rider at the beginning of the story has a girlfriend and friends, and a job. He sees Mallory “Mouse” as he calls her and everything for him changes a bit. He sees his best friend and always a beautiful girl that he’s always loved and wants her to be apart of his life again. There was a lot of stuff going on with Rider and he struggled just as much as Mallory which I liked for a couple reasons. Mallory realized she all she wanted was to be there for Rider like he was there for her, and he wasn’t her white knight. Often times in stories where a character has a traumatic past the guy swoops in and saves the day, Rider couldn’t really do that for Mallory and I liked that aspect of the story that they both saved each other.Onto the secondary characters. I want to start with Paige for a couple reasons. First, Paige was Rider’s girlfriend throughout the book and had been apart of his life for a couple years. I like that she wasn’t just some mean girl popular bully out to make Mallory’s life miserable. She had a story and she wanted her boyfriend. It makes sense she wouldn’t like Mallory because she was seemingly trying to steal her boyfriend and no girl is going to be nice about that. Hector and Jayden added a lot of diversity to this story which I enjoyed too. Not that Rider didn’t as well, but they spoke Puerto Rican and they were super cute and crucial to the story. I always love when diversity is in stories because it seems like sometimes authors write only white worlds. Then there’s Ainsley who was such a great friend. I liked her a whole bunch and liked how she was going through her own stuff but was still herself and was still there for Mallory when she needed her. Plus bringing awareness to what is going on with the actual author’s eyes was a nice touch.Honestly, I can go on and on about how amazing this book is. The book covers mental health in a way that’s realistic and as a psychologist, I loved that. For Mallory a lot of times when people come out of a situation like hers people want them to just move on, or they think everyone else is doing fine so why can’t they just snap out of it. I love how Mallory feels like this and struggles with the knowledge that yeah she came from a bad place, but only she can control how she reacts to that, and that it will take time to get her to where she wants to be. Similar to Rider. I think a lot of people expect boys and men to shrug off their trauma and that’s what Rider tries to do as well. I like that he wasn’t unaffected by what happened to him and that it was affecting him like it was affecting Mallory.Well, this review turned out to be quite long so I will just say I enjoyed the story a lot. For more details read the rest of the review. lol

⭐ “I want to be the guy worthy of your love, and I swear, if you’ll have me, I’ll do everything in my power to be that man. I’ll never stop trying. Ever.”We meet Mallory in the prologue as a child in the foster care system, and in true JLA fashion she does not shy away from some of the uglier aspects of it. Years later it’s Mallory’s senior year of high school and she has been adopted by a loving couple that has helped her to put the past behind her. Then on her first day of public school she runs into Rider, the boy from her past that said he would protect her forever. Mallory and Rider begin spending time together and getting to know one another again after years of being apart.This is an emotional story about love, hope, survival, and overcoming the obstacles that life puts in front of us. I really enjoyed seeing Mallory grow and making some self discoveries during this book. And I absolutely loved Rider! Don’t get me wrong, he is just as damaged as Mallory when it comes down to it. It just takes Mallory laying it all out there for him to realize it, but when he does realize it, he makes that decision to change things, and to finally seem himself as worthy. I like that, even though it was horrible, they had this shared past that enabled them to understand each other in a way that no one else possibly could. I felt like that really made the connection between them even stronger.“My past was a part of me and it molded who was today, but it was not the sum of who I was to become. It did not control me.”

⭐ This was my first JLA contemporary romance. It’s somewhere along the lines of slow burn/insta love, meets friends to lovers. It was an emotional and slightly sappy young love story filled with pain, trauma, and love. Naturally, I ate it up.Mallory and Rider faced things in life no one should ever have to face. It resulted in a bond that time and distance couldn’t sever. After reconnecting, both of them are forced to face their pasts as well as forge new futures. Futures that go beyond this new found love of their’s. This was such a rollercoaster of emotion — and I rode it with my hands in the air. I’m I’mAnyone who follows my reviews knows how I feel about JLA’s writing. But Incase you don’t, let me tell you: I LOVE IT! I love the characters she wants us to love, I hate the ones she intends for us to hate. She makes reading easy and enjoyable. There is NOTHING I dislike about her writing. Nothing.As I mentioned, this was the first contemporary I’ve read of her’s, so it was a little adjustment for me. I’m so used to her characters being super snarky and participating in lots of witty, comical banter. It didn’t really fit the serious tone of this story, so I understand the lack of it. Still, I found myself missing it. I was still in love with these characters, and as always, she makes secondary characters just as lovable and the main ones.While I think her fantasy romances are the crème de la crème of her writing, I would definitely pick up another contemporary romance of hers and probably enjoy it just as much as this one!

⭐ • • : The Problem with Forever : Jennifer L. Armentrout : ☆☆☆☆ 4/5This book is such an emotional read. I was expecting this from reading other reviews, but I had no way of knowing how unexpected this book was going to be for me. It was emotional, that for sure, just not how I expected it would be. This book just highlights a lot of important topics as well which made this book even better. It takes guts to write about topics like these. And the character development (for multiple characters) felt like such a vital part of the story and it was just was done brilliantly. This book broke my heart at some points and I really did not know if I could continue. There were some things that could’ve been done better and I feel this book is either a hit or a miss for someone. Overall, I really recommend reading this book and seeing if it is for you, because if it is…. You are in for an emotional ride.

⭐ After years in an abusive foster home, Mallory Dodge is safe. She has been adopted by a wonderful family that wants nothing more than for Mallory to achieve all that she has missed out on in life. Fear fueled Mallory’s life in foster care. Causing her to become ‘silent’ to avoid unwanted attention in the form of abuse. The quiet nature that Mallory exhibits causes others to question why she is not a participant in her surroundings. Years of therapy and home schooling have brought Mallory to the point of wanting nothing more than to spread her wings.There is a new milestone that Mallory wants to tackle. Attending public school for her senior year of high school. Tackling this fear will be one of the greatest hurdles Mallory can obtain. Huge crowds, public speaking, and relating to teens her age have never been in the cards. Now – the opportunity is front and center for Mallory to shake the demons of her past. Nothing could have prepared Mallory to walk into class and right back into memories from the past. Her savior from that tragic foster home was there in the flesh…..Rider Stark.Rider always looked out for Mallory. Keeping her from harms way anytime he could. Now – the young boy from long ago is all grown up. Igniting a world of feelings that Mallory never knew existed. Rider is the one person that knows what Mallory is feeling without words ever transpiring. Their connection from long ago is still there, only now they have different fears and insecurities than those of long ago.Life for Mallory is on the complete opposite end of the spectrum that Rider. His life still anchored by living in foster care. As the two spend more time together, Rider’s hardships begin to trickle into Mallory’s life as well. A clash of two very different worlds that can have a cataclysmic reaction. Where do Mallory and Rider fit into one another’s lives? Will they be able to shake the torment from the past? Only time will tell if their relationship will crumble with the differences between their worlds.Why have I waited so long to read this book??? Generally I have to be in the right mindset to read YA. Not this time!! This story is as touching as a Romance with adult characters. The tragedies that befall the main characters will pull at your soul. It is a look at ‘real’ life, with all of the hardships that some face along the way. A true testament to the determination of the human soul. The raw and emotional journey that Rider and Mallory have led will leave you anticipating what is in store for their future. An uncertainty that creeps along as you read their tale. At times their plight is messy and gritty, but you will only crave it that much more. Dive in with your heart wide open, and savor the journey that brought Mallory into Rider’s life once more.

⭐ Sometimes, we don’t realize how lucky we are until we see someone who’s had it worse. We often take things for granted thinking we will have them forever. But the thing is, forever is not real.This didn’t feel like reading a book. Rather, it felt like I was reading someone else’s story. Someone real.This book made me think about a lot of things. I was born in a happy family with parents who made me feel so loved. But as much as we don’t want it to be true, there are kids out there who weren’t lucky enough.One thing I loved about this book is how the author painted Mallory and Rider as characters. They went through a lot as children but despite all these things, I didn’t see them as weak. Surely, they did not come out unscathed but they wanted to change and that is admirable. The character development in this book was one of the best I’ve read. I found myself rooting for them.This book has taken me on a roller coaster ride of emotions. To me, the best books are those that have the power to affect you, the one that lets you sympathize with the characters, and the kind that makes you feel as if you’re part of their story and you care about what happens to them. This book definitely did it for me.Honestly, I found it hard to write this review. Sometimes, there are good stories that can’t be put into words and the only way to make people understand is for them to read it. And that’s what I’m telling you: Read this book .

⭐ Rating: 4.5 Stars The Problem with Forever follows Mallory “Mouse” as she tries to re-acclimate to everyday life in school after years of homeschooling from her adoptive parents after a traumatizing past that has kept her mostly silent. Four years out of her nightmares in the best life she never could have imagined she is diving into public high school for senior year. Already a terrifying experience being new in a huge unknown place for most of us, Mallory has much more pressure on herself to make it work. Never did she expect to run into Rider Stark, her childhood protector she hadn’t seen for four years, on her first day. They have a connection, share a past most could never fully understand, and have their own scars to deal with. Mallory has always been silent but will she stay silent or speak out about what she sees and what she wants. This books was a pretty quick contemporary and while it had some predictable moments for sure it was still a sweet journey. I enjoyed watching Mallory go from being Mouse, quiet and shy to more confident with herself. I also enjoyed how the story showed several people who have handled difficult situations in different ways. Not everyone handles trauma the same and seeing how different people cope with it was nice. I liked seeing through Mallory’s eyes and how there was the struggle between what she wanted to say/do and what actually happened. She may have the best intentions and even mean to say things but fear is a legitimate and powerful thing that can freeze you in place in any type of spot. Seeing it from her POV gave a real understanding to it. How even simple conversations with people you do trust and know won’t hurt you are hard. I also liked the dynamic of her adoptive parents and how it seemed perfect and that while grateful it put added stress on her to live up to expectations. Overall I really enjoyed this journey. I did predict the majority of it but how the characters developed and got to where they were going was the real part of the story. I enjoyed it and loved it was a single and complete story all in one. I also liked how the title really played in. The idea of making a promise as a child you know is impossible to keep because you have no concept of the idea of forever.

⭐ I really like Mallory because she been through a lot as a kid and wants to try to move on. Which she does slowly by going to public school for the first time. By going to public speaking class though she doesnt like to talk in front of people. Baby steps is the name of the game and I enjoyed watching Mallory making them.Rider is the bad boy who took being in the same situation a little differently. He doesn’t let anyone in really though he will be there when his friends need him. Also his home life has changed to a t good home even if he doesn’t call it home. When they meet up again in class first there is shock of course. They haven’t seen each other since they were kids. Then Rider’s is little protective of Mallory which doesn’t help his girlfriend from liking Malory at all.Speaking of side characters.I loved the brothers Hector and Jayden. Especially Jayden he was Mallory’s first friend beside Rider. Yes he had some problems that his big brother Hector try to help him through. Hector is over protective of Jayden however he had good reason and was sweet. Paige can be a ghetto bitch (pardon my language), but she does have reason. Also even though she gives Mallory lots of grief over Rider I did like her in the end. She is a harsh person but she doesn’t sugar coat things which I can respect.Plus Mallory’s adopted parents who where there after she was taken out of that bad environment. They been through somethings before meeting Mallory which may have tired into there overprotective instinct with Mallory. They were really good people who let Mallory experience things like going to school or going out with friends. Even if it made them nerves wreaks as most parents would be.The Romance..I liked it for the fact to me it didn’t seem to rushed. It could have been annoying with it dragged out with Rider staying with Paige much longer. However I enjoyed the pace and how it developed for the most part.The Audio version:I enjoyed listening to it because though it was a 14 hour listen it didn’t fell like it. This is when audiobooks are the best because a book that’s 400+ pages seem like nothing. Amy Landon did a great job of keeping me in the story and enjoy it where I finished it in three days.I loved this book and it took me to long to get my thoughts about it together to write a review. However its finally done and it may be a little rambled thanks for reading my thoughts.

⭐ In The Problem with Forever, Jen proves exactly why I consider her an “auto-buy” author. This book was pretty much made of feels and it wrecked me in the best possible way. It also put me back together when it was all said and done, so don’t think it’s bleak or anything. It’s a beautiful book with a hopeful message and I know I won’t forget these characters and how it all made me feel anytime soon. Mallory, Rider and the rest of the crew here latched on tight.I’m not going to get down into the weeds with the plot lines in this book. I’d hate myself if I spoiled anything for you. As you’ve read in the synopsis, it all begins when Mallory starts attending a new school and Ridge, the person who saved her during some tough times in a foster home, is a student there. They reconnect, but it’s messy. He has a girlfriend and is struggling to be a better him. It’s easy to get sucked into a lifestyle he didn’t want to be part of. Mallory is fighting her own demons – mainly her nearly-constant fight to even speak. Her former foster family had beaten her down so badly that she has a tough time putting herself out there, but she wants to. Ridge is one person she can be herself with and, because he reenters her life, she begins to heal and grow a little. The same can be said for him thanks to her. I loved how these two leaned on each other and how things grew between them as they each tackled their demons – both past and present – and they discovered who they really were.I can’t even pinpoint my favorite thing about this book. If I had to, it’s a toss up between the connection Mallory and Rider share and the growth each character undergoes over the course of the book. Both were so honest and real that I can’t stop thinking about it. (Mother of all book hangovers right here, as you might expect.) The Problem with Forever is a totally different kind of YA from Jen and it’s easily my new favorite. I love when I find really, really good YA contemporary and this one is definitely a new favorite.I received a copy of this book from the publisher, via NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review.

⭐ I love how Mallory is a work in progress. She starts off not talking with anyone but those who are in her life. She had it rough in her life but she had Rider as a child to protect her. She was homeschooled but then she decides to go to public school with kids and wants to be normal.Mallory doesn’t consider herself to be brave but she is. She signs up for speech class and she bumps into Rider.I loved their journey and I shed quite a few tears. This is Mallory’s story about finding the boy who once saved her, accepting her past, recognizing she’s growing and changing and how others affect her life.I love how Mallory talks to Rider towards the end of the book and how she makes him see things he’s not willing to and isn’t open to see. Every character touches Mallory in someway and is part of how she’s changing.I do have to say there came a part in the book that broke my heart. And it’s sad that kids get involve in throngs they shouldn’t. It’s also sad how kids fall through the crack of the system.We get to see Mallory’s struggles, how she starts opening up to change, starts making friends and how loyal she is to the boy she loves.I highly recommend this book.

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