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June 16, 2009

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Reader reviewed by Marina

This book was the best! I really enjoyed reading something else beside vampires. At first, i was like he's a vampire-hands down. But then i learned later on he was just a Immortal that drinks a speacial drink to keep him alive. I really enjoy the suspense between the two characters, and i'm impatiently waiting for the second book, Blue Moon :D

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Evermore

June 14, 2009

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Reader reviewed by Erica

Evermore (The Immortal Series)
Alyson Noel
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date: February 3, 2009
Pages: 301
Reading Level: Young Adult

Rating: 5 stars

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 schoolbut 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 headwielding 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 isor what he is. The only thing she knows to be true is she's falling deeply and helplessly in love with him.

I could not wait to get my hands on Evermore! I had read Alyson Noel's other books, and could not wait to read another! I absolutely loved it! I read straight through this one.
I really liked the plot Noel created. It was exciting and kept you interested. Evermore was well written, and flowed together nicely.
Ever's character was intriguing. I could really feel for her, what she was going through. Damen was interesting, but you did not find out as much about him or feel for him as much. Not much of a backstory was given, but maybe that's to come? Miles was one of my favorite characters. Something about him was just very agreeable. Haven was a great character. She was different and realistic. Drina was interesting as well, but there could have maybe been a bit more to her.
I thought the cover was absolutely beautiful.
I simply cannot wait for Blue Moon, book 2 in the Immortal Series. I read the preview in the back of Evermore, and it sounds just amazing!

Also, I'd just like to add this. I've heard so many comparisons of Evermore to Twilight, and I really do not get it. They are completely different. Everything these days is compared to Twilight...

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Wonderful!

June 12, 2009

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Reader reviewed by BooksObsession

Ever is a depressed sixteen-year old who
lives with her aunt. Besides the fact that her parents, sister, and dog
died in a car accident; that she can see people's auras; and that she
can hear everyone's thoughts, she's a pretty normal teenager. Oh, and
she can talk to her dead little sister, too.

Ever now lives with
the guilt that she caused her family's deaths, and tries her best to
block out the world with her hooded sweatshirts and blaring iPod. Then,
Damen, a new student shows up at school. Who just happens to be
mysterious, charming, and extraordinarily handsome. All of the girls
drool over him. Except for Ever. She keeps her distance and refuses to
associate with him, even after her two best friends Miles and Haven
urge her to go talk to him. Until one day, when Ever finally takes a
good look at him the first thing she notices...she can't read his
thoughts or see his aura!

Wherever
Ever goes, Damen seems to be there too, with a tulip in hand. And even
as she does her best to stay away, she finds herself drawn to him and
falling for him. However the more she learns about his past and
secrets, she's not so sure he is who she thinks he is...

This
novel was really unpredictable, which I love to find in a book. I'd
make a prediction with what would happen next, and end up being wrong.
I've also never read a story about a psychic teenager who can talk to
her dead sister, which was also pretty interesting :) I thought that
the storyline was very creative and well-thought out. I liked the
diversity of personalities for all of the characters, too - especially
Miles, her gay best friend, and Haven, her gothic other best friend.

However,
I think that the first half of the book was much better than the second
half. Throughout the story, the author plants many questions in the
reader's head about who Damen really is. Even after finishing the book,
I still had a lot of questions that were unanswered. Hopefully I'll
understand better in the sequel. Also, it seemed like too much
information was suddenly shoved down my throat during the last few
chapters. It was a lot to process and try to understand in a short
amount of writing.

There were great things and not-so-great
things about this book, but overall I enjoyed it. The twist at the end
was great, and I think this is a must-read for lovers of paranormal
romance meets fantasy.

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A Defiante Page Turner

May 25, 2009

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5.0

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Reader reviewed by Lianne

It has been 3 years since Jessica Darling and Marcus Flutie have broken up. Things have changed, big time. Jessica and Marcus aren't the same people that they were three years ago when She said no to marrying him. Now on her to a wedding she runs into the person she least expects to see, Marcus Flutie. Things get even crazier from there but, I don't want to give away too much spoilers.

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I'm not going to lie I had high expectations while reading this book. One thing that I had mixed feelings on was, how the book was written. Instead of it being just Jessica's journal entries the book is told in third person narrative, which gave me the chance to finally know what Marcus was thinking. That was great. I did feel a little disappointed that I didn't get the chance to read the story from Jessica's journals alone. I also loved how all of the characters are mentioned throughout the book. That made me really happy, I was scared when I read the summary that I wouldn't get to find out what happened to the rest of the characters. I loved the ending, it was amazing. Overall, I guess that I was happy with the story, in fact Perfect Fifths is one of my favorites!

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eternals

May 17, 2009

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4.0

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Reader reviewed by stephanie

At first, I thought the Immortal series had something to do with vampires so I was so psyched to read it because everyone knows that vampires are in right now. Unfortunately, it wasn't about vampires. Evermore is about something far more precious and unique than vampires so I wasn't overly disappointed. In fact, I was pretty glad got a copy.

What I loved about Evermore was the plot. I loved how Alyson created something completely different than the norm: the Immortals. Unlike today's popular supernatural stuff like werewolves, vampires, zombies and ghosts, Alyson creates a whole new category and that makes me extremely excited. :)

What I didn't like about Evermore were the not too few loose ends. It seemed like the Immortals weren't really descibed and I wish that there were more information about the Immortals like their speed, how they came to be, etc. The only real info that I got about the Immortals were 1) extremely fast 2) create dreams 3) immortal (duh!) 4) they can be killed and 5) have magic. Besides that, there weren't too many details. Are there other Immortals? If there's Immortals, are there other "supernatural" out there as well?]

The characters, Ever and Damen, were pretty well developed. Their relationship, though, is kind of shaky. It was founded on secrets, mysteries and hidden pasts so I'm not surprised if their relationship does end up in a moot - but I hope not though. :)

Overall, Evermore has a new paranormal being and so I encourage everyone to grab a copy and find out more about the Immortals!

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Amazing!

May 04, 2009

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4.0

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Reader reviewed by AlliBalli

The beginning of this book did start out like the typical book with her family dying in a tragic car accident, however, I thought that her being able to see her sister was a nice little twist. Books these days revolve around teenage girls and vampires (don't get me wrong, I like them), but this book took a different twist with the whole "immortals" thing. It was refreshing.
It kind of aggravated me because of all the suspense with Damen, though. I really thought that he was going to turn out as a vampire, though. So it was well worth it.

I can't wait to read the next book.

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Evermore by Alyson Noel

April 24, 2009

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Reader reviewed by Jen

Title:Â Evermore

Author:Â Alyson Noel

Series:Â The Immortals (Book 1)

Summary:Â Ever sinceÂ Ever'sÂ parents, dog and little sister died in a tragic accident, she sees ghosts. Specifically her little sister. Not only can she see the paranormals, she isÂ psychic, she sees auras, she reads minds, and she hates it. Already an outsider at her new school, she meets someone who can silence the noise in her head.Damen. He is smart, gorgeous, and no doubt hiding a whole host of secrets. She doesn't know what he is but he brings forth a world of magic.

Thoughts:Â Evermore veered very closely to one of those poor-me-because-I-want-to-be-normal books. However it was good. It was well written and suspenseful. The author plays into the readers expectations and subverts them (no spoilers, but this is major). The characters good for the most part.Â Ever'sÂ little sister is great, so are her friends (though they are a bit odd). There was one scene where Ever indulges in some drinking that was just really awkward and broke the flow of the book. However; the book ended on a really satisfactory note. I would like to see the author explain the logistics of the magic in the book further. However, as far as the situation goes the end is good and there isn't anything further that I want to see from the characters. The worrying thing is that this is a series. There aren't loose ends to look at in the next book, because this book could easily stand alone.Â

Cover: The cover is lovely. I like the colours, title treatment, and the flower is done up all shiny (think the House of Night type covers). Although there are a couple books who have already used that cover image.

Rating: 3 stars (I liked it, but not fantastic)

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Go immortals!

April 08, 2009

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Reader reviewed by Cambria

i loved this book it was about a girl who had lost everything and was trying to manage through the pain and newly found powers if you loved twilight here is another book you would most likely like this book shows that through the pain love all ways finds away even if it means almost getting killed fighting with a crazed killer who wants to kill her even though she has been doing it for the past 600 yrs finding yourself and learning how to live again love will find a way in a very intersting way

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Forever interesting

April 08, 2009

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Reader reviewed by Amanda

I expected a lot while reading Evermore because everyone was REALLY excited. And I will admit that I was a little disapointed. I got tired of Ever blaming herself for her family's death. It's obvious that it wasn't but she still wallows in self pity. Oh and why was she always against Ava. She was just trying to help her. But god forbid someone is nice to Ever. Beside those minor flaws Evermore was fantastic. Oh and if this book ever said anyone was a vampire I was gonna punch them in their fictional face. I was expecting something different, thankfully this wasn't needed. The whole idea that Ever had these great mind reading powers that annoyed her was interesting. I would have loved those powers but Ever was different. But of course Damen is the only person that could penetrate her tough exterior. Thanks Damen for making Ever fall head over heels. Am I the only one that gets annoyed at books with boys that are all a girl thinks about? I got over that though and the ending was very well crafted and I can't wait to read the next book in the series!

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An Enjoyable Supernatural Romance

April 03, 2009

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5.0

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Reader reviewed by Max

After Ever's family is killed in a car accident, she can see people's auras, and she talks to her sister's ghost every day. One day, though, a guy called Damen comes to her school who doesn't have an aura at all. He also seems very interested in her, and she can't stop thinking about him. Also, one of her best friends starts becoming close with another aura-less girl who's changing who she is.

Evermore is an interesting book that doesn't tell you what's happening straight-out at first. It made me want to know what was going on. Also, Ever's romantic interest in Damen is written in a descriptive way that allows readers to relate to Ever and understand exactly what she's feeling. I enjoyed Evermore, and I recommend it.

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