One-Night Read: BookChick Recommends Evermore
There’s a reason Alyson Noel’s “Evermore” claimed the top spot on the New York Times bestseller list for several weeks. It’s a hypnotic read. It’s the kind of book where you say, “Just one more chapter, then I’ll put it down.” Only you say that over and over and over until it’s two a.m. and you’re still not tired in the least.
A teenage girl with psychic powers she’d jettison in a heartbeat if she could, all Ever wants is to quiet the noise in her head. The constant sound of other people’s thoughts has been there since her parents and sister died in a car crash. The only thing that makes the buzzing go away is Damen, the beautiful, mysterious, quite possibly immortal new boy at school. But soon Ever realizes the reason she’s reading people’s minds is because she’s more like Damen than she thought.
Evermore is cut from the same cloth as Twilight, but I think of Evermore as Facebook to Twilight’s MySpace. Evermore is more sophisticated, quirky, and unusual. Characters are fully developed and richly layered and Ever is as tough as she is soft. This book is worth all the praise it’s garnered and them some and I for one am counting the days until my advance copy of the second book in the series, “Blue Moon,” arrives in my mailbox this week. When it does, you can bet I’ll have devoured it in 24 hours and I’ll tell you all about it!
Blue Moon officially releases on July 7.
Belle posted: 25 May at 9:56 am
This sounds like a lovely read. Will have to keep an eye out for it.
Carrie K. posted: 25 May at 1:23 pm
I’m definitely adding this to my TBR list - it sounds like a book I would love.
courtney posted: 27 May at 12:40 pm
Why did I think Blue Moon was coming out in August? I am simultaneously thrilled but also feel foolish for getting it wrong. Anyway, LOVED Evermore and I can’t wait to see where the series goes. I agree with you–totally hard to put down.
BOOKS AND MOVIES » Bookish links for Saturday, May 20, 2009 posted: 30 May at 11:54 am
[...] BookChick reviews Evermore by Alyson Noel - and dubs it a one-night read. I’m definitely adding this one to my wish [...]
Alaine Bucknall posted: 31 May at 1:16 am
I will being adding this one to my TBR list, it sounds like a lovely story and I loved Twilight so mentioning that made it more appealing.
Margarita Fitzpatrick posted: 10 Jul at 5:44 pm
I enjoyed reading this book. It was definitely an easy summer reading type - I could easily read-stop-read while watching the kids at the pool. However, at the end, I was left with many unanswered questions and with very little love for the characters. And if the writing is more sophisticated than Twilight, I think the story and characters are more stereotyped.