Book Review #8

Two reviews in one week?!

Today it shall be:

Evermore by Alyson Noel

As always, it will be subjected to the rigorous 5 Steps of Doom: Summary, What I Liked, What I Didn't Like, The Overall Mood Said Book Left Me In, and The Overall Rating. The Overall Rating will be based on the highly selective Sara's Scale of Suck or Soar, as follows, lowest to highest:

Level 1: This is How Not to Write a Book
Level 2: What Editor Read this and said "Hmm, Let's Publish it"?
Level 3: My Faith in Writers is Wavering Precariously
Level 4: This Doesn't Suck
Level 5: I'd Read the Sequel
And the coveted Level 6: Fan-FREAKING-tastic. Buy at All Costs.

Summary: Read the back cover of Twilight. Only for "vampire" substitute "immortal" and for "hungers for my blood" substitute "wants me for unknown reasons."

What I Liked: In sharp contrast to Book Review #7, this MC, Ever, was developed very well. My heart broke for this girl from the get-go, and I immediately rooted for her. Also, she tended to have a spine -- when love interest, Damen, called insanely late wanting to "come over" (this was before he was the love interest) she basically told him to piss off. Not to mention her name was Ever, which is just cool.

What I Didn't Like: I'm already planning a blog-post-rant on this, so I shan't go into too much detail. But basically, this book was Twilight with more likable characters. The outcast girl falls for the mysteriously drop-dead-gorgeous classmate who proceeds to stalk her/control her all for "her own good."

Her writing style overall was good, but in terms of climatic endings, I wanted more. I had to go back and read the finale twice just to be sure she meant it to be the finale. It was so -- quick.

The Overall Mood Said Book Left Me In: Disappointed. I'd heard really great things about this book, but it did not deliver. The only thing that made it good was Ever as a character; she is very likable, very sympathetic, and, unlike Bella, has a personality.

The Overall Rating: Level 3: My Faith in Writers is Wavering Precariously. This shouldn't come as a surprise. The writing was good, the characters were good, but the overall concept was just tired. Tired, tired, tired. There are certain story threads that should be retired for a few years: vampires, werewolves, fairies, mysteriously handsome boys who turn out to some kind of mystical creature. Just say no, people. Just say no.


This is post #92. 8 more and the Sara's 100th Post festivities begin!