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Book profile · reviewed 26 September 2026

Things We Never Got Over

by Lucy Score · 2022 · 572 pages · Contemporary Romance · Knockemout #1

Start Knockemout here: 572 pages of 4/5 grumpy-sunshine. Forced proximity. Child-in-peril and abandonment CW. Chunky but fast. HEA. Not a 416-page Jimenez small-town.

If you have ever wondered why an entire generation decided Lucy Score was the center of contemporary romance, it started in Knockemout — barbershop, runaway bride, a kid named Waylay.

Mood · Grumpy sunshine HEA
Knockemout #1 Grumpy sunshine 4/5 Spicy 572 pages Full spice guide →

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If you have ever wondered why an entire generation decided Lucy Score was the center of contemporary romance, it started in Knockemout — barbershop, runaway bride, a kid named Waylay.
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If you have ever wondered why an entire generation decided Lucy Score was the center of contemporary romance, it started in Knockemout — barbershop, runaway bride, a kid named Waylay.
Feels like: If you have ever wondered why an entire generation decided Lucy Score was the center of contemporary romance, it started in Knockemout — barbershop, runaway bride, a kid named Waylay.
TL;DR: Spice 4/5 — multiple explicit scenes, character-driven heat, a grump who melts progressively. One of Score’s spiciest on this profile.
Mood
Grumpy sunshine
Spice
🌶️ 4/5 Spicy
Pacing
Chunky but fast
Length
572 pages
Ending
HEA
Lane
Contemporary Romance
Series
Knockemout

Things We Never Got Over bibliographic record

Title
Things We Never Got Over
Series / position
Knockemout #1
Author
Lucy Score
Publisher
Bloom Books
First published
2022-01-11
ISBN-13
9781638930020
ISBN-10 / ASIN
1638930023
Pages
572 (this edition)
Language
English
Genre
Contemporary Romance
Spice (SBC)
4/5 Spicy · explicit on-page

How Things We Never Got Over actually reads

Running away from your wedding, stopping for gas in a Virginia small town, and accidentally becoming a single parent to your twin’s kid while the grumpiest barber alive decides you are his problem.

572 pages. Town as character. Instant family. A suspense subplot exists — this is not romance-only air.

Spice 4/5: hostile tension, Knox breaks first, then love-mode frequency, then tender devotion.

Who should read Things We Never Got Over tonight

Swipe right if…

  • Grumpy-sunshine in its purest form is the ask
  • Small-town-as-character works on you
  • Instant family with a kid who is not annoying appeals
  • 4/5 in a 572-page weekend package is acceptable
Yes — see Kindle or Audible below

Swipe left if…

  • Long romance novels exhaust you
  • You want zero suspense subplot
  • Child-in-danger storylines are a hard no
  • Open-door 4/5 is more than you want
Part of Your World instead →

Where the heat actually lands

4/5 multiple explicit scenes. Grump melts. Character-driven, not a kink checklist. Full breakdown: How spicy is Things We Never Got Over?

0–25%

Hostile tension

Knox and Naomi hate on sight. Chemistry before they admit it.

25–50%

Knox breaks

First full scene matches the setup. Score does not waste it.

50–75%

Love mode

More frequent. Softer in private. Spice as character arc.

75–100%

Full devotion

Tender, protective. HEA. Knockemout still ahead.

Knockemout series order

Start here. Things We Hide from the Light is the next couple. Things We Left Behind is on the live nav without invented spice here.

Things We Never Got Over · this book · start tonight4/5 Spicy
Things We Hide from the LightBook 2 · 4/5 on its leaf
Things We Left BehindBook 3 — spice unpublished here

Full table: Knockemout reading order. →

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Content heads-up

Explicit sexual content, child abandonment (backstory), drug use (secondary plot), child in peril, toxic sibling dynamics, dead parent backstory, mention of emotional abuse, brief violence.

Tropes: Grumpy Sunshine · Forced Proximity

Books like Things We Never Got Over — pick the rail

Next Knockemout couple

Things We Hide from the Light

560 pages. 4/5. Stalker/PTSD CW. After this door.

See /books/things-we-hide-from-the-light/

Same small-town 3/5

Part of Your World

Abby Jimenez. Age gap. 416 pages. Not 4/5 Knockemout.

See /books/part-of-your-world/

Spice only

How spicy is Things We Never Got Over?

Things We Never Got Over is 4/5 Spicy — Spice 4/5 — multiple explicit scenes, character-driven heat, a grump who melts progressively. One of Score’s spiciest on this profile..

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Books like Things We Never Got Over

Things We Never Got Over · 4/5 Spicy · Grumpy Sunshine + Forced Proximity · Knockemout #1 · 572 pages · Grumpy sunshine · Contemporary Romance · CW: Explicit sexual content

Things We Never Got Over questions

How spicy is Things We Never Got Over?

4/5 Spicy. Multiple explicit scenes. Grump-melts pacing. One of Score’s spiciest on this profile. Full spice guide →

Where do I start Knockemout?

Things We Never Got Over, book 1. Later couples live in the same town.

Does it have a happy ending?

HEA on this profile. 572-page; Knockemout #1; Knockemout #1; 4/5 Spicy; If you have ever wondered why an entire generation decided Lucy Score was the center of contemporary romance, it started in Knockemout — barbershop, runaway bride, a kid named Waylay..

Is there an audiobook?

Yes. Audible sample is usually one click. 572-page Knockemout door, 4/5.

What CW is published?

Explicit sex, child abandonment backstory, secondary drug plot, child in peril, toxic siblings, dead-parent backstory, brief violence. 572-page; Knockemout #1; Knockemout #1; 4/5 Spicy; If you have ever wondered why an entire generation decided Lucy Score was the center of contemporary romance, it started in Knockemout — barbershop, runaway bride, a kid named Waylay..

Last chance to stop scrolling

Nash/Sloane wait in book 2. This is the Knox/Naomi door.

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