Alyson Noël

Ever Bloom tinha uma vida perfeita: era uma garota popular, acabara de se tornar líder de torcida do principal time da escola e morava numa casa maravilhosa, com o pai, a mãe, uma irmãzinha e a cadela Buttercup. Nada no mundo parecia capaz de interferir em sua felicidade, o céu era o limite! Até que um desastre de automóvel transformou tudo em um pesadelo angustiante.

Ever perdeu toda a sua família. Mudou de cidade, de escola, de amigos, e agora, além de todas essas transformações, precisa aprender a conviver com uma realidade insuportável: após o acidente, ela adquiriu dons especiais. Ever enxerga a aura das outras pessoas, pode ouvir seus pensamentos e, com um simples toque, é capaz de conhecer a vida inteira de alguém. É doloroso. Ela foge do contato humano, esconde-se sob um capuz e não tira dos ouvidos os fones do i-pod, cujo som alto encobre o barulho das mentes a seu redor.

Até que surge Damen. Tudo parece cessar quando ele se aproxima. Só ele consegue calar as vozes que a perturbam tão intensamente. Ever não entende o porquê disso, mas é incapaz de resistir à paz que ele lhe proporciona, à sensação de, novamente, ser uma pessoa normal. Ela não faz ideia de quem ou o quê Damen realmente é. Sua única certeza é estar cada vez mais envolvida... e apaixonada.… (more)

Ever é agora uma imortal. Iniciada nesse mundo desconhecido e sedutor por seu eterno amado, Damen, está empenhada em conhecer e dominar suas novas habilidades, mas algo terrível começa a acontecer. Acometido por uma doença misteriosa que ameaça, inclusive, sua memória, Damen não percebe que seus poderes se estão esvaindo – enquanto Ever se sente cada vez mais forte. Desesperada para salvá-lo, ela viaja até a dimensão mística de Summerland, onde não apenas toma conhecimento da misteriosa história de Damen, brutal e torturante, mas também tem acesso aos segredos que regem o Tempo. Com a lua azul que se aproxima, anunciando uma oportunidade ��nica de se projetar para o passado ou para o futuro, Ever é forçada a decidir entre voltar no tempo e impedir o acidente que tirou a vida de toda a sua família ou ficar no presente e salvar Damen, que parece definhar a cada dia.… (more)

{My thoughts} – Have you ever watched a movie and then read the book it was based off? I did that with this particular book. I enjoyed the movie, however, it didn’t fully make a lot of sense in a lot of ways. At least not to me. However, I knew I could read the book to better understand the movie. In most cases I try to read the book first, but sometimes it doesn’t always work out in that way.

Echo is your average teen girl trying to survive day to day after the loss of her older sister. She doesn’t fully understand why she was murdered and what her life was like. That isn’t until Zoë’s boyfriend Marc gives her her sister’s diary to read. At that point everything starts to make much more sense to Echo. It takes her a better part of the book to read through the entire diary and once she complete’s it she has a better understanding of her sister and the lifestyle she’d been choosing to live.

This book had a lot of ups and downs within it’s pages. There was so much that had taken place in a fast span that you are kind of left wondering, did I just read that in a few places. This book is true to what can happen to anyone if they put their trust and faith into the wrong places and or people.

I think this is a book that should be required reading for many teenagers as it is fiction but based on realistic events. Events that many teenagers, although taking quite similar risks, don’t realize can be the outcome of those risks and or simply don’t care. Either way, I think it has a good lesson within it’s pages that can be used as a means of teaching teenagers what could happen should they find themselves in these kind of situations.

This is the first book I have read by this author and I really enjoyed it. I look forward to reading more of her books in the future!… (more)

{My thoughts} – Have you ever watched a movie and then read the book it was based off? I did that with this particular book. I enjoyed the movie, however, it didn’t fully make a lot of sense in a lot of ways. At least not to me. However, I knew I could read the book to better understand the movie. In most cases I try to read the book first, but sometimes it doesn’t always work out in that way.

Echo is your average teen girl trying to survive day to day after the loss of her older sister. She doesn’t fully understand why she was murdered and what her life was like. That isn’t until Zoë’s boyfriend Marc gives her her sister’s diary to read. At that point everything starts to make much more sense to Echo. It takes her a better part of the book to read through the entire diary and once she complete’s it she has a better understanding of her sister and the lifestyle she’d been choosing to live.

This book had a lot of ups and downs within it’s pages. There was so much that had taken place in a fast span that you are kind of left wondering, did I just read that in a few places. This book is true to what can happen to anyone if they put their trust and faith into the wrong places and or people.

I think this is a book that should be required reading for many teenagers as it is fiction but based on realistic events. Events that many teenagers, although taking quite similar risks, don’t realize can be the outcome of those risks and or simply don’t care. Either way, I think it has a good lesson within it’s pages that can be used as a means of teaching teenagers what could happen should they find themselves in these kind of situations.

This is the first book I have read by this author and I really enjoyed it. I look forward to reading more of her books in the future!… (more)