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Evermore (The Immortals #1)

by Alyson Noel (Goodreads Author)

3.62 · rating details · 50,714 ratings · 5,115 reviews

After a horrible accident claims the lives of her family, sixteen-year-old Ever Bloom can see people's auras, hear their thoughts, and know someone's entire life story by touching them. Going out of her way to avoid human contact and suppress her abilities, she has been branded a freak at her new high school-but everything changes when she meets Damen Auguste.
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Paperback, 301 pages

Published February 3rd 2009 by St. Martin's Griffin (first published February 3rd 2007)

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Nov 21, 2011

Kat Kennedy rated it

Recommends it for: Anyone studying to be a truly awful writer

Shelves: too-painful-to-finish, books-that-deserve-painful-death, kat-s-book-reviews, kat-s-rants, ya-pnr-maddness

How To Write Popular YA Supernatural Literature AND Defile Your Spirit!

Based on the popular YA novel, Evermore, and aided by countless more like it, I have compiled an easy to read and follow list of rules for writing a popular series and being able to sell out your soul at the same time. Does that sound too convenient? Well, it's unbelievably easy to do if you follow my quick and easy program!

1. Create an 'Outcast' Heroine.

It's important that your primarily...more

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Sep 21, 2011

Kira rated it

Recommends it for: Douchebags

Recommended to Kira by: A douchebag

Shelves: ya, made-no-sense, ghosts

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Okay, before I start my ~~rant~~ review, I'll say one thing: this book is boring. And no, I don't mean English class during Quiet Week boring--I mean Law and Order boring.

No shit.

It starts with Ever, the sole survivor of a car crash that killed her family. She emerges from an NDE with psychic abilities, such as the ability to read auras, know life stories by touch and read minds.

Aside from the fact that Ever has a name worthy of Katie Price's doomed fourth child, ...more

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Oct 27, 2011

Hina rated it

Recommends it for: No one especially not florists

Recommended to Hina by: Aysha and Aphrodite

Shelves: out-the-window, reccomended, books-that-deserve-a-painful-death, boring, borrowed, read-in-2011, just-plain-bad, why-the-hype, worst-endings, i-ll-probably-never-read-it-again, i-don-t-care-anymore, fantasy, annoyed-me, goodreads-authors, characters-i-hate, don-t-judge-a-book-by-its-cover, hina-s-reviews

I told myself that I honestly wasn't going to read this book after my friend, Aysha, came up to me one day just praising the book. I read about twelve pages and then gave up, I had enough of all things with the words dark and romance in it after reading Twilight. Nonetheless, I just saw this book sitting on a shelf at my local library and the prospect of making a bad review about it on Goodreads just made me happy, so here we are. There might be about one or two spoilers in the book, but don't w...moreI told myself that I honestly wasn't going to read this book after my friend, Aysha, came up to me one day just praising the book. I read about twelve pages and then gave up, I had enough of all things with the words dark and romance in it after reading Twilight. Nonetheless, I just saw this book sitting on a shelf at my local library and the prospect of making a bad review about it on Goodreads just made me happy, so here we are. There might be about one or two spoilers in the book, but don't worry it won't spoil anything. It would be better to read a review than the book.

So we're introduced to the main protagonist, Ever Bloom, who is basically a pathetic, vain, stupid twat. She was moved to a new school after her parents, sister and dog died in a car crash, now ever since this car crash she has the power to see the people's auras and know what the person's thinking with a touch. In other words she's a psychic, but they're extra features to this too. She is so 'distraught' by this she has a complete change of personality, from being insanely popular at her old school and then just hanging out with two vain, shallow and vaguely important people, Haven and Miles. I guess we're actually meant to feel sorry for her after all she's been through, but no, I haven't even got a teeny tiny bit of sympathy for her.

We are then after about 12 pages introduced to Damen. He is the worst bloody character out of the whole book. That arsehole comes up to the school as a new student and everyone and I mean everyone is practically drooling at the sight of his good looks except one effin person and I'm sure you can guess who that is. Ever decides that she's not going to look at him because she can just listen to everyone's thoughts and is basically not interested. They are forced to sit next to each other in class (To any people who have read Twilight, I wonder where she got that from xD), they accidentally touch and Ever feel so normal (wouldn't you be freaked out?) because she can't listen to his thoughts. He flirts with her and at lunch he ends up sitting at Ever and her friend's table.

After a while Ever and Damen form a 'relationship' out of god knows where-there are many parts in which our dear author here submits bits of information without us knowing, it's either that or I was too bored to notice. I also put relationship in speech marks because you cannot call it a bloody relationship. One minute we see Ever calling Damen a player and the next she's sticking her tongue down his throat. Eh? Wouldn't you be disgusted if you saw a boy that you liked being seen with another girl (even after he said he liked you) or the fact that when the two of you go out somewhere he keeps disappearing. The EXACT same thing happened to Ever but with one of Damen's hot, smoldering, sexy looks or touches Ever just melts like an ice lolly.

Yep so the rest of the book is utter bullshit which encourages things like cheating, drinking vodka at sixteen, betting and much more stuff. But what I've just told you is nothing these are the things that I hate the most in the book:

1) It's sooo convenient.Oh yuss, Immortals can see people's aura's (WTF?), they are super strong, they are super fast, Ever's reincarnation, immortal serum made long long ago and many more that I have forgotten.

2) Damen is described as the most perfect person in the universe. He can cook, clean, is handsome, can surf and many more things that I've forgotten, but how can a person be perfect, be talked about as perfect when there is no such thing as a perfect person. Even though he is 600 years old (wow and Ever is completely normal with that) he cannot possibly have mastered everything. It's just impossible. See The Doctor in Doctor Who is about 907 and something and he is far from perfect. Everyone knows that perfect people are boring.

3) Tulips and Summerland. When reaching the middleish part when Damen just starts to pull out hundreds and hundreds of tulips out of nowhere I was actually starting to think that he actually took his time to pick the tulips and rain them down on Ever, but the world would be in a massive crisis if it did. So dear Alyson Noel decides to make this rule which is basically you can conjure something from nothing. It doesn't make any sense, it's another convenient thing.

4) Alyson Noel. The writing is poor and she hardly describes things, she tells us rather than shows us. Also the fact that she's mentioned some points in her book like Ever having no backbone and Damen being perfect etc and she's done nothing to improve it is just sad.

To sum this review up I'll have to say that Ever is slightly better than Bella and Edward is slightly better than Damen, but Twilight and Evermore are just very very similar books. I advise you not to read either.
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Jan 22, 2012

Amanda rated it

Recommends it for: To ages from 12 to 17

Recommended to Amanda by: I first saw it at Borders Book Store

Shelves: reviewed, first-reads-giveaway, set-series, paranormal-romance

When I first saw this book I was really excited because well, I really liked the cover. It is truly a beautifully done cover. So I read the description provided, and thought I might actually like this book, so I also entered the First Reads Giveaway and was totally shocked when I was chosen to receive the book. Now that the book has been received and read it’s time for me to write my review.

I will not lie even when I read the description at first I was put off by the name of Leading...moreWhen I first saw this book I was really excited because well, I really liked the cover. It is truly a beautifully done cover. So I read the description provided, and thought I might actually like this book, so I also entered the First Reads Giveaway and was totally shocked when I was chosen to receive the book. Now that the book has been received and read it’s time for me to write my review.

I will not lie even when I read the description at first I was put off by the name of Leading lady, I mean really Ever and then her sister had such a normal name Riley, IMO it would have not been so off setting if maybe the sister was given the name Haven and the BFF was given the name Riley so that way the parents stayed solid in the realm of giving weird names.

Now see here’s my big problem I liked the book enough to read it all in one sitting. I started reading at 2:00 AM and read till it was done at 7:00 AM. Yet I couldn’t honestly tell you what it was that kept me hooked because while I was reading I kept finding all the things that I didn’t like, didn’t understand, and wondered how the pooh it ended up like this. Maybe it was that I wanted to see her share her tragic past with him or anyone for that matter to see her actually open up and deal. I also ended the book knowing without a doubt that I wouldn’t be reading any other stories that were about Ever or even may mention Ever in passing. So that is a no go on reading the sequel book called Blue Moon.

I usually don’t like the beginning of books like the first two chapters or so because they usually bore me but I really liked the beginning of this book and felt it held a lot of promise then sadly as it got the part where the extremely hot guy aka Damen showed up and everyone swooned even Miles (who by the way was probably my favorite character) it started to go down hill for me. Really though it was when started actually talking to Ever and showing her special attention and when they became boyfriend and girlfriend because they talked for a minute and kissed like it was 6th grade (yeah that annoyed me). Also he kept disappearing and well coming off as a player and jerk face. Now normally that doesn’t bother me because the leading male will usually grow up and develop through the book but for some reason the way this was written just struck me the wrong way.

There was also the whole bedroom and Aunt thing, the bedroom first of all was way over the top, and the aunt just leaving her like that after all that had happened, I mean just leaving her to own devices, I would be terrified that the girl would do something really stupid and just be around even if she didn’t want to talk would make me feel like I as at least trying to keep her safe and feel safe.

I also didn’t like how stubborn and seemingly out of character stupid Ever had been near the end either, I mean I kind of pick up on the fact she had to mature rather quickly after the accident, and she didn’t seem like, well, like an idiot who won't at least listen or hear someone out. I mean she just tossed out all logic and brain function when she found Haven at Damen’s house.

I also didn’t like how purposely almost to the point of way over doing it rather than just plain over doing it, Damen was at being vague and secretive. I am sure it was meant to be intriguing and appealing with what most would call being mysterious. But for me I found it tiresome that every five minutes Ever was angry with Damen and he was begging her forgiveness and making up some other random lie.

Lastly the whole explanation given for his existence just really didn’t set well with me either and I found myself struggling not to skip all of it and just read the last page and be done. I wanted so badly to reach through the book and rewrite what was going on in front me. I was however impressed with the fact that Damen wasn’t and Vampire and that he was a fresh face to an issue of immortality. I also appreciated how Ever needed to think and that she wasn’t instantly on board with living forever. I know this book is a young adult book and a lot of times when I read YA books I will walk away with one of two feelings that either it was too much of a YA book or this maybe shouldn’t have been labeled just a YA book. This book was way too much of a YA book, it started off with such promise and throughout the remainder of the book it lost its luster that grabbed me in the beginning.
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Feb 01, 2012

Demolition Lover rated it

Shelves: amazing-cover, entertaining-but-stupid, hate-with-the-wrath-of-hell, lecture-to-humanity, painful-to-sit-through, seeing-if-it-sucks-as-much-as-every, stupid-love-interest, want-to-slap-the-heroine

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It's such a shame. This book has such a beautiful cover. It doesn't really make sense, but it's still pretty. I was immediately curious when I saw it, and wanted to use it decorate my book shelf.

Little did I know that the amazing cover was only hiding the shit that lay inside.

I can't tell who I despise more in this book---Damen or E...more

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Apr 12, 2009

Shannon rated it

Recommends it for: Twilight fans

Shelves: ya, urban-fantasy, romance, paranormal, 2009

This is a three-and-a-half star book for me, though it started out higher than that - the second book crystalised all the things that bothered me about this one.

Ever since the car accident that killed her parents, younger sister Riley, and pet dog Buttercup, and gave her the ugly scar on her brow that she hides behind her hair, sixteen year old Ever has been seeing and hearing things. She sees people's auras in a rainbow of colours, hears their thoughts, can absorb an entire book sim...moreThis is a three-and-a-half star book for me, though it started out higher than that - the second book crystalised all the things that bothered me about this one.

Ever since the car accident that killed her parents, younger sister Riley, and pet dog Buttercup, and gave her the ugly scar on her brow that she hides behind her hair, sixteen year old Ever has been seeing and hearing things. She sees people's auras in a rainbow of colours, hears their thoughts, can absorb an entire book simply by touching it - and learn all about a person's life from touching them.

With her family dead, her father's twin sister Sabine, a high-powered lawyer who tries hard but has no idea what to do with a sullen teenager, takes her in and gives her all she could have wanted in her previous life as a popular cheerleader with a boyfriend. The move to California from Oregon isn't the only change: Ever hides herself in hoodies, plugs her ears with her iPod to try to drown out the psychic noise, and stays quiet and unobtrusive. She's considered a freak in the new school, where her only friends, Haven and Miles, are also looked down upon. Despite the scar and the hooded sweatshirts, she's still blonde and beautiful. But she's far from popular and she likes it that way.

Her ordered, lonely life - where her only visitor is her dead sister Riley - becomes a big huge mess with the arrival of heart-stoppingly gorgeous Damen Auguste. Well-travelled, knowledgeable, sophisticated, and dreamy, all the girls start fighting over him - but the only one he seems interested in is Ever. Doing magic tricks with red tulips, which he pulls from behind her ear, turning up at her modest Halloween party as the Count Axel match to her Marie Antoinette, getting close to her then drawing away, inexplicably distant: Ever battles to keep a distance herself, to not fall for him, a man she knows almost nothing about.

But he's the one person whose thoughts she can't hear, who has no distracting aura, and who miraculously dampens her psychic senses whenever he touches her or speaks. It's almost addictive, and as the mystery deepens and Ever tries to understand what's going on - with her friends, with the gorgeous, haughty Drina who seems very close to Damen - she must face the truth about the terrible accident, her psychic abilities, Damen himself - and decide the course of her life.

I read this this morning in one sitting; it was itself very addicting. Written in first-person present tense, I didn't even notice until about half-way through that it wasn't in past tense, so flawlessly is it written. It's hard to do present tense well, but it works admirably well here. Ever's voice is captivating in a subtle way, the prose just right. I found her entirely sympathetic, understandable, mature, and aside from her stubbornness over Ava, never irritating. The pacing, too, is beautifully timed, details revealed at just the right moment, never hidden for the sake of trying to be mysterious.

Another pleasing character was Damen, who was complex, unpredictable, intense enough to please me, and fascinating enough to grip me. It's hard to picture him as a teenager - I kept seeing him as about 30, 32. Mature. Experienced. Although I find his age - 17 - to be improbable considering what he accomplished at that age, I did find him believable. And desirable! Yeah I have a bit of a crush on Damen.

Evermore is a lot darker than the others in this sub-genre, but is balanced by Ever's engaging narrative, sweet Miles (the classic gay sidekick, here handled a great deal better than in, say, the House of Night books), some fun, light-hearted scenes and the warm, sunny Laguna Beach climate. The book drew me in for four hours and completely took over my brain. Just the way I like it.

I highly recommend this one, and I'm eagerly awaiting book 2 in Ever's very different life, Blue Moon, due out in August.
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Oct 23, 2011

Mitsuko rated it

No. Just no. Absolutely not. I could NOT continue this book. The only minute thing I found interesting was that the car accident managed to knock the dog's balls off somehow. Other than that, I couldn't stand any more. No no no no no. Hell fucking shit no.

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Dec 14, 2011

BarkLessWagMore rated it

Shelves: audiobook, teen, paranormal

Sixteen year old Ever (yes, so sorry that’s not a typo) lost her family, her dog, her home and her popularity in a tragic accident. When she awakens she has the ability to read thoughts and see auras. This is not a good thing for Ever and it turns her into a “freak”. Now living with her wealthy, absent aunt, she shuns people and hides her beauty behind ugly hoodies and big sunglasses.

One gloomy day a new boy arrives at the school where she is now one of the misfit freaky kids....moreSixteen year old Ever (yes, so sorry that’s not a typo) lost her family, her dog, her home and her popularity in a tragic accident. When she awakens she has the ability to read thoughts and see auras. This is not a good thing for Ever and it turns her into a “freak”. Now living with her wealthy, absent aunt, she shuns people and hides her beauty behind ugly hoodies and big sunglasses.

One gloomy day a new boy arrives at the school where she is now one of the misfit freaky kids. For some reason she’s chosen to befriend a gothy bitch and a disinterested in anything but himself boy named Miles instead of the bitchy, self-involved popular kids she used to consider her BFF’s. This new kid, Damen, is all smoldering good looks and is interested in MissHoodie and she can’t read his thoughts! Ahhh, blessed silence replaces the voices in her head whenever he is near.

Here I stop to let the feelings of Deja freaking Vu wash over me and lament the loss of originality in the YA world.

The rest of the book follows Ever and Damen around as he keeps her in the dark about his dark and mysterious past and generally acts all dark and mysterious but because he’s sexysuperhot they fall into an obsessive dysfunctional crazy sort of love. He must really know how to work the smolder because I couldn’t for the life of me figure out when or why they were in love or how he jumped straight from wooing to almost getting her out of her panties in a blink. He was a BORING character and no amount of movie star looks is fixing that when I can’t see him! She ain’t no prize either, for that matter. She’s moody and spoiled and acts like a real nut when he finally tells her the truth about himself. I could forgive the moody, hell her family was dead, but the author didn’t work that angle to any real emotional effect. The deaths were used as means to get her to where she is, living with an aunt who conveniently works 168 hours a week so she can hook up with Damen. I should know, I lost a parent at thirteen and life was an emotional hell for a very long time. In this book, I felt none of the pain and torment that invades every pore of your being when something so earth shattering happens. Thus, many of Ever’s thoughts were distasteful and shallow to me. All she did was whine about unimportant shit and fret about Damen. Sure she could still talk to her little ghostie sister so I guess that made all the pain go away? To me it was all a bit lazy and not at all clever.

So yeah I admit I’m biased but I did finish the book and it didn’t get better for me. I don’t care how much woo-woo or adventure or paranormal twisties an author throws in, if I find the characters tedious and completely lacking in emotion it’s a fail. Ever is a fail. (less)

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Feb 01, 2009

Kristi (The Story Siren) added it

Shelves: books-i-own, signed-books

I’m not surprised that I devoured this novel. I’m a fantasy junkie, what can I say. I’ve been pinning after this book for what seems like forever, so of course I had high standards. And honestly most of them were met, there were a few things that I would have loved to seen Noel elaborate on, but overall I was utterly and completely satisfied.

Let’s start with characterization. Ever was a solid character, I got her guilt, I understood her struggle, and her name is Ever.... could that ...more

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Jun 29, 2009

J.D. Stroube rated it

Shelves: young-adult, witch-wizard-psychic, vampire-immortals-succubus, waiting-for-sequel, series

I absolutely loved this book. It is a bit of an easy read, but well worth it. I felt as though the author had taken some of my favorite young adult books and blended them into one solid story.

This is basically a young adult romance novel with a supernatural twist. It had some humor peppered throughout it, but it was mostly just sweet. Damen was an interesting character, but he did irritate me with the Drina situation (I won't say more because I do not want to spoil it).

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Oct 03, 2009

Thomas rated it

Shelves: glbt

You know, I really feel bad for deleting my entire review because six people liked it. I'm not sure why, as it was me simply ranting indulgently about how much I loved this book.

Take into consideration that I was young and innocent and unaware of young-adult powerhouses like The Hunger Games and Shiver when I read this. As I continue to read more of this series, it continues to disappoint.

What I'm getting at is that I'm not sure if I would grant this book five stars once ...more

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Dec 02, 2009

Tatiana rated it

Recommends it for: those who want to read another Twilight rip-off

Shelves: ya, 2009, why-the-hype, romancelandia, tres-annoying, series-dropped-lost-steam

Having satisfied my curiosity about this popular YA series, I can safely scratch the rest of the books (and their author) off my TBR list forever.

The book starts off OK - mind-reading, auras, family drama, but very swiftly becomes just another pathetic Twilight rip-off. Same worn out story of an insecure girl falling for a mysterious/sexy/dangerous paranormal guy, same absent adults, same "love" without really knowing each other, same focus on outer beauty and expensive thi...more

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Nov 28, 2011

Saniya rated it

Shelves: borrowed

This picture explains perfectly how I was feeling while reading Evermore.
Anger, laughter and yes, how could I possibly forget? Failure.
Its worse than Hush Hush, better than Fallen and a total rip off of Twilight series. I felt like a hero after accomplishing reading Hush Hush, Fallen and Twilight series and now, I just have tears in my eyes after reading this because I feel like a king of the whole universe.
USELESS characters, USELESS story and to sum up, EPIC FAI...more

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Aug 18, 2010

Lady Moorchild rated it

Shelves: dark-fantasy, fantasy, humor, paranormal-romance, romance, urban-fantasy

No review could justify my strong dislike of Alyson Noel's Evermore. I am inclined to believe that the novel was a work of satire that makes fun of the tropes/stereotypes of the tired YA paranormal romance genre. However, this is not the case. I would not recommend this novel to anyone with a genuine interest in paranormal/modern fantasy, romance or young adult fiction that deals with immortality - for that, try A Certain Slant of Light, Interview with the Vampire, or The Historian.

...moreNo review could justify my strong dislike of Alyson Noel's Evermore. I am inclined to believe that the novel was a work of satire that makes fun of the tropes/stereotypes of the tired YA paranormal romance genre. However, this is not the case. I would not recommend this novel to anyone with a genuine interest in paranormal/modern fantasy, romance or young adult fiction that deals with immortality - for that, try A Certain Slant of Light, Interview with the Vampire, or The Historian.

Evermore starts of weak, with blaring errors and logical lapses: for instance, Haven's hands are both "clammy" and "warm," despite these two things being mutually exclusive; the dog, Buttercup changes from a boy into a girl. The description of Ever's friend Haven is reminiscent of the infamous My Immortal, describing everything from her Doc Martin's to her golden contacts in her "gothic" gear. They then continue to talk about Hillary Duff and Marilyn Manson. I realize I am being nit-picky here, but it seems Noel is trying to pander to some non-existent readership: shallow, materialistic goth girls. Trust me, Noel, describing someone's ridiculous fashion sense in the first page is not a way to grab readers.

Speaking of stereotyping, all the characters are nothing but cardboard stereotypes. Haven? Goth. Miles? Flamboyant gay. Damen? Sexy, unattainable boy.

Damen himself is described as smoldering, hot, and palpable, which besides being a laughable description in itself, gives us no idea how he actually looks. Other than that, he's perfect. He has no character flaws, no reason readers should like him. He knows everybody from Da Vinci to the Beatles. I do not want to spoil more for potential readers, but keep in mind that Damen is an unrealistic character. Him and Ever together make an all the more unrealistic romance. They have no spark, nothing in common. The only thing that bonds them together is that they are soul mates.

I could go on and on about how shallow the book's premise is, how overdone the plot is, but I'll leave that to you, gentle readers. Recommended for those who want a good laugh, or a very, very, very light read that requires little-to-no thinking.(less)

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Feb 14, 2010

Jillian -always aspiring- rated it

Shelves: dropped-series, disappointing-books, 2009-reads

Ah, one of the many incarnations to follow after Twilight's footsteps . . .

I can't say I liked a single character in Evermore -- and I need to like the characters to adore the story. That didn't happen here. The alchemy was interesting, though. . .in an underdeveloped kind of way. . . .

Still, I'm reading the sequels -- if only to see if somewhere down the line I'll ever really care about Ever and the rest.

UPDATE IN 2010: Yeah. . .after skimming Shadowland (t...more

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Mar 25, 2011

nxlee rated it

Recommends it for: Twilight fans

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. You know, I thought only books like Twilight, Fallen and Marked were a select few to be considered a real abomination to the YA literature scene at the moment. But alas, I found another contestant - and it definitely a shoo-in to be up there with Twilight in just God-awful terrible.

In a Nutshell: New kid Damen is a dream come true to the whole school, and especially to Ever. Compared to the clutter of thoughts and auras, its a kind of silence that Ever welcomes. They soon...more

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Jan 07, 2011

Emily rated it

Recommended to Emily by: I met Alyson Noel at a book signing last September

Shelves: 2-stars

This book wasn't terrible, but it definitely wasn't worth reading. Why did I think it was going to be a good book? Because of the cover? It couldn't have been the concept. Why would anyone want to live forever when "Death is but the next great adventure"? While I admit that the alchemy thing at the end was original, it was too underdeveloped to be interesting.

Anyways, I didn't like any of the characters. Ever was too emotional (speaking of Ever, WHY did everyone have to ke...more

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May 07, 2010

Miss Clark rated it

Recommends it for: No one. Ever.

Shelves: rubbish-and-the-like

Ugh. Pretty well sums up how I felt about this book. Not very original. It is a Twilightesque book that manages to cover all the mistakes of that book and never even once hits a good note.

The plot makes little sense. Girl dies. Comes back. Is psychic, can read minds and see auras and hates her life because she blames herself for her family's death in the car crash that very nearly killed her. Can also see ghosts. Is considered freak at school for the way that she acts and dresses, m...more

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Aug 20, 2009

Summer rated it

Shelves: paranormal, young-adult

I luckily won this in the giveaway section of Goodreads and am glad I did.

Ever used to be popular, have a boyfriend, and seemed to have life pretty well set. However a tragic accident kills her entire family leaving her behind to live with her aunt. The accident didn't leave behind only physical scars but she's somehow attained the abilities to see people's auras and know what they are feeling or thinking just by being near them. If she touches another person her abilities are even ...more

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Feb 17, 2009

Steph Su rated it

Shelves: own

After the accident that took her parents' and sister's lives, 16-year-old Ever can see people's auras and read their thoughts. She even has conversations with the annoying ghost of her little sister, Riley. The stimulus she receives from the outside world is overpowering, and so she constantly tries to shut it out by wearing large hoodies and toting an iPod with earphones in everywhere.

Until the new student, Damen Auguste, comes into her life. He's dark, beautiful, talented, and perf...moreAfter the accident that took her parents' and sister's lives, 16-year-old Ever can see people's auras and read their thoughts. She even has conversations with the annoying ghost of her little sister, Riley. The stimulus she receives from the outside world is overpowering, and so she constantly tries to shut it out by wearing large hoodies and toting an iPod with earphones in everywhere.

Until the new student, Damen Auguste, comes into her life. He's dark, beautiful, talented, and perfect--and Ever is terrified of him, even when she's mysteriously drawn to him as his presence and touch somehow manages to calm the psychic chaos in her head. However, there may be more to Damen than he's admitting, and it involves Ever as well--involves her to the point where it may cost her her life if she doesn't come to turns with who she is and what she can do.

I've tried reading Alyson Noel's other books before, and I didn't get very far into them. Now I remember why. Ever's character is about the only redeeming thing I can find in this book. Her character grows and changes in the course of the novel, from a sullen and frightened trauma victim to a teen beginning to "come into herself," so to speak. I found the other characters flat and annoying. Ever's friends Miles and Haven didn't seem real, and I was especially annoyed that there seemed to be no development to Damen and Ever's romance; it was like one moment they've just met and she's avoiding him, and the next--BOOM!--he's stalking her with red tulips and she's grudgingly admitting to herself that she likes him. Please. Additionally, while the story idea is intriguing, the writing lacks immediacy and there are lots of moments when I wanted to throw the book across the room because I did not understand why insert-your-choice-of-plot-device was thrown in so suddenly and randomly.

Still, it's not hard to see why the Immortals series will have a large fan base. Damen--or at least the idea of him--gives Edward Cullen a run for his money. Fans of Stephenie Meyer may do well to check out Alyson Noel's latest book.(less)

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Jul 20, 2009

Khadija rated it

If you like Twilight, you'll either love this novel, hate it, or find it stale (as I did). It seemed to me the author was riding the coattails of Twilight. There were too many similarities for comfort. For example: girl moves,girl falls in love with mysterious/sexy guy. The guy is like a dark version of Edward(dark hair,eyes,and clothes). Did I mention he doesn't eat much, yet drinks a mysterious red liquid, but it's not what it seems.
If your looking for something like twiligh...more

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Saray i haven't read evermore but i read what it is about and i have read twilight and it does sound a bit like it
i was reading what it was about and i...more
Jun 28, 2010 04:38pm

Margarita arent all books that relate to teenage girls falling in love the same?All books i read relate to that so its not just Evermore.Its all books.We cant b...more
Nov 30, 2011 12:30pm

Khadija It is true that many books targeted toward teenage girls are similar. Although I found many similarities, Evermore, could have been a much better read...more
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Jul 23, 2009

Ruth rated it

Shelves: teen, fantasy

Ever turns into something of a hermit after the car accident that kills her parents and sister, and forces her to go live with her single aunt. She's now able to see auras, and hear people's thoughts by touching them... Except for those of the beautiful new kid at school, who is inexplicable drawn to her.

OK, I was seriously disappointed in this book. I knew it was a Twilight knockoff (well, duh...), but I want the guys in my Twilight knockoffs to have personalities... Damen was so...more

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Nov 27, 2010

Corinne rated it

Shelves: books-the-world-do-not-need, fantasy, ghosts, esp

Oh my gosh!!! What a waste of time it was to read this book. Although the synopsis sounded interesting and the reviews I read were overall very good, I didn't liked this book. The plot & characters are completely illogical and there's no background to the story at all, so that I thought the author just started writing without first thinking about the plot too much. Consequently, the book world was one-dimensional at best and I felt somehow cheated - at least of time - after reading this book.

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Mar 26, 2011

Davina rated it

Who gives the s**ts about auras seriously! And even if it is a gift then why isn't Ever happy? I'd be ecstatic if I woke up with any sort of power even if it was the power to make people constipate, bad example I know because you can actually have fun with that. Point is, can't Ever be happy too?!! On top of that no one cares, why not just use mood rings, atleast they get people excited!
And why a tulip? Can't Damen just send her some origami because personally I'd be more impressed by tha...more

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Jan 31, 2009

Dee rated it

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Mar 18, 2009

Tina rated it

Recommends it for: anyone who like supernatural romances.

Shelves: ya-fantasy, own-it

I loved the supernatural romance between Ever and Damen. They might just be my new favorite fictional couple.

Beside Ever's supremely stubborn side, I liked her. You got a real understanding for why she is so stand offish, why she's closed herself off from the world.

Damen is a mystery. His hot and cold attitude (towards Ever) was frustrating yet, very intriguing. Wanting to put the pieces of the puzzle together is what kept me wanting more.

I loved Riley, Eve...more

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Oct 01, 2009

g rated it

Recommends it for: my nemesis

Shelves: vampires-werewolves-ghosts-etc, redheads

Hours of my life I will never get back were wasted reading this--and I rarely feel that way. Something made me keep turning the pages, but this book is horrible. The romance is unconvincing, the characters flat, the mythology annoying, and there is something cringe-worthy (the names, for one! Ever? Summerland? Haven? are you kidding me?!) on each and every page--quite a feat!

It's a cheap Twilight Saga and Southern Vampire/Sookie Stackhouse Mysteries rip-off. Sure, many of the aforem...more

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Apr 29, 2011

Nicole rated it

Shelves: annoyed-at-a-character, it-s-ok, never-really-got-me, waste-of-time, book-reviews

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Evermore isn't the most glamorous book that i've read, but i like it OK (2.4)...
Let me elaborate with the good:

The plot: I think for me the plot is in a steady pace that is neither too fast or too slow. Not bad.
Some characters: Thank god that Noel didn't forget to include sensible characters! Riley, Ever's sister, came to me as hilarious and what soon-to-be-13 girls would be. Also, there's Ava. Yes. Too bad she doesn't have much of a role here ...more*Spoilers

Evermore isn't the most glamorous book that i've read, but i like it OK (2.4)...
Let me elaborate with the good:

The plot: I think for me the plot is in a steady pace that is neither too fast or too slow. Not bad.
Some characters: Thank god that Noel didn't forget to include sensible characters! Riley, Ever's sister, came to me as hilarious and what soon-to-be-13 girls would be. Also, there's Ava. Yes. Too bad she doesn't have much of a role here in the book which I hope will expand in the next.

Unfortunately, that's all the good. Yup, I said I like it ok because it's not that bad, BUT there are so many cons that I'm having second thoughts on liking it 'ok'.

Ever and Damen- Did I mention that these characters are so disconnected to me that it felt like watching/reading a movie through a robot's eyes who tries hard to be a human. Actually, that's Ever. She didn't make me sympathetic for her, AT ALL. What makes a character interesting for people to read? I'm not meaning for them to be sarcastic or funny or just plain goofy, but they need PERSONALITY. Ever's a mix of a damaged stereotypical cheerleader and a robot. Yeah, you heard me. When Ever's family died in the crash, I didn't felt convinced of her 'grief'. Gosh, she seriously needs help ok? And going to her 'friends' who is equally bitchy as the supposed popular crowd? Pathetic. All the things she did here, I always ask: WHY WHY WHY??? Being flawed is good, shows that a character is not perfect at all, but...for her... i didn't find any reason for many of the things she did.

Damen...is a freaking sap. I don't know much anything about him, neither does Ever, so why are they together? Also, he doesn't even have a character flaw. Sure, he lived for a while, but really? He's too one dimensional. Didn't she ever questioned anything about him before jumping into a relationship? I never liked instant attractions.They can start as friends can they? Honestly, I don't care about their attraction, and I felt like they were PUSHED, not on their own free will. For me, it's like Noel's trying to just make excuses to why they should be together and why Ever should trust him.

And her 'friends'? Just there to waste space/paper? Haven is sick excuse for a friend. I can't believe Ever will be with someone like her. Miles is just there to be selfish too. Maybe she's afraid of being a total loner?

The lore-damn. I was confused at times, but how can Ever get telepathy, read a life story with a touch and see auras? Just a random happening? Does bringing back the dead mean you get superpowers? Is there a limit to what the Immortals can do?
Despite the weird lore, i think it will be explored in the next book.

Oh yeah, the message isn't clear either. Is it that you can only change when a guy appears and help you do so? Being a loner actually is a unique thing and guys go for you?

So, while this really gets on my nerves, i'm curious on what will happen next...
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Jul 04, 2011

Liliana ღ's Mythology rated it

Shelves: ghosts-souls-spirits, supernatural-abilities

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I kinda had high hopes for this one…

Q: Did it hold up?

A: That would be a big. Fat. No. Sad but true.
It started off interesting though. We have Ever, who was the sole survivor of a car accident in which all her family died. Ever since, she obtained these cool psychic abilities: mind reading, knowing a person’s life story by a single touch, and seeing a person’s aura. Because of this, she feels like an outcast, not that I can blame her. All ...more

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Sep 01, 2010

Annalisa rated it

Recommended to Annalisa by: Annie

Shelves: young-adult, fantasy, romance

I spent so much of this book frustrated by unanswered questions, telling myself its okay not to know all the answers to squelch my frustration, that by the time Noel decided to dish all the dirt in one conversation, I wasn't satisfied. I didn't feel like my questions were answered, but wasn't even sure which questions had not been answered. There were so many and they couldn't have all been answered by that small conversation, but she flipped the story so fast, I wasn't going there with her. My ...more

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About Alyson Noel

Alyson Noël is the #1 New York Times best selling, award-winning, author of FAKING 19, ART GEEKS AND PROM QUEENS, LAGUNA COVE, FLY ME TO THE MOON, KISS & BLOG, SAVING ZOË, CRUEL SUMMER, FOREVER SUMMER (a LAGUNA COVE/CRUEL SUMMER 2-in-1), the IMMORTALS series including: EVERMORE, BLUE MOON, SHADOWLAND, DARK FLAME, NIGHT STAR, and EVERLASTING, the IMMORTALS spin-off, RILEY BLOOM series including RAD...moreAlyson Noël is the #1 New York Times best selling, award-winning, author of FAKING 19, ART GEEKS AND PROM QUEENS, LAGUNA COVE, FLY ME TO THE MOON, KISS & BLOG, SAVING ZOË, CRUEL SUMMER, FOREVER SUMMER (a LAGUNA COVE/CRUEL SUMMER 2-in-1), the IMMORTALS series including: EVERMORE, BLUE MOON, SHADOWLAND, DARK FLAME, NIGHT STAR, and EVERLASTING, the IMMORTALS spin-off, RILEY BLOOM series including RADIANCE, SHIMMER, DREAMLAND, & WHISPER (04.26.12), with short stories appearing in the anthologies FIRST KISS (THEN TELL), KISSES FROM HELL, & DEAR BULLY. She is currently working on a new series for teens, SOUL SEEKERS, including: FATED, ECHO, MYSTIC, & HORIZON. Book 1, FATED, is set to debut in May 2012.

With over 8 New York Times bestsellers in 2 years, and over 6 million copies in print, her books have been translated into 37 languages, sold in over 50 countries and have made the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal, LA Times, NCIBA, and Walmart bestsellers lists, and have won numerous awards such as: the National Reader's Choice Award, NYLA Book of Winter Award, NYPL Stuff for the Teenage, TeenReads Best Books of 2007, Reviewer's Choice 2007 Top Ten, appeared on the CBS Early Show's "Give the Gift of Reading" segment, and selected for Seventeen Magazine's "Hot List" and Beach Book Club Pick.

Chosen as one of OC Metro magazine's "20 Women to Watch," she's been nominated for the Orange County Business Journal's "Women in Business Awards" as well as their "Excellence in Entrepreneurship" award. The dramatic rights for all 6 books in THE IMMORTALS series and all 4 books in the RILEY BLOOM series, were optioned by Summit Entertainment—while her adult novel, FLY ME TO THE MOON, was optioned by Ridley Scott's, Scott Free Productions, with Sharon Maguire (Bridget Jones' Diary) set to write and direct.

Born and raised in Orange County, California, she's lived in both Mykonos and Manhattan and is now settled in Southern California where she's working on her next book.

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