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Ever After

By: Karen Kingsbury
Narrated by: Kathy Garver
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In this moving sequel to Even Now, Emily Anderson, now 20, is attending college on a soccer scholarship. Then she meets the man who changes everything for her: Army reservist Justin Baker. Their tender relationship, founded on a mutual faith in God and nurtured by their trust and love for each other, proves to be a shining inspiration to everyone they know, especially Emily's reunited birth parents, Lauren Gibbs and Shane Galanter.

Lauren and Shane still struggle to move past their opposing beliefs about war, politics, and faith. Shane believes it's possible; Lauren doesn't. So she says a painful good-bye to her long-ago love and returns to her job as a war correspondent in Afghanistan. Both Lauren and Shane are shattered, believing that this time their relationship may have ended forever.

Then tragedy sends shockwaves through all their lives. Can Lauren and Shane set aside their opposing views so that love, God's love, might win, no matter how great the odds?

©2006 Karen Kingsbury (P)2006 Zondervan

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Ever After

This book is a very moving story about love and war. I have read all of Karen Kingsbury 's books and enjoyed them all.

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Not up to Kingsbury's quality

I love Karen Kingsbury's books and have read them all. Ever After was a real disappointment. To begin with, the reader is terrible. She tries to sound like a man for the male characters and the farther into the book you go, the more grating it becomes. And listening to the book made me feel like I was in a giant advertisement for the Iraq war. Karen - please go back to what you do best - writing about wonderful characters with great stories and leave the lobbying to the politicans.

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A touching and very pertinent story for today

A very touching story. Though written 11 years ago, it is so pertinent for today. The reader did a great job with feminist characters, but awful with males. I felt like she made Shane out to be about 90 years old. I lived in the NW for 20 years--at the American Lake VA. Visited Ft Lewis several times. My younger son graduated from PLU, so was fun to be reminded about all those places while now living in MN. My eyes are bad so I can't read what is on box above this one. Sorry.

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another winner

K. K. has spun another wonderful store of love, conflict and redemption. A must read.

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Predictable

Good but predictable, Great message but I enjoy a little deeper plot with unexpected twists and this was lacking,

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BORING!!!!! STOP REPEATING YOURSELF!!!

What was most disappointing about Karen Kingsbury’s story?

The author is getting greedy. This is the 2nd book of a series. You do not need to read the 1st one because the author repeats everything in the 2nd one. She has done that in the past with the Baxter series. Please just write a story.

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The end.

What character would you cut from Ever After ?

Not sure

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I am going to take a break from this author , I have read a ton of her books and this repetitive pattern drives me nuts

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Had to know how it ended

I am one of those listeners that just has to know how it ended no matter what. The story drug out a bit in certain places but overall it was another easy listen and time filler. Not my favorite of Karen Kingsbury but it was good. Still had a hard time with this narrator but managed to get through.

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Enjoyed this very much

I was surprised by the events in this book. But, I was thrilled by the final outcome.

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Great series!

Even Now and Ever After are two wonderfully written books and I have been moved with all the emotions possible as I read them!

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Ever After

Story was well written and all the dots were connected. I would love a follow up story for Emily and Joe

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