reviews_and_ramblings | 2016 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: For Never and Always by Ana J. Phoenix (342-08-30-2016)

1) This novel evoked a wistful, tender mood with its beautiful cover, and that mood carried through in the story. This was a emotional story wonderfully told.

2) It was touching, and unlike anything I have ever read. This book took the cliched trope of Dead People and made it fresh. Carter, though dead, grows as much as Seth. Phoenix tackles the difficult topic of male-on-male domestic violence and it's aftermath with grace and authenticity.

For Never and Always by Ana J. Phoenix
Bisexual Paranormal Romance
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (March 4, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1530373336
ISBN-13: 978-1530373338
Amazon: For Never and Always
Amazon Kinlde: For Never and Always

Seth finds himself alone at an abandoned train station, with no idea what happened, or how he got there. He boards a train, only to discover it’s a special express transporting the recently deceased to their final destination. The conductor tells him he’s having a near-death experience. Seth wonders if it has something to do with his violent boyfriend, but that doesn't matter. All that matters is getting the hell off the train before he actually dies. But when he spots his best friend and secret crush among the traveling dead, the urge to leave fades...

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