I hated this book. And that really surprised me because I love the character of Darci. But Forever and Always was by far the worst book of this series in my opinion.

In Forever, Darci realizes just how special her True Persuasion powers are and falls in love with the WONDERFUL Adam Montgomery. Adam finds his sister Bo, who was raised by the witch that kidnapped Adam at age 3, Darci finds her father Taylor, and Taylor and Bo end up falling in love. Both couples get married and each has a baby girl. It seems as though everyone will live happily ever after. But then a few years later Adam and Bo leave town and disappear, and Darci is slandered as the Hillbilly Honey. That's where Lincoln comes in, asking Darci to help him find his son. Darci agrees, thinking it'll help her find ADam and Bo, and the two head to Alabama.

My biggest problem with this is that the story focused around Linc. It would've have been PERFECT for Jude Deveraux to have Linc, or better the much preferred at least to me character of Jack, come in and actively help Darci find Adam, and then at the end of the series you get to find out HOW and WHY he and Bo disappeared. Instead Darci's the one that has to help someone. I know I know, she has to do it so she can meet Henry and get the Touch of God, which I loved that idea. I also liked how she came to terms iwth the Hillbilly Honey idea. But did we really have to be subjected to LINCOLN, who sat there with constant lustful thoughts about Darci, was the picture of him unsnapping the crotch of her teddy really necessary? And what was with DArci lusting after him! STOP CHECKING OUT THE HOTT ACTOR AND START SEARCHING FOR THE MAN YOU'LL LOVE FOREVER!

Also, what was up with Darcy's powers? It made at least semi-sense in Forever, the way True Persuasion worked. But then you open this book and suddenly in a few years Darci's reading auras, seeing spirits, able to feel someone... what??? Where did THAT come from?

To me it felt like Jude Deveraux had only planned 1 book - Forever - and written it so that Adam and Darci walked off into the sunset. But then when Fans loved the book, she said "hmmm let's do something else" and came up with this crazy story, very much like the Pirates of the Carribean franchise. As with Pirates, the third installation redeemed the series, but I could've done without the middle one.

Badly done Jude, you can do so much better than this!

Normally I would not enjoy a book that is separated by two characters. Meaning that every other chapter is about Darci and the other ones about Linc. Usually this would be frustrating and confusing because my mind would cling to a particular character and would want to follow them. With "Forever and Always" I found that I loved both main characters and was able to keep track of the story and its twists and turns. This is an excellent book written by someone who obliviously knows exactly what she is doing!

I'm so glad I purchased this "book" used. I absolutely hated this book, it is one of the worst I've ever read.

Darci is on a mission to find her year-long lost wealthy husband and sister-in-law. After their disappearance, the public seems to think, a money hungry, Darci killed the old boy. In response to negative public opinion, she has become a virtual recluse. Enter, a handsome young TV star who is looking for his "never before seen" son. He enlist the help of Darci, who among other things, has the "gift of sight". Darci feels helping the TV star will put her on the right path in her search. So off they go on their weird adventure. Most of the novel takes place in a depressing spa that is filled with old biddies packing a "hit list". Each one wants someone they depise to die from a horrible illness.(told you it was weird). The "spa" is actually a renovated plantation haunted by many, many, many ghosts. If you read this mess, you'll find out whether the handsome hunk finds his boy, and whether Darci finds her long lost relatives. The author tells repeatedly, how much Darci, old girl, is missing the "romance". I mean after all, it has been a year. She and all the other women at the spa are lusting after the hunk. The plot is so far-fetched, but the horrendous writing is the real reason I hated this book. Nothing flows, JD goes from one idea to the next. She's all over the place. Her writing style is extremely choppy. If you do decide to read this book--prepare yourself to be exhausted.

Forever and Always is book two of the Forever Trilogy; the story of Adam and Darci Montgomery. In book one, Forever, Adam hires Darci as an assistant as he investigates his kidnapping when he was a child and the death of his parents. As far as Darci is concerned, she is there to raise money to get her hometown out of debt and thus freeing her from the obligation of having to marry the son of the wealthiest man there.

Darci has always known there was something "weird" about her. She could locate things and people that were lost and sometimes could perceive what would happen in the future. These abilities shamed her and she tried to hide it.

Once her and Adam were together, Darci discovered that her abilities made her special and she could use them to aid Adam in his investigation. Forever climaxes with the ultimate confrontation between Adam, Darci and the powerful witch who murdered Adam's parents. Adam also discovers that he has a sister, named Boadicea, who was kidnapped at birth and is being held captive by the witch.

Darci kills the witch's minions and the witch herself with her abilities and saves the day. Forever closes when Darci and Adam, and Darci's Dad and Boadicea, marry and both give birth to two very gifted little girls.

Forever and Always opens with the news that Adam and Boadicea have disappeared and Darci has been publicly accused of murdering them for the Montgomery money. In the midst of this, Darci's mother sends a renowned actor, named Lincoln Aimes, to Darci for help in locating his missing son.

Darci, at first refuses to help, but then changes her mind when she senses that by helping Lincoln, she'll get closer to solving the mystery of Adam and Boadicea's disappearance.

The rest of the story is really to pave the way for Darci to meet the most powerful human being on earth, psychically of course. His name is Henri and he's a very old man who has only a few months to live. His goal is to test Darci and see if she is deserving of his abilities.

The story, of course, ends in a happy ending and with Darci passing Henri's test with flying colors, but she is no closer to discovering what happened to her husband. That mystery will finally be solved in the third book of the trilogy: Always.

I, uh, was easily pulled into the story in the beginning. It was a bit slow going at first as Darci explains what happens in the first part of the Trilogy and the events that occurred since Adam and Boadicea disappeared. The pace picks up toward the middle of the big but then it begins to lag again, bogged down as it covers Henri's background and his purpose for testing Darci. There are also a lot of subplots that Darci and Lincoln have to wade through to get to their main goal: the recovery of his son and the discovery of the clues that point to what happened to Adam and Boadicea.

This book takes some patience to get through and I highly recommend that you not start on it until you've read the first book. Despite the tedium, Darci did begin to grow on me. I realized what a strong character she is, simple yet complex, fragile yet strong. I only wish the story were better written to support such a great character.

is okay.
I love the character of Darci.
But, the book just lacks something.
After finding the love of her life in FOREVER, he is nowhere to be seen in the second book.
I like her relationship with her co-hort this time around, the gorgeous tv star Linc Aimes. She, like everyone else appreciates his beauty. I'm still not quite sure how appropriate that is for a woman whose beloved husband is missing. Aside from that their adventure is fun.

Warning: nothing really is ever resolved in any of the trilogy.
Still, the first two are enjoyable reads. I doubt if I will re-read them again, though.