⭐️ 5/5
🌶️ 2.5/5
Heart wrenching… that is the word that comes to mind when I think of Never Truth by Jill Ramsower.
Nico and Sofia met when they were still children caring more about hunting ladybugs than anything else. But life never stays that simple, does it?
Plot Summary
Nico and Sofia grew up side by side since they had met when she was still in kindergarten. However, when they got to high school he broke her heart.
When he suddenly reappears while she is having lunch with her mom many years later, everything changes. But it is only when she finds out that he has been assigned as her new bodyguard by her father that things start to spin out of her control.
He goes above and beyond to get her back, but she is still wary. Should she trust him with her heart again?
Something I Loved Tremendously About This Book
Quite often with second chance romances there are a lot of petty squabbles and one of the people refuses to listen to the other one’s side. While that does give a story some tension, it can become boring and predictable.
However, in Never Truth, Jill Ramsower managed to write an amazing story with great tension and unexpected turns without any of those irritating and predictable nonsense.
Sofia didn’t just forgive Nico. He had to do quite a bit of grovelling to prove himself to her, but she at least gave him a chance to explain himself and to understand his past motivations.
It is an admirable feat for an author to manage to write an intriguing plot with a lot of tension without miscommunication and Jill certainly managed to do that.
Where to Buy?
You can get Never Truth by Jill Ramsower on Amazon. If you buy it using my link, I’ll get a small commission at no extra cost to you.
You can read it for free with a Kindle Unlimited trail.
There is an audiobook of Never Truth, you can listen to it for free with an Audible Premium Plus trail.
Series or Standalone?
Although this is the second book in Jill Ramsower’s series, “The five families”, you can read it as a standalone because it is about a different couple. There are some things binding the books together which will make it more enjoyable if you do read all of the books, though.
Tropes
This book is not only a bodyguard mafia romance, it is also an intriguing second chance romance with a whole lot of grovelling.
Pet Names
Nico and Sofia met while she was busy hunting for ladybugs in a garden, but before he could get her name her father called her to go. Without a name Nico simply took to calling her Ladybug girl and the name “Ladybug” kind of stuck as they grew older.
Quotes
“I had no idea where my life would take me, but I had no doubt she would be there beside me, wherever that was. Our connection was like gravity—it simply was. You didn’t wonder if someday gravity wouldn’t be there anymore. It wasn’t even in the realm of possibilities, so it wasn’t worth thinking about.”
– Nico Conti
“You’re too good for me, Ladybug. Don’t get me wrong, I’m keeping you anyway, but no matter how many laws you break, you’ll always be perfect in my eyes.”
– Nico Conti
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