Quick synopsis- The main character, Ever Bloom, survived a car crash that tragically killed her parents, her sister, and their dog. This was evident today in my classroom when I discussed the novel the middle school students couldn’t get their hands on this book quickly enough. This is book one in the new series, The Immortals, and I think it will be keeping many young adult fantasy readers up until the wee hours of the morning. Move over Meyer, Noel is vying for the ever popular back seat of the school bus.

In the middle school literary world, the buzz is just beginning. With talk of a possible movie or television deal in the works and the fact that Noel’s publishers have her writing more books in the series as well as a spin-off series, all support my claim. In fact, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that this is the next big series especially since Meyer finished her series in 2008. Even though there are undeniable similarities, I think that Alyson Noel is on to something new.something untouched. You think that I’ll admit that this is yet another Stephanie Meyer or Charlaine Harris (author of Dead Until Dark ) copy cat, but I’m surprisingly not going to. hmm? Uncanny!) I know what you’re thinking.

(Noel’s second book is Blue Moon whereas Meyer’s is New Moon. Yes, there are similarities between some of the plot lines and even the sequels possess similar names. Yes, the cover art of Evermore is very similar to Meyer’s-exchanging Noel’s red tulips for Meyer’s symbolic apple and you essentially have yourself the same book jacket.

I was tired of reading mediocre vampire fiction, like the Vampire Diaries and the Blue Bloods series.the list goes on and on. This novel has been on my “to read” list for a while now and I must confess that I neglected it for a few months mostly because of the comparisons it made to Twilight by Stephanie Meyer.

Evermore books in order