Never Say Never is really well written sweet age-gap romance. Camila is divorced single mom and burnt by cheating ex. Emily is working as a nanny while saving money to go to grad school.

The romance is very slow burn and intimacy in the book is written as fade-to-black. So the book can be read also by younger readers who are interested in sapphic love stories.

Although there's quite a big age gap and also employer-employee power imbalance, the romance does not feel shady.

I really loved this book. I found it a bit cheesy in the begging. But as I got further into the book I actually found it to be a really sweet love story. The MC connection to the kid was precious. She was always meant to be part of the family.

The love story felt realistic, I was rooting for them the whole time and loved the happy ending.

4.5⭐️

Promising debut novel (3.5 stars)
I liked this story for the most part; several places felt familiar as if I'd read something similar in another book or fanfiction story which is bound to happen given the amount of lesfic and fanfiction stories I read every year. I did feel though after I had a good sense of the characters and what they would do or say in certain situations that the mains in particular here upended that by doing/saying something that went against my perception of their characters; these moments felt like they were structured that way in order to advance and accommodate the plot rather than because it was in the personality of the characters to do or say these things. Those moments took me out of the story a bit and unfortunately along with it some of my emotional investment in the main characters. That said I do want to read more by this author because overall I had fun reading the story and rooting for certain characters, despite the ice queen trope not being a favorite for me. The secondary characters warrant their own stories to give readers more time with them. Emily's sister Cassie is a particular highlight in the story; her relationship with Emily was an element of the story that made me wonder if this book originated as a fanfiction story for one of the Supergirl lesfic fandoms. Camila's son Jaime brought to mind so many SwanQueen fanfiction stories beyond the usual 'ice queen corporate woman with a child and her sunshine in human form nanny' setup that is becoming common in the published lesfic I have read over the years. Jaime is adorable and Cassie is the kind of sister who's either fighting everyone as her sister's biggest ally or embarrassing her as only a sibling could.
If you want a large helping of fluff and some angst tossed in along the way give this one a read, or if you're a fan of the lesfic fandoms I've mentioned you'll probably want to check this one out too. I look forward to reading more by this author in the future and watching their storytelling ability blossom and develop further.
(Reviewed March 15, 2021)