Review: Always Forever/ Thorn Abbey - Nancy Ohlin - May 2013 Depending on which copy you get , you may have Always Forever or Thorn Abbey but do not be confused as they are the same book. This book has been acclaimed as a modern version of Daphne Du Maurier's book "Rebecca" and as readers of the Phantom Paragrapher know it is that I cannot resist reading a great rendition. Renditions are one of my favourite things to read. This book takes us into the life of Tess who has just received a scholarship to the prestigious boarding school "Thorn Abbey". It is here that she is roomed with Devon and all seems to go well until Tess discovers that six months earlier , a girl who was perfect in every single way and was very popular drowned on a sailing accident and it seems that certain people in the school haven't gotten over it and that the girl known as Becca was Devon's former roommate . As the story evolves, it seems that Becca's ...