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    But Not Forever: A Novel
    But Not Forever: A Novel
    But Not Forever: A Novel
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    But Not Forever: A Novel

    By Jan Von Schleh

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    Could she be everything you aren't, but somehow—still be you?







    It’s the year 2015 and Sonnet McKay is the daughter of a globe-trotting diplomat, home for the summer from her exotic life. Everything would be perfect if not for her stunning sister, whose bright star has left her in the shadows. In 1895, Emma Sweetwine is trapped in a Victorian mansion, dreaming of wings to fly her far from her mother, who gives her love to her sons, leaving nothing for her daughter. Fate puts them in the same house at the same moment, 120 years apart, and the identical fifteen-year-olds are switched in time. In their new worlds, Sonnet falls in love with a boy, Emma falls in love with a life, and astonishing family secrets are revealed. Torn, both girls want to still go home— but can either one give up what they now have?







    But Not Forever is an enchanting story of love and longing, and the heart's ultimate quest to find where it belongs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSparkPress
    Release dateJun 12, 2018
    ISBN9781943006595
    But Not Forever: A Novel
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    Jan Von Schleh

    Jan Von Schleh is a third-generation Seattleite who has lived and worked around the world in fascinating places including Zimbabwe, Nicaragua, Democratic Republic of Congo, Turkmenistan, and the Kingdom of Bahrain. When she’s not writing, she likes to explore ancient buildings wherever she can find them and wonder about the stories they would tell—if only they could talk. She is sure that whatever those stories are, they most probably have to do with love.

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    • 4/5
      I received an ARC of this book for free as part of BookSparks’ YA Summer Reading Challenge.This was a fun and fast read. It wasn’t super intricate but it was still enjoyable.I loved the characters, especially the side characters like Kerry (she was the best!) and Sonnet’s cousins. The ending was really good. I didn’t quite know how it was going to end but I loved the reveal that happened. I was on the fence about this book while I was reading it, but the ending tipped me over and made me decide that I liked the book. As for the things I didn’t like, there were a few things I wasn’t huge fan of. The first being that the book read a little too juvenile for my taste. The characters are 15 and 16 but the writing style felt very middle grade. Second, there really was no explanation at all for the time travel aspect. That didn’t bother me a lot, but I still would have lot to have seen more depth to it. How it happened still remains a mystery. Lastly, two of Sonnet’s cousins were half Filipino and half white (just like me!), and I wish there would have been more done with their heritage, since Filipinos hardly get any representation. I knew it probably wasn’t going to happen, but I kept hoping that there would be some sort of nod to Filipino culture in the book.Overall, while this book wasn’t 100% perfect, it was still an entertaining read.
    • 3/5
      I really liked the main characters, Sonnet and Emma, as well as some of the secondary characters, like Kerry. I also enjoyed how everything was interconnected: objects, relationships, etc. the story did fall a little flat at times, and I found it a little difficult to believe that so many people knew someone who was familiar enough with time travel to help the girls out. Overall, though, I couldn’t wait to find out what would eventually happen. *I received a free copy of this book from the publishers in exchange for an honest review.*
    • 4/5
      I received an ARC of this book for free as part of BookSparks’ YA Summer Reading Challenge.This was a fun and fast read. It wasn’t super intricate but it was still enjoyable.I loved the characters, especially the side characters like Kerry (she was the best!) and Sonnet’s cousins. The ending was really good. I didn’t quite know how it was going to end but I loved the reveal that happened. I was on the fence about this book while I was reading it, but the ending tipped me over and made me decide that I liked the book. As for the things I didn’t like, there were a few things I wasn’t huge fan of. The first being that the book read a little too juvenile for my taste. The characters are 15 and 16 but the writing style felt very middle grade. Second, there really was no explanation at all for the time travel aspect. That didn’t bother me a lot, but I still would have lot to have seen more depth to it. How it happened still remains a mystery. Lastly, two of Sonnet’s cousins were half Filipino and half white (just like me!), and I wish there would have been more done with their heritage, since Filipinos hardly get any representation. I knew it probably wasn’t going to happen, but I kept hoping that there would be some sort of nod to Filipino culture in the book.Overall, while this book wasn’t 100% perfect, it was still an entertaining read.

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