Evernight Series by Claudia Gray - Reading from 'Evernight (Evernight, #1)' from August 7th 2018

[Abi]

Jona and i will be starting Stargazer, the second book in the Evernight series on July 16th.
Feel free to join. :)

[Jonababez]

Thanks for the thread! You can also post your thoughts of book 1 here since I've read it last year and you may help me remember some. ;)

[Abi]

Will do. :) I'll be starting Evernight tonight.
Had this series for so long!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I will read evernight with you ☺ I'll wait til tomorrow morning to start now though so that I can use it for the hangman challenge!

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "I will read evernight with you ☺ I'll wait til tomorrow morning to start now though so that I can use it for the hangman challenge!"

I'll be starting tomorrow morning too. :) Need to finish the one i'm currently reading.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Cool ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Starting Evernight now ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

'Evernight' is a bit of a weird name for a school.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

15% (view spoiler)[ so I'm guessing that evernight is a school for stuck up vamps. (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "15% [spoilers removed]"

Yep, Makes sense for the school to be called Evernight.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

16% (view spoiler)[ so lucas is obviously human as he says that his kind and their kind don't mix. but why does he think that being seen with him would make bianca less popular? (hide spoiler)]

[Jonababez]

Sarah wrote: "15% [spoilers removed]"

Correct! ;)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

This seems to be going really slowly. nothing has happened yet!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

33% (view spoiler)[ she's a freaking vampire?! I can't believe she just bit him! (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

I know, Really hoping it picks up soon!
Only thing that's going on is Bianca feeling sorry for herself.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

well something pretty shocking happens at 33%!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

34% (view spoiler)[ I really do think it's a stupid idea to have humans at a vampire school, even if Bianca is 'special'. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

40% (view spoiler)[ so i have a question, if she bit him where she could feel his pulse, how come he didn't bleed out? cutting through the major artery in your neck will kill you pretty quick! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

48% (view spoiler)[ it kinda sucks for Bianca that she is one of the few people there who is actually 16. While all these other vampires look like teenagers, and may even act like teenagers, they're all still a lot older than her so it's no wonder they think her immature and silly! (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "40% [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I was thinking that too! Seems like they threw logic out of the window. When people get attacked by wild animals or dogs, and they get bit there, they die. So what's the difference here? I know she hasn't got a huge mouth like animals, but still.. You'd think he'd be in hospital for longer than he was. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Abbie wrote: "Sarah wrote: "40% [spoilers removed]"

[spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I know some vampire stories say that the saliva has healing properties and stuff but nothing like that was mentioned here! Also the place is called 'Evernight', but the vampires are able to go out in the sunlight, so what is the significance of night? (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

I'm thinking it has something to do with Raquel hearing the footsteps on the roof. Maybe something happens like in Night School? Maybe it's like hunting class or something.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

60% (view spoiler)[ I do find it quite interesting that it's the girl who's the vampire in this book. Usually it's the boy that's the vampire like in twilight and vampire diaries.
I like the revelation about the vampire hunters, and Lucas being a double agent. i wonder if he was trying to learn more about vampires for this vampire hunting group? Or if he really was enraptured or whatever they want to call it? I wonder if he really liked her at all, cause it certainly seemed like he did. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

66% (view spoiler)[ I like that Lucas really loves Bianca, but her parents are never going to condone her dating a vampire hunter, and his family are never going to allow him to date a vampire, so really, their relationship is pretty doomed! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

70% (view spoiler)[ I didn't really consider how weird it was that meals were served in students rooms. I kinda just figured it was like room service. Does this mean that vampires don't eat? because Bianca's parents definitely ate real food. was this only implemented once the humans joined the school? it's not really explained. (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

I just finished.

Sarah wrote: "70% [spoilers removed]"

I didn't take much notice of that either. I don't know, At the end, Raquel received a care package with loads of cookies and cakes. It was implied that Bianca was going to share them with her.

Nothing in this is really explained, which is really annoying. :/

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I just finished. Didn't realize I was at the end! Looks like the last 25% of the free kindle edition is bonus material!

[Abi]

What did you think of it overall? Do you think you'll be reading the second one?

I have all four, hoping that things will be explained, and Bianca gets less whiney!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

It was okay. Nothing special really. I have the first three so I'll probably read those. I agree about Bianca needing to be less whiney though!

[Abi]

Just started Stargazer.

I'm hoping that Bianca gets less whiney in this one.
Don't think i can go through another 3 books of Biancas self pity.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I need a couple of hours to finish the book I'm reading then I'll join you ☺

[Abi]

Page 51 - (view spoiler)[ Wonder who this ghost / person is who Bianca keeps seeing? I thought it might have been Lucas's ancestor, until i remembered that Bianca said something along the lines of "She thought it was her face but it couldn't have been" which indicates it's a girl ghost. (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Page 78 / 24% - (view spoiler)[ Can Bianca not see how much of a bad idea that is? Going to hunt your own kind.. Er, yeah. If anyone recognizes you, you'll be up to you neck in trouble. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

frost man? I hate prologues

[Abi]

Page 100 - (view spoiler)[ I didn't think that it could be her! i thought his family was human. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

p15 (view spoiler)[ at least she says something about the blood in this one. she says that her parents usually stick to the blood that the school provides. I figured she needed food because she's still alive, but i'm sure her parents weer eating food in the first book, so maybe they can but don't all the time? (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

SG p21 (view spoiler)[ when she says learn about the new students do you think she means 'make sure they aren't vampire hunters'? (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

SG p35 (view spoiler)[ ranulf totally sounds like a wolfs name! although i'm pretty sure there aren't any wolves in this. (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "SG p21 [spoilers removed]"

I was thinking that. She wants the students to do her dirty work.

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "SG p35 [spoilers removed]"

I was thinking that too! Really hope their isn't. I don't want to read another Twilight.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

no, one twilight is bad enough! although it looks like balthasar is going to play more of a part in this one.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

p40. I don't really understand why they have put Bianca and Raquel in a room together. (view spoiler)[ considering that the students take meals in their rooms because of the whole blood thing, how is she going to get away with that? I really don't get why they would have a human rooming with a vampire! what if she gets the munchies at midnight one night? (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

okay, bianca's realised it's a bad idea too now!

[Abi]

p169 - Starting to get good now! (view spoiler)[Really want to know what this Wraith wants! I have a funny feeling that it all has to do with Ranulf. Seems a bit funny that he's been introduced just as these wraith were. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

i have to wait til page169?! on page 72, not too bad so far.

[Abi]

p192 - (view spoiler)[ That's a pretty big thing she's asking. Then she gets all upset that he won't do it for her! (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "i have to wait til page169?! on page 72, not too bad so far."
It's not as bad as Evernight.
Bianca can still be whiny in areas but as bad.

[Abi]

Think i need a break from the series after this one. They just start out so slow. I hate having to get halfway before anything good happens.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I know what you mean, I read two books in a series back to back on saturday and I had really had enough after that!

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "I know what you mean, I read two books in a series back to back on saturday and I had really had enough after that!"

Normally i like reading series together, and i've never stopped halfway through a series if i owned them all. I just can't be bothered with this one.

This is starting to get good now, but it just takes so long to actually get there.
Plus, something just happened that can make Bianca go all whiny again.