Evermore (The Immortals #1)

I have been holding out on this series for a while, and now I am banging my head against my palm and wondering WHY!?! It was such a great beginning to this series. I was swept away in this world full of circumstance, tragedy, and romance. Alyson Noel definitely has my attention! I could not have been more pleased with this book.

Ever is the MC. She has suffered a tremendous loss. After losing her family in a crash, she is left with psychic abilities. This is no palm reading, flip of the card gift. Ever can see memories, hear thoughts, and see people’s auras. This would seem like the best gift ever RIGHT… I have found myself on numerous occasions wishing I could read the thoughts of people around me or at least know how they actually felt. Yet, Ever puts it all in perspective for me, and from what I have glimpsed, it sounds horrible! Ever was definitely a favorite for me. She was a character I could imagine myself befriending. Although she had her flaws, she was a realistic and relatable character.

The world turned upside down when I met Damen. Damen is one of those dark and mysterious characters you want to figure out, yet at the same time, keep shrouded in mystery. I must admit, I was extremely frustrated when he kept disappearing. My curiosity was killing me! The best part! He was definitely not your stereotypical vampire! This was quite a relief to me, believe it or not. But her, any guy who can magically make tulips appear is on my ‘I don’t care who or what you are I’m in lust for you’ list.

The circumstantial star-crossed lovers sold it for me. I do not know why, but I am a huge sucker for star-crossed lovers! The fact that they were kept apart because of foul play drove me insane! On another note, the fact that Damen just went with all Ever’s supposed deaths also drove me up a wall. The romance was just so… wonderful! Damen is definitely a charmer. I also really liked the fact that Ever wasn’t just a fall head over heels, I’ll do anything you ask kind of girl. She held out there for a while. I have to applaud her for that. I know how hard it is to tell the person you love no.

I really enjoyed this book. Between the tragic losses, the romance, the slight drama, and the outcome; I could not put this book down! I am really eager to see what happens in the next installment. I am hoping that Haven and Miles are still their ever pesky selves (:! Thanks for reading my review!

Ever can see peoples feelings. Damen is like a weird vampire, except not a vampire. He's immortal.
Those are not reasons why I liked this book.
Ever's sister Riley was such a great character. And I loved Ever's friends.
I did not like Ever, but Damen was hot. So 1 star for Damen!

I really wanted to love this book. I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it. I was left sort of feeling ... meh. It's an interesting idea, but many elements of it feel too predictable and cliche. The immortal hot boy who inexplicably loves the human girl. The human girl seeming to have no other friends, no interests, no life outside of the hot boy. And a ton of the plot revolving around whether hot boy's secrets will stand in the way of the inevitable romance. However, the main characters ARE interesting, the twist of Ever's sister's ghost is nice, and Summerland is beautiful. I didn't care for the ending because it was one of those "the villain is gone so I will now leave the girl unprotected and OH NO the villain is still here!" things, and I felt like I wanted a more solid set-up for the resolution and a better reason for the heroine to face the villain alone. I think this book will definitely have fans since the romance is timeless and epic and has supernatural elements to it, but I wanted more from this.

Reader reviewed by Kayla

I really liked this book and I plan on reading the entire series.  I liked Ever a lot and I hope her character stays consistent throughout the series (unlike Bella in Twilight who got weaker and more codependent).  I'm not really attracted to Damen but I don't dislike him either.  I'm just sort of "meh" about him.  I couldn't really feel the spark between him and Ever.  I hope his character gets fleshed out more in the other books.  I would like to know more about his "bad boy" past and how Ever was able to influence him so much.  Ever's story and how she was dealing with her abilities were the main draw for me.  This could be called a Twilight rip-off but I thought it was original enough and had some unique aspects to it.  The writing was better too.

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Reader reviewed by Selina C.

 

Vampire fever is catching fast in the writing world, so when I first glanced over the beginnings of this book, I was expecting another Twilight. Alyson Noel did not disappoint me however, and soon enough I found myself lost in the world of the immortals. Ever, a lonesome, depressed, psychic teenager tries to cope with the loss of her family and the gaining of strange powers when a suddenly heart stopping boy is dropped into her life. Without a fight she falls in love, but feels compelled at first to pull away. Damen, the dark haired heart breaking teen just moved to her school drives all the girls crazy, including her enemy Stacia, and best friend, Haven. But Damen has a few secrets of his own hes keeping, and the more Ever finds out, the darker the tale turns. In an instant, I was caught up in the immortals world spun by Alyson Noel, and the entrancing romance thats lasted centuries between Damen and Ever. Evermore is a novel worth much more praise than can be put into words, and the series altogether is a wonder of fantasy.

Reader reviewed by Zaira

Evermore is a book about a girl named Ever. One day her and her family get into an accident and sadly her parents, little sister and their pet dog died. Ever since the accident she's had an awful lot of weird things happen to her. After the accident she woke up in the hospital awfully beaten up and she happens to see her dead little sister, and she can also read peoples minds and see their moods, something called an 'Aura', it's just about the most bogus thing. She also moved to California with her rich lawyer Aunt Sabine and she drives a convertible and is the freak of her new school since she is closed up wearing just about anything there is to avoid contact with people and is about to go deaf since she blasts her iPod to avoid hearing peoples thoughts. Until one day Damen comes along and suddenly the chaos in her head stops whenever he talks or touches her, but there's more to Damen than meets the eyes and it's a pretty good view since he's totally georgous. Ever just has to find out.

Well after that pretty long summary all I have to say is that this book is pretty Amazing! Well if you like fantasy kind of books and like me if your wanting to move away from the vampire love stories(which i love don't get me wrong) this is an Immortal love story. It's pretty good, and it's not very challenging it's an easy read, and well I'm telling you i could not put the book down. So go buy it or get it from the library. The book is called Evermore by Alyson Noel!

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Reader reviewed by Ellery

After a horrible accident that claimed the lives of her family, 16-year-old Ever Bloom starts seeing other people's auras, hearing their thoughts and knwoing someone's entire life by touching them.  Going out of her way to avoid human contact and suppress these abilities, she has been branded a freak at her new high school.  Everything changes when she meets Damen Auguste.  Damen is a gorgeous, exotic, and wealthy young man.  He is the only one who can silence the noise and ramdon energy in Ever's head.  He wields a magic so intense, it is as though he can peer right into her soul.  As Ever draws deeper into his enticing world of secrets and mystery, she is left with more questions than answers and again feels lost. 

Reader reviewed by Book Luver

After being in an accident that killes all of her family, 16-year-old Ever starts seeing  people's auras, hearing their thoughts and knwoing their whole life by touching them. Going out of her way to avoid human contact,she has been branded a freak at her new school.  Everything changes when she meets Damen Auguste. Damen is a gorgeous and wealthy young man.  He is the only one who can silence the noise and ramdon energy in Ever's mind. He holds a magic so intense, it is as though he can peer right into her soul.  As Ever is drawn deeper and deeper into his mysterious world of secrets, she is left with more questions than answers and again feels lost. 

Reader reviewed by Aud

Ever is a normal teenage girl. She's a cheerleader with a great boyfriend and everything seemed to be great until she had her father turn the car around for her sweater. At that moment a deer ran out in front of them and the family is killed. Ever looks around at what seems like a wonderful place full of flowers and is mesmorized. She sees her mother, father, sister and dog all crossing a bridge but she hesitates for only a second and then she is sent back to her body and is alive and alone. She is sent to live with her aunt who knows nothing about children and ever since her near death experience (even though she actually died) Ever has new abilities she has never had before. Just from touching another person she can see into their past and into their minds. She is overwhelmed and in pain from losing her family even though her little sister is still hanging around as a ghost which secretly she is glad about. Then in comes Damen a new bad boy to the school. She can't help but love him from the start even though she tells herself and everyone around her that she can not stand him. Throughout the book you are wondering what it is about Damen that makes her so drawn to him. Then you find out when his Ex Wife Drina who with damen never dies shows up and tries to kill Ever... Again. Life after Life Drina comes and kills Ever so she can have Damen to herself but he is tired of it and this time will be the last! It is a page turning great book!