Evernight (Evernight #1)

Reader reviewed by bookmac

Okay, So Evernight was just another typical vampire story...that was totally awesome! I know I said before that I was getting a little tired of the Vamp stories but this one was totally original and I loved it. Evernight took a completely different twist on what it's really like to be a teen vamp, and readers will be thrilled by the hot romance and intriguing plot.

So Bianca, our sweet main character, is a "miracle baby" a baby, born from two vampires -in other terms, Impossible. But as she grows (drinking blood with her regular food) she knows that she is destined to be a vampire (as she is not fully one yet), and she will become one once she makes her first kill.

Bianca is willing to accept that lifestyle, it is what she has always known must transpire, but her thoughts began to change when she meets rebellious Lucas, one of the many new mortals that attend her elite vampire boarding school. So of course Bianca and Lucas fall for each other, - and have some steamy make-out scenes - but then Lucas learns what Bianca really is, as does Bianca about Lucas.

Now the two lovers are at a dangerous point in there relationship, a modern Romeo and Juliet, how can Bianca love someone who could never love her kind, and how could Lucas love the one person he is taught to despise...pretty interesting, especially when the Evernight adults get involved.

So the two lovebirds do something no one saw coming, something only a couple of love high teenagers would do, something reader will L.O.V.E! But I can't tell you what happens because it'll ruin the book, all I can tell you is that this book is very well written, the plot is excellent, and the characters are to die for (ha!). So check it out!

Reader reviewed by christie

this is another good book.its about a vampire girl named biance.binaces parents are teachers at vampire sanctuary school evernight.bianca sneaks out of the schhol the morning when classes begin to escape then she runs into a guy named lucas who stops her.time goes on lucas and biance fall in love,then lucas is shown as a black cross hunter a vampire hunter and biance is a half vampire she has to feed on a human to become a full one then biance and lucas are torn apart.but theyre love is too powerful to be ripped apart by mere powerful ancient vampire.

Reader reviewed by Elisa

I
absolutely loved Evernight in every way you can imagine! I could not
put it down EVER. The character development was amazing. I think that I
love Lucas even more than Edward Cullen... if that's even possible. One
thing that I'm not sure if I like or not is that the main character,
Bianca, has a crucial part of her that is kept from the reader until
the middle of the book. When the reader discovers what this is, it's
almost hard to understand because it was so unexpected. But then the
author expertly pulls you into the new view you now have on Bianca, the
school, and the other characters and you begin to understand everything
in a different way. The plot was extraordinary, the writing was
fantastic, and I can't wait to get my hands on the second book,
Stargazer, and see where Claudia Gray takes this unbelievable story.

Bianca wants to escape. Doesn't this seem like a great and mysterious line? Well, that's what made me buy the book (which was an awesome idea) Evernight is the first book in the Evernight series, which is a vampire series by Claudia Gray.

In the first chapters, you have NO idea that Evernight is a school for vampires, since there is not one mention or any signs that there are vampires. Now, I thought either I had misread the summary on Goodreads or that it was just going to put up sometimes. It was the latter, obviously.


I felt like the plot was just magnificent! I loved the idea of vampires at a school (of course,since I already love the the Vampire Academy series). And when we knew that Lucas was a *spoiler* Vampire Hunter *okay, the little spoiler is done!* I was kind of glad, since it added so much more spike to the book and made me interested even more in the rest of the series.


The characters weren't that much developed and mature, but, of course, it is only the first book in the series, but I expect them to mature and develop more and more in each books. I really thought Lucas was cute, especially in the beginning when he thought Bianca was being chased, and he chased her and pushed her (or took cover as he said) to the ground. I laughed at that part, and that made me like the book even more since the beginning was fun.


The writing was easy to read and fun, as well as fast-paced; you couldn't get bored with the book, it was pretty good overall!


The cover is sooooo pretty, and it fits perfectly on my pretty shelf! I can't wait to get the other books of the series to had them to my shelf :D


Awesome book; can't wait to read Stargazer (sequel to Evernight)!!!!

Reader reviewed by Brenda

Shy Bianca has to leave her happy and normal suburban life when her parents accept teaching jobs at Evernight Academy, their alma mater. Bianca feels like an outcast among the rich, smart and jet set students at Evernight. Sparks fly when she meets Jared, who also doesnt seem to fit in. But no one is who he or she seems to be in this striking gothic novel.

This is an intriguing and well-written novel with a number of surprising twists and turns. Biancas character is particularly well characterized and your sympathies are with her at every turn. Jarad is mysterious and appealing at the same time not always an easy thing to do.

I really enjoyed this, the authors first novel Ill be watching for a sequel.

Reader reviewed by fayeflame

synopsis

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.

i really liked this book it was
so ummmm...it had an elegance to it(if that make any sense)I loved the
characters, cross star lovers, and the vampires. the story of
beautifully written. Favorite character is Lucas. It did leave me on a
Big cliff hanger, whats gonna happen to Bianca and Lucas?........

Reader reviewed by kim

Evernight Academy is an exclusive private school with gothic architecture and unexplainable sense of foreboding. Sixteen year old Bianca wants to run away when her parents take teaching positions and move there. She meets the mysterious Lucas in the forest whom she falls for with extreme intensity. Bianca is a small town girl, who is inexperienced and naive and has a hard time fitting in at Evernight. She finds allies among other outcasts, but especially so in Lucas, an angry and overprotective boy who makes one wonder what secrets of his own he is keeping.
 I enjoyed Evernight and immediately read the sequel Stargazer after finishing the first book. However, it really seemed odd to me that the author waited until the middle of the book to drop a major bombshell regarding vampires. I think it's strange to have a narrator keep something like that from the reader and then all of a sudden constantly refer to it as if you had that understanding between you from page one. It should've been revealed from the beginning in my opinion. My only other gripe was the intensity of how Bianca fell so instantaneously for Lucas. She merely looked at him and was madly in love. That seemed a little cheesy to me but I understand being a teenager and meeting your first real "love". I just wish it had been explained better. In my opinion, Balthazar was a way  more appealing suitor with a more multifaceted character, and I kept hoping things would turn in his favor. Other than that, I did enjoy Evernight. There are also a lot of unanswered questions about Evernight Academy itself, and it's unusual mix of students that I am extremely eager to come to the bottom of as well. Bianca's relationship with her family is another strong pull of the novel and should be interesting to see how the characters grow and evolve.

Reader reviewed by Pheonix

Bianca's parents have sent her, for her own good, to Evernight Academy
- an elite New England boarding school. Her parents think
Bianca is too shy, too withdrawn, and they hope the competitive and
glamorous world of Evernight will shake things up and force Bianca out
of her cocoon. She finds allies with the other mifits, the students who
don't  fit the Evernight "type", especially a handsome, angry
young man named Lucas.

I find most books on Vampires quite the same, with the same plot about a nice normal girl falling for a dangerous handsome vampire. This book is refreshingly different with a twist. I loved this book, the characters were well developed. And I always love a tortured love triangle. Bianca's close relationship with her parents is one of the strongest
parts of the novel and I look forward to seeing how they grow and
change as a family. The one problem is the author saved a big revelation halfway through the book which should have been discovered in the beginning.

This book is a fantastic read and many questions shall be raised. Lucas' strange behavior - why is he so aggressive and overprotective? What is wrong with Evernight?

Reader reviewed by Sarima89

"I knew he would protect me no matter what ..." 

Bianca

Reader reviewed by Sara

From inside cover:
"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 somewhat 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."

Evernight wasn't really what I expected. I felt like the author was trying to be clever and tricky, but she didn't really succeed. And the parts that I didn't figure out were disappointing... I felt misled.
However, the world of Evernight was interesting. It was a new take on vampires that wasn't really my favorite but I could see others liking it.

Scores out of 10:

Originality: 8
Romance: 6
Obsession-worthy: 5