A Forever Kind of Thing by Carrie Thomas and Melinda Harris – Review by Santana Hicks

A Forever Kind of Thing by Carrie Thomas
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Mina has been bullied since she was a young child. Called many names just because she had a single mother, wore used clothes and lived in a trailer park. Mina all but gave up on finding friends until one day in Grade 5 a new kid named Wesley started at her school. He also came from a troubled past. Currently living in an all boys foster home while his dad is constantly in and out of the picture. Quickly the two became fast friends and eventually more. That is until one day in Grade 7, Wesley left without so much as a goodbye.

Mina’s mother married a rich man and their lives turned around. She went from thrift store finds to name brand clothing, a trailer to a mansion, public school to a fancy private school. She knew in order to survive this, she had to adapt. Mina became the Queen of the school wearing a mask and pretending her past did not exist.

It all became threatened when Wesley reappeared into her life. It has been years since the two have seen each other but old feelings are hard to fight especially when they are for your first love.

Mina worked hard to put up all these walls to survive her new life. Wesley wants to tear it all down so he can once again see the Mina he knows is in there somewhere.

This was a cute read. Childhood sweethearts reuniting in highschool. I was rooting for them from the beginning. I really liked Mina’s character. She thought she could not be herself to be accepted, the only one who ever made her feel like she could be herself was Wesley. Now that she has new friends, new clothes, new attitude, she doesn’t even know who she is anymore and is it worth all the pain to bring the past to the present and potentially ruin the future she worked so hard for.. Mina struggles with her own self worth and image. I really enjoyed reading her character arc. The authors did a really good job at portraying the intense emotions of a confused teenage girl who had her heart broken.

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