16 Forever, Lance Rubin
16 Forever, Lance Rubin
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16 Forever

Author: Lance Rubin

Narrator: Lance Rubin, Katie Schorr, Dustin Rubin

Unabridged: 9 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 01/06/2026


Synopsis

It’s the morning of Carter Cohen’s 16th birthday, and everything’s going his way. He’s psyched and ready to get his driver’s license, his little brother’s not hogging the bathroom, and, man, something smells good for breakfast…But when Carter bounds downstairs, Mom bursts into tears. It happened again. It’s Carter’s 16th birthday—for the sixth time. Every time he’s supposed to turn 17, he loops back a year. His memory gets wiped clean, his body ages backward—the rest of the world moves on, just not him.Maggie Spear, on the other hand, has been dreading this day ever since she and Carter started dating. When she spies him in the halls and he doesn’t seem to know her at all, it’s obvious that it’s over between them. She can’t be in a relationship with someone who is just going to forget her again and again. Since Carter doesn’t remember that they’re together, then it’s probably better if she just pretends that they never were.Except Carter senses that there’s more to their story than Maggie’s letting on, and Maggie’s keeping secrets of her own—but in the process of trying to let the other go, they find themselves falling in love all over again.With Maggie soon leaving for college and Carter’s birthday quickly coming around again, will they be able to find a forever that isn’t stuck at 16? Filled with tender moments, silly banter, and lots of teenage angst, 16 Forever is the latest YA page-turner from New York Times bestselling, award-winning author Lance Rubin.

About Lance Rubin

Lance Rubin is the award-winning author of Crying Laughing, Denton Little's Deathdate, and Denton Little's Still Not Dead. He’s also the co-author of Monster Club: Monsters Take Manhattan with Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel; and co-author of the New York Times bestseller The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek with Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal of the YouTube series Good Mythical Morning. Lance is also a voiceover actor, and co-writer of the Off-Broadway musical Broadway Bounty Hunter. He lives in Brooklyn with his family. Visit him online at lancerubin.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Flirting with Fiction💕 on January 06, 2026

Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins for the ALC. This is my personal review. Think Groundhog Day + Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind + 17 Again, but make it an older school John Green YA romance with a bit of romcom thrown in there. I loved this book. This is a true YA novel where the chara......more

Goodreads review by Janine on January 26, 2026

The concept of reliving an entire year was how I was initially drawn into this book, so I took a chance and I was hooked from start to end, mainly to see if Carter was going to able to finally get older after so many failed attempts, and what I got was an interesting YA contemporary romance with fan......more

Goodreads review by Bethany on January 05, 2026

Thank you Harper Collins for the digital copy to review! I love a time loop story. And this one had a different twist to it. Everyone *except* our main character remembers his years in the time loop. That was very intriguing to me, because usually only the main character remembers! There was a lot to......more

Goodreads review by Bin on January 12, 2026

3.25 ⭐️ babe wake up a new version of a time loop just dropped......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on January 07, 2026

DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU DON'T WANT SPOILERS. Firstly, I love the cover art. It's so satisfying to look at. I really loved this book in ways I didn't expect. It was such an interesting concept. Kinda of a reverse Groundhog Day where everyone else knows Carter is going back to 16 but they all age around......more