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Now or Never

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After watching the movie Sooner or Later starring Rex Smith and Denise Miller, the sequel books are a bit disappointing, especially with the character of Michael Skye,(played by Rex Smith). I found the onscreen character and the book character different as night and day. Michael was portrayed as a shy,sexy somewhat lonely young man in the movie version which I found extremely appealing especially when he decided that he did want to make it work with Jessie despite the age difference. Rex Smith made Michael come alive but the book version does not do the character justice.

Now or Never is set three years after Waiting Games. Jessie is ready to graduate high school and is trying to get over losing Michael when he returns to Englewood under secretive circumstances which come out a little later in the book. Michael asks Jessie to forgive him for leaving her and also asks if they can be friends but Jessie is having a hard time coping due to her intense passion and love for him. It is too hard to "just be friends" when you love someone this much.

I did not feel that Michael really appreciated the love Jessie had for him and in my opinion, she was the only person who truly cared for him. The ending was too abrupt and left too many doors open on what happened to these two star crossed lovers. ALthough I enjoyed the trilogy of stories, Jessie and Michael are not finished. I would seriously recommend that the Harts finish this story and redeem Michael by portraying him as the good loving person he was in Sooner of Later.

My sister just stumbled across this book and lent it to me. Even while out to dinner with the family, I was regretting not bringing the book with me to finish reading it. These books (Sooner or Later, Waiting Games, and now Now or Never) were captivating, and even tho I first read them as a teenager (i'm 30 now -- eeps!) I love them still. i personally don't think that the saga is complete; what do you say, Bruce and Carole?

I was reading the reviews and found them amusing because I too read the trilogy when I was a teenager. I decided recently to re-read them and they are as wonderful as they were back then. I stumbled accross these reviews quite by accident though because what I was looking for was a FOURTH book which to my dismay does not exist...if Bruce and Carol Hart are reading this, please make another book!!! The story of Jessie and Michael just isn't finished yet...

I am a big fan of the movie "Sooner or Later". I have had the movie since 2001. Now at a young 39 I watch it once in awhile just to remember my teen years. By the way, I saw it the first time when I was 14.
I have recently purchased all three books and read them to cover to cover.
When I finished Now or Never. The first thing that came out of my mouth was " NO, THAT CAN'T BE THE END "
Please end the story of Michael and Jessie and let them live happily ever after.

I have just ordered the book through Auction and am excited about it. I had never heard of the 3rd in the series, but after reading the other review, I was convinced I should obtain and read right away. I laughed to myself as I, too, read the others in my teens and am now 31. Wish me luck!

I just paid almost 60.00 dollars for this book, which is crazy because I had all three and gave them away to a used book store about 10 years ago(age 31 then). A friend of mine bought the movie on DVD for me for my 41st birthday and I have been in Rex Smith heaven since. I will never part with these books again. The movie and the books make you remember and feel 13 again. I'm just as gitty, as happy, and believing in love again, like I used too. We know we can't go back, but how wonderful it is to remember!! As far as another sequel, that would be nice, but to me it ended just right and I know in my heart the love they had, is better than its ever been before!!

The book end somewhat abruptly and we are left hanging on whether a fourth book will conclude the story. The Harts have yet to write this fourth book, so I am begging. Please put a finish on it!!!

The story picks up as Jessie is now about to graduate from high school and head off to college. Michael returns to town and turns her world upside down all over again. She's hurt and angry at him for just leaving her four years ago so he could pursue his dreams of being a rock star. Now he's back, and wants to know if they could be friends because he could really use some.

Jessie is torn, how could you just be friends with someone you loved with all your heart, who broke it by abandoning you without a word or a look back. This third book gets very gritty and is more realistic than the first two. Foul language is sprinkled throughout and it has a more adult context. I wouldn't exactly recommend it to younger readers.

We have a more grown up Jessie, whose fairy tale ideals of love have been crushed by Michael's abandonment. Don't expect her to be the naive, sweet teen of books one and two. Michael's also changed, he's more subdued, more unsure of himself. He lost his confidence and seems somewhat broken and piteable. It's a good read, but you will definitely want more when you reach the end.

I couldn't wait for the Harts to write a book four, so I wrote my own conclusion to their story.

The first two books in the trilogy (Sooner or Later, Waiting Games) are the best ones. In this book, Jessie comes across as an angry, much less sweet and innocent version of who she was before. She is definitely less endearing in "Now or Never". And Michael is so caught up in his recovery that he becomes self-pitying, boring and irritating. There is also quite a bit of foul language in the book, so some parents may not find it suitable for their teens to read it.

Found out about 1 year ago that there was a sequel to Sooner or Later but my friend couldn't find her copy. Found out by looking on Amazon there were 2 sequels. I tried all over to locate Now or Never without having to buy it at a crazy price. Actually bought both sequels. I ended up buying Now or Never for a crazy price because I just wanted to read it. With the Characters being older they did seem alot different to me and I tried to identify them with the Movie and 1st two books but it was a bit hard. Why did it have to take a dark turn of events? I like that it ended with them trying to work things out and it left room for a sequel. I would really like to see a 4th book to finalize the whole story and this time more happy things not so melodramatic. I signed the online petition for this, hope it helps. Love the whole story of Michael and Jess. Want them to have the happy ending they deserve.

I dont know how to put it i like the beginning of the story, but then somewhere it just dragged on for too long.I felt bad for Jessie and what she had to go through the entire summer in love and afraid of the circumstances.Overall the characters
were the same jessie did not change and nor did michael. He was in my opinion the same sweet gentle guy she first met.Michael just had too many decisions to make regarding jessie and his career.I just feel the story was missing something.