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Evernight | 
 enlarge | Author: Claudia Gray
Publisher: HarperTeen
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  75 reviews
Sales Rank: 15782
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 5.6 x 1.3
ISBN: 0061284394
EAN: 9780061284397
ASIN: 0061284394
Publication Date: June 1, 2008
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Product Description
Bianca wants to escape. She's been uprooted from her small hometown and enrolled at Evernight Academy, an eerie Gothic boarding school where the students are somehow too perfect: smart, sleek, and almost predatory. Bianca knows she doesn't fit in. Then she meets Lucas. He's not the "Evernight type" either, and he likes it that way. Lucas ignores the rules, stands up to the snobs, and warns Bianca to be careful—even when it comes to caring about him. "I couldn't stand it if they took it out on you," he tells Bianca, "and eventually they would." But the connection between Bianca and Lucas can't be denied. Bianca will risk anything to be with Lucas, but dark secrets are fated to tear them apart . . . and to make Bianca question everything she's ever believed.
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 Fun and engaging November 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Evernight is a fun vampire/ coming of age story with an interesting and completely unexpected twist. It is also, as I discovered towards the end, a new, vampire rift on a truly classic tale.
Claudia Gray's novel does an excellent job of drawing in the reader, from page one it grabs your attention and it holds it throughout. Combining action, dramatic tension, the angst of teenagerhooh and vampires, she creates a truly intriguing tale. With the addition of several plot twists she keeps the reader intellectually involved. I don't want to give anything away but about halfway through the book I was sorely tempted to go back and reread the beginning.
My only complaint is that some of the details she uses may make the book anachronistic 20 or possibly even 10 years from now but they add fun reference points and a little humor when read in the context of today's society.
All in all this was a truly enjoyable read.
(I apologize that teenagerhood is not a real word)\
Thirsty for more! November 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What drew me in was the mysterious boarding school and the promise of romance, I wasn't disappointed. And the pretty cover didn't hurt either.
Evernight is a very good debut and I throughly enjoyed it. I felt that I could relate with Bianca, the feeling of not fitting in and all the rest of those pesky teenage feelings that come with growing up. When you first open up the book, you see Bianca trying to run away from Evernight Academy and going back home. And then BAM! You're introduced to a new (and very important) character. Though it involves vampires, which are usually a very dark topic, Claudia Gray has included humor as well as romance a hint of betrayal into it.
Though, there were some parts that people under 13 should not read. It gets a little hot... if you know what I'm saying. ;) And there's a bit of language and drinking too. But, it wasn't too bad.
Also, I was fortunate to meet Claudia Gray while she was on the Pitch Black book Tour with authors Ellen Schreiber (Vampire Kisses series) and Nancy A. Collins (VAMPS) and she is so nice. That was off topic- sorry!
Did I like Evernight enough to read the sequel? Heck yeah! I enjoyed reading it and I absolutely can't wait to read Stargazer when it comes out! I give the book an A-. The last page satifies you for only a little bit and then you thirsty, not for blood, but for the next book!
Fair vampire book, BAD ending October 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is definitely for mature teens (13-14 and up, depending on the child) because there is some language, sexuality, and some references to drinking.
The book revolves around a girl who is a born vampire who doesn't fit in with the "in crowd". During her first day of going to her new school she meets a guy who she likes and happens to like here back, thus a blossoming relationship begins.
The book is fairly mysterious up to the October Ball where all is revealed, including what the school is for and why she is going there.
All in all this is a great book two thirds of the way through until the end which falls WAY flat.
Pros:
Good vampire book.
Good mystery and believable romance.
Contemporary.
Cons:
Poor ending to the book (if there is no sequel).
The language that is in the book could be done without (I find it a lazy in terms of writing).
Poor explanation of charter backgrounds, could be better.
Love this book! October 19, 2008
I wasn't sure if I wanted to buy this book. Some reviews said it was very similar to twilight, and others said after finding out a big twist half way through the book they got angry because the twist changed everything. In a way they are right, the twist does change everything. Luckily, after reading all the reviews, I figured the twist out before buying it so I was prepared.
The book was so good! There is another big twist at the end of the book that is for shadowed through out the novel. This last twist/revelation about who Lucas really is and why he's at Everynight makes the book for me. It truly is Romeo and Juliet meets vampire and human love. In a way more so then Twilight, though don't get me wrong, I LOVE TWILIGHT, but this book's love story is just much more dangerous and different.
If you do start reading this book and you think you have everything figured out like i did, your in for a big surprise at the end. So stick with it! Can't wait for second book to come out this march!
 A simple, quick paced vampire tale October 14, 2008
Evernight, in my opinion won't really interest anyone past their teenage years. The writing is very simple and the novel itself very short. It is not particularly suspenseful and it is fairly predictable. The romance aspect of this book is very brief and not all that interesting, though it probably is the fault of the very bland characters. It just seems all very conventional. There are no great surprises and even when certain vampires are revealed, it just felt very awkward and more like an afterthought. There is nothing particularly interesting and though it clearly appears that there will be at least one sequel of sorts, the first book is at best a mediocre effort. That said, I'm sure plenty of young adult readers will actually like this book, though I'd be surprised if anyone is past their high school years.
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