Evermore
Author: Alyson Noel
Series: The Immortals
Publisher: Macmillan
How Received: library
Summary from Alyson Noel's website.
Since a horrible accident claimed the lives of her family, Ever can see auras, hear people's thoughts, and know a person's entire life story by touch. Going out of her way to avoid human contact and suppress her abilities has branded her as a freak at her new high school—but everything changes when she meets Damen.
Damen Auguste is gorgeous, exotic and wealthy. He's the only one who can silence the noise and random energy in her head—wielding a magic so intense, it's as though he can see straight into her soul. As Ever is drawn deeper into his enticing world of secrets and mystery, she's left with more questions than answers. She has no idea just who he really is—or what he is. The only thing she knows to be true is she's falling deeply and helplessly in love with him.
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I wasn't able to put it down. The plot line was entrancing - well, the love one was predictable, but the sub plots were entertaining - Damen was interesting, and I was always wondering how everything tied in. The concept was lovely as well - it's not often you read about immortals, and certainly not ones that use science to make things appear. Like elephants. (You'll understand.)
Of course, for the first 160 pages, I was pretty sure Ever was a character too stupid to live.
I mean, she's noticing all the things that Damen doesn't do quite right, noticing that there's something wrong. She has ALL THE CLUES. And she never things to ask him, never things to question his behavior, never follows through with her thoughts. I mean, /really/ now!?
But, besides that, it was quite a good book, and I'm looking forward to finally reading the sequel.
Overall Rating & Final Comments: A solid 8/10. Not bad, but I wish Ever would had just caught on already.