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Never Let It End

Rock U, Book 3

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Never Let It End

By: Christie Gordon
Narrated by: Finnley Cole
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I met him on a beach, and he stole my heart. Then it turns out he's my professor. Will he choose his new career, or us? Caleb Allen

I play bass guitar in an ever-popular pop-punk band. I wasn't looking for love, but it found me anyways.

I was healing from the trauma of gun violence by vacationing with my best friends and bandmates.

Then he blows into my life, turns it upside down and gives me the safety and love I need. Problem is, he's about to be a professor in my college and relationships between students and faculty are prohibited. Are we really saying goodbye after everything we've shared?

Eric Moore

After years of hard work, I've finally become a professor. To celebrate my success and reset my life, I'm spending a month with the calming surf.

Then he shows up in the house next door and burrows into my heart.

Can I really let him go at the end of his vacation?

When we both go home, a change in class schedules means Caleb is now one of my students.

It's important enough to tell him in person before classes start. When I confront him, I can't say goodbye again and we start a secret relationship.

Can I keep the career of my dreams and hang on to the man I love?

Never Let It End is the third book in the Rock U series and is part of the Mesa Boys universe. This novel features an age gap, hurt/comfort, and a bad-boy rocker in love with his professor. It guarantees an HEA and has no cliffhangers. It features a level-headed student suffering from trauma, and a man who's trying to start a new life on the right path. Each book features a different couple and can be listened to as a standalone or as part of the series in order.

©2023 Christie Gordon (P)2024 Christie Gordon Student
Steamy Romance • Touching Storyline • Compelling Narration • Emotional Journey • Supportive Relationships
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This is the third book in the Rock U series. It follows Caleb Allen a student and guitarist for a punk rock band, who is dealing with the fallout and guilt of a mass shooting he was involved in. In walks Eric Moore, a new professor at ASU, spending a vacation in Mexico when he meets Caleb where they start out as a summer fling but ends up to be so much more. White a schedule change Eric finds it that Caleb is indeed in his class and when he tells him he realizes that he doesn’t want to be without him. As they both deal with the intricacies of them dating a sweet love story emerges. I enjoyed this story of how a tragedy can be worked through with a good therapist, friends and the love of your life. Finney Cole was wonderful as the narrator he really captured Erne sorry and the love between the two characters.

Summer vacation fling turns into much more

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Enjoyed the story for the most part, I wasn't to fond of the story line with Raj (I think it how it's spelled, if not ooops). Good HEA. I really enjoy all of Christie's books, so far all her stories are good enough to reread or listen to again. I also like the way Finnley Cole narrated "Never let it end".

Caleb and Eric

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This is a standalone romance, but it takes place after the traumatic events in the previous book. We know what Caleb has experienced and it wonderful to see him making every effort to move forward. In Mexico he meets Eric who is about 10 years older than him and strong and comforting presence. They have steamy encounters and grow close. I did appreciate though that they made the realistic decision that it could not continue back home since they would be Professor and student. But we all know that the heart wants what the heart wants and these two have to their own feelings, moral decisions as well as the nasty outside interference of Eric's previous bad decision! Emotional and hard-won happiness found within themselves and with each other. I was so invested in Caleb's health and happiness, so I was pulling for Eric and Caleb to make it work because they felt right together. I thought Finny Cole did a nice job of bringing both Eric and Caleb to life.

Comfort and Love In Mexico!

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Audiobook (10h7m), Narrated by Finnley Cole: 4.25 stars
I've been enjoying Finnley Cole's story-telling but found his Caleb/Eric to be quite similar to his Axel/Remy when listening to them back-to-back. This had a lot more passages that were more softly spoken, which I struggle with as the volume differences makes listening in the car a chore. Still I found his narration compelling and entertaining - very easy to enjoy during my commute to work.

I listened at 1.15x speed as I knew this wasn't my favourite story in the series and I'm eager to listen to Silas and Cash's story, [book:Light Me Up|176608068].

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Story: 2.5 stars
1st person, past tense, dual POV
Caleb Allen (22), computer sciences student at ASU
Eric Moore (33), network security professor in the computer sciences department at ASU

This is the third book in the Rock U series and while it could be read as a standalone, events that occur near the end of the previous book [book:Come Closer to Me|122891918] play a significant role in this story. While they are explained, the emotional impact isn't felt nearly as much and I feel would read better with that context. There are also some cameo appearances by characters from the author's Mesa Boys series and as I have not yet read them it felt gratuitous and distracting though I'm sure fans of those books were thrilled to see them appear.

I went into this book with a great deal of anticipation, but unfortunately I was disappointed. Very little of the story worked for me. Just about the only thing this story had going for it was the hot sex, especially Caleb's... oral fixation ;) which isn't enough to carry the book, especially with its length.

As with the first two books of the series the relationship is established rather quickly, too quickly for my enjoyment, I like the anticipation, especially when there are impediments such as an age gap, meddlesome ex-, taboo relationship and actual trauma to work though for storylines. All these issues are basically swept aside for sex and an endless loop of 'we should disclose our relationship', but Eric refusing to do so for... reasons... This had the consequence of a long, drawn-out, monotonous middle that just wasn't engaging.

I really hate when characters act against their own best interests and the whole secrecy about their relationship was dragged out waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too long. Literally every character stated that they needed to disclose their relationship to the university to avoid problems and Eric received that information and then promptly decided against it, for no discernable reason. He was already a bit of a red flag for the secret affair he had with his married boss, Rajesh, at Desert Solar so this didn't endear him to me at all. When it finally came out the resolution was not at all satisfying; Caleb basically lied to saved Eric's ass and the bad guy faced zero consequence.

While I love the band and the found family vibe they have going on, by and large their treatment of Caleb's trauma was ham-handed and insensitive. More than once I recoiled at the guys' attitude towards him, pressuring him to talk about the events early on in the book and his relationship with Eric - yuck! I did enjoy Caleb's journey in dealing with the guilt of not having done more and was thrilled with every bit of progress that he made.

I actually thought the Rajesh storyline could have been a compelling one as he started stalking Caleb and trying to entice Eric back into his bed, it sadly fizzled and didn't play out with any elegance.

While this one was a miss for me, others have enjoyed it very much and I am looking forward to seeing the rest of the bandmates get their HEAs.

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Disappointing Pointless Secrecy

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I felt sorry for Caleb because the aftermath of the mass shooting left him feeling like a coward when really he did the smartest thing. I felt happy for Caleb when he found his fighting spirit after he fell in love with his professor. Eric brought outthe aggressor and protector in Caleb. This story shows what true love can do for someone's esteem and insecure feelings. Great story!

Caleb's feelings of inadequacy

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This one begins with most of the guys recuperating in Mexico after that unfortunate incident with Caleb, Silas, and Axel. These guys have been through so much and poor Caleb is suffering the most with survivors guilt. Then Caleb saw Eric and it was instant attraction, which proved mutual once Eric met Caleb. This was a fast pace romance, both fell in love in just a week. That was the easy part. Now comes the hard parts, Eric is a professor starting at ASU and by some twist of faith Caleb is in his class. Eric's ex does not want to let go. Eric's former relationship is something I really don't like to read about and I usually stay away from books like those. His former lover is married with kids which Eric knew about and regrets. I'm not a fan of cheaters. Eric meeting and falling for sweet loveable Caleb is what made me forgive him that indiscretion. He was just what Caleb needed to move forward. Again we can see the maturity of Caleb support system, they were able to give both Eric and Caleb some very good advice to help. There was no relationship angst, no third act break up, just love, supportive friends, healing, and lots of steam. The narration was topnotch, Finnley Cole has improved greatly with each book and I look forward to the next one.

Healing love

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I really enjoyed this audio edition of the 3rd book in the Rock U universe. We are back with Caleb, the bassist for Knot Me and a computer science student at ASU. When the guys all travel to Mexico to decompress after the shooting that happened in book 2, Caleb is still struggling with the aftermath. He has nightmares and feels like he failed Axel and Silas. But then he meets their hot beach house neighbor Eric. They have instant chemistry and Caleb has discovered that he feels safe with Eric. But Eric is in the middle of changing careers and will be starting as a professor in Caleb's program which makes their deepening relationship an almost impossibility. Once back in Arizona they cannot deny the depth of their feelings and decide to proceed with the relationship despite the roadblocks that include university HR rules and a vindictive ex-lover. I love the friendships that are a hallmark of this series. They are all so supportive of each other. I also like the level of spice that the couples have. Caleb and Eric are hot together from the get go and it is only enhanced with Finley Cole's narration. Can't wait to hear more from this collaboration.

Professor/Student Age Gap Romance

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"𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙬𝙚'𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙮𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚," 𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙥. "𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡."

Nᴇᴠᴇʀ Lᴇᴛ Iᴛ Eɴᴅ is the third book in the Rock U series by Christie Gordon which is Caleb and Eric's journey.

Caleb and Eric indulge in a whirlwind fling together while in Mexico and agree to part on good terms at the end of the vacation because they are going to both be at the university and it would not look good for a professor and student to be together but when they are both back home it proves to be harder to stay apart than they thought.

Caleb and Eric are good together and help each other with the baggage they both carry but there were times that I felt their relationship was a little robotic. I loved the banter between the bandmates and their partners and how quickly they welcomed Eric into their little found family.

The whole storyline with Eric's ex-boss/lover really rubbed me the wrong way and I could have done with it being less than what it ended up being.

I am looking forward to continuing the Rock U series.

Finnley Cole did another amazing job with this group and am glad that he is the one continuing the series.

Get ready for ... age gap, fling, musician • rockstar, college, hurt • comfort, professor • student, forbidden vibes, and be mindful that there is content that may be uncomfortable for some readers, and check the trigger warnings before enjoying it.

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Caleb and Erin

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Great story of finding love. Caleb is working through his trauma and not expecting to fall in love and resolve his trauma. Eric is not even looking for a relationship when he meets Caleb. But once they connect there is no separating. This story is very touching and really well written. The narrator does a fantastic job bringing the characters to life and really making you live the story.

Fantastic story and narration

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This is the 3rd book in the Rock U series. Eric and Caleb meet while on vacation in Mexico. With Eric has taken a professor position at Caleb's College. Their relationship was only supposed to last as long as their vacation did. Well, that didn't work out as planned.

I enjoyed revisiting the men of Knot Me they are a fun group of young men.

I listened to the audio book narrated by Finnely Cole. I enjoyed listening. He makes the story come alive.

another enjoyable story

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