If you are a fan of young adult novels or teen romance novels this is the book for you I Love You Now and Forever is the love story of Landry and Mary, who are these two you ask? Landry Buckler has everything a 17 year old guy could want, a car, good grades, a spot on the varsity baseball and football team, and a loyal dog, everything a teenager could want except someone to call his girlfriend. Luckily everything changes for Landry when Mary and her extremely overprotective mom move in next door. Although there is a mutual attraction between Landry and Mary her mom refuses to let her date as she is afraid she will lose Mary like she lost her husband, the catalyst for moving to the small town of Reed, NY to begin with. Landry isn't deterred by this and with persistence gets permission to take Mary out on a date. Things between Landry and Mary are perfect with the exception of her mom trying to sabotage the relationship whenever she can. Just as things between Landry and Mary are about to get even more serious unimaginable tragedy strikes.