Author: Alyson Noel
Published by: St. Martin's Griffin (09)
Paperback length: 304 pages
Taken from description at Amazon.com:
Just as Ever is learning everything she can about her new abilities as an immortal, initiated into the dark, seductive world by her beloved Damen, something terrible is happening to him. As Ever’s powers are increasing, Damen’s are fading—stricken by a mysterious illness that threatens his memory, his identity, his life.
Desperate to save him, Ever travels to the mystical dimension of Summerland, uncovering not only the secrets of Damen’s past—the brutal, tortured history he hoped to keep hidden—but also an ancient text revealing the workings of time. With the approaching blue moon heralding her only window for travel, Ever is forced to decide between turning back the clock and saving her family from the accident that claimed them—or staying in the present and saving Damen, who grows weaker each day...
Evermore was a book I "just read." I didn't hate it, love it, or lose sleep over it. It was good enough though that I decided to borrow the second from a friend. (It was my very first Kindle lended book EVER!) I have to say, I think I liked the second one better.
In the first, we are just meeting Ever, and I sort of viewed her as a weak character. She doesn't ever talk about her problems or stand up for herself, which is something I hate in a lead character. I don't like the person whose mind I'm in to fade into oblivion while I'm reading. But that's exactly what Ever tries to do. But I digress.
In Blue Moon, she is very different. She has found Damen and fallen in love. She's immortal, which is cool, and has started developing powers. She finally is starting to break out of her shell when this new cocky guy shows up, Roman. She knows he's bad, but isn't sure why.
Then Damen gets "sick," which is a bummer, because I still feel like I barely know this guy. Ever loves him enough to forsake her mortal life, but I don't even know him. Talk about typical teenage romance (a definite black mark on this series for me). So then Damen is gone for half the book and you get to spend all of your time stuck in Ever's head. Again.
There were a lot of holes in the story. She would just bust out a new power every once in a while, which rocks, but (as far as I think supernatural powers should go) unrealistic. And there are a lot of things about Summerland, the alchemy side of things, and Roman, that I'm like, why can't she just do "THIS" instead?
The plot starts moving more quickly when she finally finds out the truth. It was a giant mystery, even to me, and creative too. Kudos to Alyson on that side of things. It was a good, quick (one day) read. She doesn't try to drag out the plot for nothing, which I admired. I liked the book and borrowed the third, too.
3.5/5
--Shay-la
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