| Title: Evernight |
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| Author: Claudia Gray | ||
| Genre: Paranormal | ||
| Publisher: HarperTeen | ||
| Elements: Vampires, Boarding school | ||
| Series: Book 1 of the Evernight series |
Seriously. I thought I knew what to expect from this book. Again, I was wrong. I didn't really understand what was going on the first time I read this book so I'm going to re-read it, and in the process, live blog my thoughts about whatever's happening at that particular point of time.When the story begins in Evernight, Bianca has just left the small town where she's spent her whole life. She's a new student at Evernight Academy, a creepily Gothic boarding school where her classmates are somehow too perfect: smart, sleek and almost predatory. Bianca knows she doesn't fit in.
Then she meets Lucas, another loner, who seems fiercely determined not to be the "Evernight type." There's a connection between Bianca and Lucas that can't be denied. She would risk anything to be with him—but dark secrets are fated to tear them apart... and to make Bianca question everything she's ever believed to be true.
Uncut. Unedited. Live Blogging a book is going to hopefully be a weekly Wednesday segment. How it works: I'll write down the title of the book, summary, edition (not really sure how to do this part, any suggestions?), the chapter (doing it parapgraph by paragraph or line by line would take too much time, giving too much detail and it'll be boring), my thoughts and finally my review. Hopefully I'll leave you wanting more. ;) For those who've read the book, maybe it'll make you re-read it! You can skip it if you want to, and head on over to the review, cuz the blogging's gonna take loooong.
And off we go! I hope you enjoy this. You know the drill! Any suggestions to improve this, good bad happy sad, leave a comment.
Prologue: What did she do? Is Lucas a vampire?
Chapter 1: Love interest: found. It seems a sure bet that every time an author goes into great detail about a character that's of opposite gender than the main character, that's gonna be the love interest. Amirite?
Chapter 2: Urgh, new girl in school syndrome. And her parents are teachers there. Kinda killing the social life.
Chapter 3: First love interest: Jerk. Second love interest: found. Huh, parents might be a gift rather than a hindrance to social life. Hehe, noobie. Scratch that. First love interest: Not jerk, has a reason for being a jerk(don't they always?).
Chapter 4-7: Very draggy. Spark of interest at the end.
Chapter 8: WHAT THE ____?! Okay, now everything's making sense, yet it's taking on a whole new meaning.
Chapter 9: Interesting.
Chapter
10: Oh shoot.
Chapter 11: Poor B.
Chapter 12 - 14: Progress.
Maybe too much.
Chapter 15: Wtf? The hits just keep on coming.
Chapter 16: Not sure it's the wisest decision. I have a bad feeling about this. Must continue reading.
Chapter 17 - 19: Awwww...! And I'm all for star crossed lovers, but I wonder how CG's gonna solve this conflict.
Okay, one thing I've learnt about live blogging is that it's pretty hard to blog about a book when you're engrossed in what's happening to it.
The first few chapters were pretty draggy, all about the life of the Bianca, new girl in school trying to adapt to a new environment, being an outcast and finding a love interest or two. However, when things start getting interesting, they really get interesting. Everything seems to change, and the book finally gains momentum.
Bianca isn't what she seems, and the thing is: she herself knew about it beforehand while we readers were kept in the dark! How frustrating is that?! Now I'll have to re-read everything! After that, things kind of settle into a pattern, a new one, but it starts getting draggy again.
Before you get comfortable though, think about this: if Bianca isn't what she seems, what about the rest of the characters? Proceed with a suspicious mind.
I like how Claudia Gray manages to give a double meaning to everything. It's not obvious in the way that innuendos go. It's more subtle. I didn't notice that the first few chapters had double meanings until I was halfway through the book and everything seems to kind of accelerate at that point.
I'm conflicted about this book. While the plot is interesting enough, I wished that some parts could have been deleted to quicken the pace. I like the plot and the way things unfolded, but the last few chapters kind of killed the mood for me. There are loose threads that have to be solved in the upcoming books, and I'm not sure if that's enough to hold my attention.
Recommended for:
Anyone who loves book set in magical boarding schools. I'm a sucker for those.
Good idea. I love to see what you are thinking as you read along.
ReplyDeleteI hear the second ones better. I really want to read this one though ^_^
ReplyDeleteThat was fun! I like the way you did live blogging. It almost makes me want to read the book more, just knowing that your opinion changed throughout. :)
ReplyDeleteThe next order I place to Amazon will be this book! I seriously have to read it!
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