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Never Have I Ever Paperback – July 6, 2021

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Never Have I Ever been punished for what I have done . . .

'An unsettling whirlwind of a novel with a startlingly dark core. 5 Stars' Sun on The Other Twin

Twenty years ago

Four teenagers discover a new game.

They add their own rules, going from sharing secrets to sharing firsts.

And then it all goes spiraling out of control.


Now

A woman gets a note through her door which chills her blood

'Never have I ever been punished for what I have done'

She thought this was over. But it looks like it's her turn to play

Because no matter how far it goes, you have to obey the rules of the game. And the game is never really over.

'Well written, engrossing and brilliantly unique, this is a fab debut' Heat on The Other Twin

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  6. ISBN-10
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    978-1529337723
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L.V. Hay is a novelist, script editor and blogger who helps writers via her Bang2write consultancy. She is the associate producer of Brit Thrillers Deviation (2012) and Assassin (2015), both starring Danny Dyer. Lucy is also head reader for the London Screenwriters' Festival and has written two non-fiction books, Writing & Selling Thriller Screenplays, plus its follow-up Drama Screenplays. She lives in Devon with her husband, three children, six cats and five African Land Snails.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hodder
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 6, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1529337720
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1529337723
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.75 x 7.75 inches
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Lucy V. Hay is a script editor, author and blogger who helps writers. She's been the script editor and advisor on numerous UK features and shorts & has also been a script reader for over 15 years, providing coverage for indie prodcos, investors, screen agencies, producers, directors and individual writers. She's also an author, publishing as both LV Hay and Lizzie Fry; Lizzie's latest, THE COVEN, is out now with Sphere Books and LV's debut crime novel THE OTHER TWIN is being adapted by the Emmy-nominated Free@Last TV. Lucy's site at www.bang2write.com has appeared in Top 100 round ups for Writer's Digest & The Write Life, as well as been a UK Blog Awards Finalist and Feedspot's #1 Screenwriting blog in the UK (tenth in the world!).

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  • Giggles
    5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting suspense
    Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2020
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    Loved the ending and suspense. What a cryptic crazy turn of events from a childhood game. Great creativity & warped mind to come up with it. Loved it
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  • Amazon Customer
    3.0 out of 5 stars Good story line and didn't expect the ending.
    Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2020
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    The book had a good story line and I didn't expect the ending. Overall it was good, but I didn't like how the victim kept automatically assuming it was one person doing the things that kept happening and even called out the name every time. Made the story kind of repetitive and boring.
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  • Alina U
    4.0 out of 5 stars Well written, dark, disturbing, twisty, and unsettling.
    Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2019
    Format: Paperback
    New mother, happily married and successful writer - three remarks that perfectly describe our feisty main character - Samantha. The story begins with her recent move from busy and noisy London back to her home town - Ilfracombe. The relocation went nice and smooth, her son Caleb and husband Mo seem to adjust and favor the new home. And so did Sam, until old ghosts started to make a fresh appearance in her new life.

    Never Have I Ever Been Punished For What I Have Done...

    Seriously, if I would ever receive that kind of note, I would pack up my life and move far far away from a creepy place and weirdos that write such threats. But of course, Sam decides to stand her grounds and find and confront her bully. In order to do so, Sam must go down her memory lane, reconnect with old friends and acquaintances. What first sounded like a good plan - started to bring back the memories Samantha spend twenty-three years to forget.

    Should the past be left in the past? And what sacrifices a woman can make to keep her family safe?

    Well written, dark, disturbing, twisty, and unsettling. Looking forward to reading more from the talented author. Thank you, NetGalley and Hodder & Stoughton publisher for a free and advanced copy of the novel.
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  • Debora Quillen
    5.0 out of 5 stars Riveting!
    Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2020
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    Great book! Had me guessing until the end!
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  • Dayna
    3.0 out of 5 stars Slow in the beginning, but picked up
    Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2020
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    Once you got to the middle of the story is when it finally held my attention. The beginning was hard to get through, but I am glad I stuck with it.
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  • Johnna W
    4.0 out of 5 stars 3-4 stars!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2020
    Format: Kindle
    3-4 stars. Some parts of this book is absolutely excellent and provides the wanted and needed twists, thrills, and chills I want in my thriller books, but in other parts it was extremely slow and hard to enjoy. I found myself putting it down in those parts and moving to other books, which made me feel it never got to that 5 star read I love. Overall, well written and a fun read, that does provide enough shocks and thrills to make it worth reading.
    Will make sure I buzz it up!
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  • Jessica Page
    3.0 out of 5 stars The Past Comes Back to Play....
    Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2019
    Format: Kindle
    The book description and gorgeous cover is what pulled me to this book. And then the protagonist Samantha (Sam) was a teenager in the 1990s like I was (though Sam is just a couple of years older than me.) I identified with Sam on that part and enjoyed the 90s references that were used in the novel.

    Now an adult and published author writing under a pseudonym, Sam and her family move back to her hometown then she starts receiving notes. She and her friends played “Never Have I Ever” when they were teens and now that Sam is back, it seems like the game is continuing despite Sam not wanting to play.

    Over the course of the novel, Sam thinks she has it figured out and then the final act was significant to read: This is where the past and the present collide together to form the climax of the novel and we finally find out what happened over 20 years ago.

    Though a good novel, a few parts of it did not work for me: Sam really was not that likeable and it was just hard for me to think of someone having a huge high school grudge 20+ years later.

    I really did enjoy reading about the town of Ilfracombe. With Hay’s vivid descriptions I felt like I was in that town with Sam. I will be reading more from L.V. Hay in the future.

    Many thanks to the publisher Hodder & Stoughton for granting me an arc copy.
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  • Cathy Thompson
    4.0 out of 5 stars A Mesmerizing Thriller
    Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2019
    Format: Audible Audiobook
    A woman's past comes back to haunt her after twenty years ! A mesmerizing and brilliantly written thriller with complicated characters! A great read ! Thanks to Netgalley and Hodder&Stroughton , Hodder Paperbacks for the opportunity to read and review this book ! #Netgalley #HodderPaperbacks #Hodder&Stoughton #NeverHaveIEver
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  • NikkiM
    5.0 out of 5 stars Had to Keep Reading
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 8, 2020
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    Never Have I Ever read a book by L. V. Hay before... but I will be again.

    I thoroughly enjoyed this book, to the point that it made my whole day run behind because I had to keep reading to get to the end. Never having read one of her books, I was pleasantly surprised by the intriguing plot, the strong narrative voice, and the compelling main character, Samantha. I really didn’t like Sam - but in the best way possible, because it made her such an interesting character. As a writer, I could relate to some of the struggles she was experiencing and as a mother I also understood her desire to protect her family at all costs.

    I also loved the Devon setting, and the author has done a great job of evoking teenage culture in the 90’s - it brought back a lot of fond memories. She also did a great job of keeping me guessing as to who the sender of the notes was... (no spoilers, this is in the blurb!)

    An enjoyable and evocative read, and I’m off to find more of L.V. Hay’s books.
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  • JenMedBookLover
    4.0 out of 5 stars Bad teenage choices come back to haunt Sam
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 19, 2020
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    Well this is an interesting read. With an unreliable narrator and the knowledge that something happened in her past, if not the exact what, author LV Hay keeps readers guessing to the very end as to just what may have happened in protagonist, Samantha's, misspent youth. I don't think anyone is a stranger to the concept of the 'Never Have I Ever' game, although I don't recall ever having played it. This time around though Sam and her school friends ramp it up into a kind of jeopardy laden truth or dare, a game that will have lasting repercussions for all of them.

    Sam isn;t necessarily the easiest to liekprotagonist. I found her prickly and evasive, even with people she was supposed to love. The more time I spent with her, the more her actions started to come into question, and the less I trusted what she had to say. That said, it was clear from the outset that she had some form of stalker, a Number 1 fan who was unnaturally drawn to her and seemingly very obsessive. But how far does that obsession extend and how does it feed into the main narrative.

    The story has two distinct threads - the present day in which Sam, now an author, receives a series of increasingly strange and eventually threatening letters - and her last summer in her home town in North Devon before her family packed up and moved to London. The past comes as a series of memories, ones that Sam has put to the back of her mind and which are slowly recalled throughout the course of the novel. We learn more about Sam as each memory resurfaces, but nothing to the extent that would explain how her life it being slowly undermined and destroyed in the present.

    Sam's past is dominated by her friendship with Aimee, Ruby and Maddy. Far from being close knit, you get the sense of the toxic nature of this particular foursome, driven by an large by Aimee, a girl used to getting her own way. She challenges and unsettles the other girls, driving them to act in ways they would ordinarily not have dreamed of. It is interesting to see how the author has explored this group dynamic and made it play out on the page, and I recognised the dark side of female friendships that lurks behind the gloss and the solidarity that others may see. The author has a real knack for exploring human nature and portraying the atypical in her works, and it is never more apparent that we see here.

    There is a lot of tension in the story, a clear underlying threat, but perhaps because I didn't warm to Sam, I perhaps didn't feel as on edge as I might have liked. It's not that what was happening to her was acceptable, but there was much about her character that was completely objectionable, particularly the way she treated her husband, that made it hard to be too upset about how her life was unfolding and made me wonder if it wasn;t just a little bit deserved. It is clear from the interactions she has with former friends, from the memories she recounts, that she is far from perfect. But does that not just make her human?

    The ending was surprising, the ultimate reveal perhaps not entirely unexpected. There are many ides thrown around as to who could be targeting Sam, some are discounted, others serve to make Sam look paranoid and unstable, not that she needs much help in that quarter. Overall it was a well paced and intriguing novel, but as much for its examination of peer pressure and the impact of badly made decisions as a teenager as for the question of who might be targeting Sam and why.
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  • Gen Aylott
    3.0 out of 5 stars 3 stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 17, 2020
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    Took me a while to get into this but enjoyed the increase in pace towards the end. Ultimately didn't feel satisfied by the ending, but did like the concept overall.
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  • Penny Dreadful
    5.0 out of 5 stars Keeps you guessing right till the end
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 17, 2020
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    Complex - and therefore interesting - female characters are very much to the forefront of films and fiction at the moment. So refreshing! Samantha, the protagonist (one would hesitate to say 'hero', I feel) seems to function at several levels: mother, wife and successful crime novelist who seems to have it all, yet she is inexorably drawn back to the Ilfracombe of her teenage years and her difficult friendship group, ruled over by the local queen bee...

    The past is indeed another country as Sam navigates memory and her own sense of moral turpitude. The author evokes powerful images from the nineties and an equally impactful picture of how it is to doubt one's own sanity when the truth is a long-buried thing.

    This is a real page-turner, especially the last chapter and kept me guessing right to the end. What a fabulous series this would make, especially with the different timelines. Ilfracombe is a character in its own right, reinventing itself in recent years with the advent of Verity in the harbour. The novel is infused with the melancholy sense of those we leave behind and vividness with which our teenage years leave their mark. A triumph.
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  • SandraL
    4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Psychological Thriller
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 19, 2019
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    What starts as a fun game between 4 teenagers becomes something much more sinister!

    This book had me hooked from the beginning. It is set in Ilfracombe, where I had a family holiday about 30 years ago, and the descriptions of the area made me want to go back! I loved the fact that Sam, the protagonist, was a crime writer too, though I didn’t really like her very much.

    The story was interesting though, and made me want to keep listening, even when I should have been sleeping, to find out just what happened in that teenage game, and who was stalking Sam in the present. It reminded me a little of the film I Know What You Did Last Summer. All in all this is an excellent. twisty psychological thriller.
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