So you know how I have a problem with spoilers? It’s not just with the Jennifer E. Smith book. It’s really with anything that has a twist. I don’t want to ever ruin any surprises for you.
So all I’m going to tell you about this book, Evernight by Claudia Gray, is that there are vampires. That’s all I was told, and I’m glad. If I knew anything else, I wouldn’t have enjoyed it nearly as much.
Well, I mean, that’s all I’ll tell you about the plot. Except that it’s a serious … well, I don’t want to get into the habit of using naughty words, lest I corrupt younger readers, but I just can’t think of anything to express this other than mindfuck. I mean, I could say there’s a twist, but that’s putting it really mildly. And this is more than your average twist.
Once, about a year ago, I was reading another book, not YA, and it had this heartbreaking scenario where a woman thought her lover had killed himself. She had broken up with him, never explained why, and I had been sobbing for about a hundred pages straight. Then I found out he faked his own death, and I threw the book across the room. This is the sort of thing I’m talking about, though I won’t reveal the title of said novel to you, in case you ever want to read it. (No guessing in comments, either!)
Actually, I really love when this happens, when an author is able to trick me so brilliantly. And Claudia Gray has done just that. You should have heard me last night, going on to my boyfriend, reading out passages in disbelief. (Yes, I ruined the book for him, but his reading list is so long I doubt he’d get to this one before he forgot what it was about in the first place.)
Back to Evernight, it’s Claudia Gray’s first YA novel, and it’s totally worth throwing across the room. You’ll buy it, get sucked in, and not put it down until you’ve finished. (Well, except for when you throw it. Because you will undoubtedly be tempted to do so.)
Buy Evernight