Monday 27 June 2011

Everlasting Review


Title: Everlasting (The Immortals #6)
Author: Alyson Noel
Publication Date: June 7, 2011
Published By: St.Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages

*This book was purchased by me.

Summary
Their epic love story has captured the hearts of millions and enchanted readers across the world. In this beautiful finale, their journey draws to a spectacular conclusion—where all will be revealed. 
Their darkest enemies now defeated, Damen and Ever are free to embark upon their final quest—to free Damen from the poison lingering in his body. If they can just find the antidote, they’ll finally be able to feel each other’s touch—and experience the passionate night they’ve been longing for. But their fight to be together will lead them into the most formidable terrain yet…into the dark heart of Summerland. 
Here in a land of scorched earth and endless rain, Ever and Damen will discover their relationship’s hidden origins, expose a secret history they never imagined…and come face to face with the true reason fate keeps tearing them apart. Only then, when the final mystery is unraveled and the last secret revealed, Ever and Damen’s future will hinge on one ultimate decision that will put everything at stake….even eternity.

My Thoughts
Obviously I read this book because I read the other five, and just like the last three I wasn't overly impressed. Evermore and Blue Moon were both really good books and I found the series got a little boring after that. It seemed the same ideas were played out in a slightly different manner. This was no exception.
First Damen and Ever have never irritated me as greatly as they did in this book. Damen has always been stubborn and quick to blame himself for all their problems but it was kind of endearing, not true in Everlasting, he was stubborn to the point of blatant stupidity. So why, when he's given a chance at redemption does it take him so damn long to utilize it. The whole book he refuses see things in a different light and it drives me absolutely nuts. HELLO Damen, get with the program, You. Are. Wrong!
Ever just talks too much, you're waiting for details about the current situation to unfold, for her to shed some light on what's going on, and she rambles. Saying the same things over and over until you're about to shut the book and give up...Then and only then does she say something worth reading. Overall I think Damen and Ever strayed out of character so the story could be told a certain way, rather than it being their story it seemed forced.
In my opinion this series would have served better to be done in three, maybe four books, if you just couldn't compress the ideas and storyline, but I'm pretty confidant that you could. The series would have stayed exciting, upbeat and earned a much better review.
The book gets three stars because it's closure and I liked the very end of it. 3 out of 5.
P.S. Despite my not really enjoying this last installment I'll still miss Ever and Damen.


5 comments:

  1. Oh, no. I picked up NIGHT STAR this week after taking a looooong break from this series, for much of the same reasons you cite for feeling disappointed with this book. I'm a little over halfway done and I'm struggling with it but keep going because I convinced myself EVERLASTING would be great! (I really really liked EVERMORE and it went downhill for me after that.) Now, it looks like I'll be saying, "What the fug, Ever?" instead. Sigh. (JEN)

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  2. If you haven't been particularly impressed with the last four books- then I don;t think I'll bother with them! LOL

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  3. I have no desire to read this series. I appreciate your honesty and I can relate to those feeling of frustration while reading. I think we all can.

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  4. I'm with Ash.. I highly doubt I will give this series any time lol. Great review, thought! The 'bad' ones are always hard to post <3

    The Violet Hour

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  5. Could you please write reviews for the other ones? i think evermore was the highlight of the series. I'd like to hear your opinion on the other books.

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