Never Look Back, Lilliam Rivera
Never Look Back, Lilliam Rivera
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Never Look Back

Author: Lilliam Rivera

Narrator: Almarie Guerra, Samuel Maria Gomez

Unabridged: 7 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/13/2020


Synopsis

Eury comes to the Bronx as a girl haunted. Haunted by losing everything in Hurricane Maria--and by an evil spirit, Ato. She fully expects the tragedy that befell her and her family in Puerto Rico to catch up with her in New York. Yet, for a time, she can almost set this fear aside, because there's this boy...

Pheus is a golden-voiced, bachata-singing charmer, ready to spend the summer on the beach with his friends, serenading his on-again, off-again flame. That changes when he meets Eury. All he wants is to put a smile on her face and fight off her demons. But some dangers are too powerful for even the strongest love, and as the world threatens to tear them apart, Eury and Pheus must fight for each other and their lives.

Acclaimed author Lilliam Rivera reimagines the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice into a timely story about cultural identity, overcoming trauma, and the power of first love.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on November 07, 2021

Wow! This is genius and challenging! When I realize I’m reading the retelling of one of the most outstanding Greek myths: Orpheus and Eurydice with Afro- Latinx characters, I wholeheartedly enjoyed the idea. So I dived into the story without reading any reviews for not being biased, went blind and w......more

Goodreads review by Natalia on October 04, 2020

I’m such a fan of Lilliam Rivera’s work & her latest did not disappoint. A beautiful love story about the ways trauma haunts us & how being seen helps open the path towards healing. There’s so much in this story that I loved, particularly the way Rivera writes about mental health.......more

Goodreads review by Bethany (Beautifully Bookish Bethany) on September 17, 2020

Actual Rating: 2.5 but rounding up because the writing itself is beautiful. Never Look Back is a contemporary YA retelling of the Greek myth Orpheus and Eurydice, which is a cool idea, but this kind of feels like two different books and the cover really doesn't give a sense of what this book is like......more

Goodreads review by CW ✨ on July 31, 2021

A fascinating Orpheus and Eurydice modern retelling with a Latine twist, with magical realism elements and a romance in which feels like a love letter to Puerto Rico. - Follows Pheus, an Afro-Latine teen musician who meets and falls in love with Eury, a Puerto Rican teen who is haunted by an evil spi......more

Goodreads review by Lupita on April 21, 2020

I love this book so much. More to come later because my heart is a mess right now.......more