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The Gist
Ever Bloom has psychic powers. She wasn’t born with them, they weren’t beamed into her by an alien spaceship, they were just given to her. But at a cost. On their way home from a weekend at the lake, Ever and her family get into a horrible car crash. Ever is the only one to survive. After the crash she wakes up in a hospital covered in scrapes and bruises. And now, because of her near death experience, she can see people’s auras. She can read people’s minds. She can find out the answer to any question that people ask her. And she absolutely hates it. Her psychic powers are a constant reminder of what happened to her family. With no other relatives to speak of, Ever moves to her aunt Sabine’s house in Laguna Beach. Instead of trying to be popular, Ever makes a beeline for her new school’s misfits: Miles and Haven. With Miles’ obsession for theater and Haven’s natural goth look, they stick out like sore thumbs in a school full of jocks and cheerleaders. At her new school, Ever dons bulky hoodies, dark sunglasses, and a blaring iPod to block out everyone’s thoughts and auras. Life goes on. Until a tall, dark, and handsome stranger comes to town. An air of mysteriousness floats around him in place of an aura. Instead of shouted thoughts, his mind appears blank; a void of silence when surrounded by his classmates. Though Ever is intrigued by his cryptic nature, she’s unsure of his intention. One day he’s talking to her like she’s the world to him. The next, he’s back to flirting with the most “popular” girl in school, Stacia. She has no idea what game he’s playing, but there are more important things to worry about. There’s something off about Haven’s new best friend, Drina. Ever suspects something bad is just waiting to happen, so she tries and figures out the secrets of Drina and Damon before anymore people get hurt.
What We Think
What We Think
Reviewed by Dream Catcher
Number of Pages: 356
This is the first in the Immortal series. I picked it up in the bookstore because the cover art looked interesting. I read the back and instantly thought, what a Twilight wannabe! The whole thing with Ever not being able to hear Damon’s thoughts? Cliche. I’ll come right out with that, and say that’s a really bad cliché. But, who doesn’t love auras? So I tried to forget about the annoying-ness of the mind reading thing and move on. In a way, Evermore is very similar to Twilight. But, looking back, it certainly has its differences. I think that’s the reason I ended up liking the book. It wasn’t just a Twilight wannabe. The writing is good. Not the best I’ve ever read, but definitely good. The characters, however aren’t so remarkable. Ever seemed extremely fake and plastic while Damon had to be figment of her aura-confused imagination or something because no guy could ever possibly be as inhumanly perfect as him. The other characters were decent, and I actually thought Miles was pretty funny. It took me a while to finish this book, because I wasn’t jumping at every chance I had to read it. I jut didn’t feel like it. It wasn’t exactly a page-turner. It was actually pretty average. I wouldn’t go around recommending it because it took me forever to be motivated enough to read it.
Real Teen Rating~ C : Ehhh…
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