Evermore (review)
2009; Johns Hopkins University Press; Volume: 62; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/bcc.0.0767
ISSN1558-6766
Autores Tópico(s)Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
ResumoReviewed by: Evermore Karen Coats Noël, Alyson. Evermore. St. Martin’s Griffin, 2009 [320p].Paper ed. ISBN 978-0-312-53275-8 $8.95 Reviewed from galleys R Gr. 7–10 Grieving the loss of her family in a car accident that she feels was her fault, Ever turns from popular A-lister to slouching, hoodie-wearing outcast in her new school. She has also acquired psychic powers, and she spends most of her afternoons communing with her dead little sister. Her two living friends, gay Miles and goth Haven, don’t ask too many questions about her when she summarily joins their lunch table, but things start to go a little haywire when Damen appears. Haven calls dibs, and Ever declares her lack of interest, but Damen seems determined to get and keep Ever’s attention. Ever knows that Damen is different, but she doesn’t realize that he is immortal, and that his old girlfriend, as in really old girlfriend, objects to their relationship to the point of endangering Ever and her friends. This has all the delicately wrought frustrations common to a satisfying paranormal romantic mystery; anything is possible because of the supernatural element, but things run a fairly classic course of initial resistance, inevitable surrender, passionate interlude, shock and horror, and a painful decision to remain human and alone or opt for bliss. Conveniently for the genre, everyone already has a vampire-suitable name—besides Haven, Ever, Miles, and Damen, there’s a Sabine, an Ava, and a Drina—but Noël largely plays her game without irony and even manages to arouse genuine empathy for Ever’s loss. It’s hard to imagine where the expected sequels will take the plot, but a smokin’ hot immortal boyfriend and the choice of whether or not to join him for an eternity of bliss is certainly the romance mode of the present moment Give this to those awaiting Stephenie Meyer’s retelling of her series through Edward’s point of view. Copyright © 2009 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
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