The Immortals

The Immortals by Alyson Noel


This was another one of those series that I just stumbled into and fell in love with. In a previous blog I mentioned it also added to a Daemon complex I am currently going through...

This book is based around the lives of Damen Auguste and a girl named Ever. Damen is an immortal that is, and even though he never reveals his true age... he is 600 years old, give or take a few years. His father dabbled in alchemy and when he got murdered along with his wife for the elixir that granted immortality... Damen picked up the research and succeeded.

Ever, is a physic girl that walks around in bulky hoodies and an iPod blaring to block out auras and other peoples' thoughts. She acquired these powers from a freak car accident that killed her family. Anddddd she occasionally talks to her dead sister, Riley... Whenever she is around Damen, however, all of that goes away. She doesn't hear random thoughts, she is finally "normal" again.

You follow these two to the Summerland, which allows you to manifest anything you want (which you can also do on the Earth plane...just takes more concentration) and also happens to be what you pass through when you die to get to the other side. You go through their adventure of Damen turning Ever into an immortal, the red tulips (red the book for the meaning on that one! :)), their run-in with an evil Immortal, Roman..Their friendships with Miles and Haven...Roman turning Damen and the whole school into puppets..Ever trying to find a cure...Finding the cure and Roman tricking her into putting her blood into the antidote, insuring that Ever and Damen can never touch without it killing Damen... Ever's down ward spiral, Their visits to the gazebo in the middle of a red tulip field ;), Their quest to the Dark Summerland..Ava, Romy, Rainy, Jude...Ever's personal journey to find a cure for Damen and finding a fruit that frees Immortals...

-inhales- It's such a long, long journey with these two and you find yourself attached with every page turn! I am sorry again for such short synopsis' but, I really don't want to ruin the details... You are going to have to read this one for yourself and I am sure that you won't be let down! I know that I enjoyed my brief glimpse into the world of immortals and exciting lands and being able to manifest whatever you wanted.... Real life should be a little bit more like this! :)


Happy Reading!
-Z