Book Review: Evermore

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 Imagine your entire life falling apart because you lost your family in a car accident and you were supposed to die with them. In fact, you were halfway to crossing the afterlife bridge with them. Then suddenly, your “soulmate” who has found you for centuries is responsible for you not being able to cross over with them. That’s what happened to a young girl named Evermore, or Ever.

     Evermore by Alyson Noel is an enticing novel that falls in the category of fantasy literature. The possible theme of this book is that ‘Love Heals’. When Ever gets into a battle with Drina and is close to being dead, again, she heals her wounds by remembering how her loving family. Damen informs her that ‘only love heals. Anger, guilt, and fear can only destroy and separate her from her abilities’.

      Ever was on her way to a family vacation when a deer jumped in front of their vehicle. The car spun out of control and she lost her mom and dad, her little sister, Rylie, and their dog, Buttercup. She came out of a coma after the accident and she was rescued by a mysterious man. After the accident, she began developing certain abilities: reading minds, she can see the color of people’s aura, strength, manipulation, and she knows the answers on a test before she even gets it.. Ever was content with wearing hoodies to school and ignoring her peers until he, Damen, moved there. At first she wasn’t all too impressed with them then it was like she could not control it and she fell in love with him. She began to notice that he was different too, and no I don’t mean relationship stereotype of different, I mean psychic different. They fell in love and there is a jealous ex-girlfriend, Drina,  who kills her in every century that her and Damen try to be together. (Read passage from book 296-297)

       I chose this passage because throughout the entire book Ever is faced with issues and she ran from them. She would always hide from them and try to shrug it off. When her parents died, she wore hoodies to school everyday to block out the sounds of anyone making noise to her. In this passage, you can see how she is refraining from running and fleeing in honor of her family and all the lives she’s had in the past. 

This is a review by my 18 year old daughter. She is fantastic! <3