FOR NEVER & ALWAYS

Mara Wilson and Emil Benjamin narrate a second-chance romance. Hannah Rosenstein and Levi Matthews were each other's first love and first heartbreak. After five years apart, can they rekindle their relationship? Wilson captures Hannah's anxieties over her job, her life, her relationship with Levi--anxiety about everything, really--but never lets it overwhelm Hannah as a person. Benjamin portrays Levi as prickly and complicated but allows his humanity to shine through. Levi may be difficult and annoying, but Benjamin always makes it clear why. Wilson and Benjamin clearly show Hannah and Levi's affection for their friends and family, deep connection to their shared faith, and eventual compassion for themselves. K.M.P. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine [Published: JANUARY 2024]