Nevermore

Nevermore by Kelly Creagh
★★★★★ 
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Genre: YA Fiction/Fantasy


I enjoyed this book, a lot. I found myself thinking about the story when I wasn't reading and really wanting to find out what happens next when I was. It's one of those "West Side Story" kind of books, only so much more. I thought it was going to fall into that, boy from one group likes a girl from another, kind of book but it really blew me away.

Isobel is a cheerleader, Varen is so obviously not. They get paired up for a project and nothing in their lives remains the same after that. They have amazing chemistry throughout the story and I am hooked on this series, and it's only the first book. Obstacles are constantly being thrown in their way and they do their best to come out on the other side.


Kelly Creagh does a great job. The beginning had me cringing a bit. Her use of words like "crew" and other slang terms bothered me, it was unsettling and almost annoying. I quickly got over it as I got lost in the pages. Varen is a deep character, well created and has exceptional depth. Isobel is well defined as well. Their relationship is one I can't wait to see develop into more throughout the series. Read this book. It isn't at all what you will expect, even with this review.


Another plus for me was the information about Poe. His works, his life, his disappearance and mysterious death. It was quite enjoyable and a plus to the well rounded story. I will say the end is quite crazy and may take some processing and rereading to comprehend. I'm still not certain I understood it completely, mainly parts in the other world.


Overall, I am definitely a Kelly Creagh fan after this one. If you liked Perfect Chemistry, Incarceron, and/or Beautiful Creatures this book is for you.

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It's a TBR Thursday

Funny story (also kind of gross), completely unrelated to my books to be read but I feel that I must share. Kids are gross. We all know this. We were all there.


One of the pre-K students at school had her hands in her mouth. I thought she was chewing on something, but when I asked her what she had in her mouth she told me "nothin', just trying to clean the dirt off my fingers." Yes. True story. She was using her mouth to clean the dirt off of her fingers. Now that you are completely grossed out, as I was, here are my TBR books.

TBR Thursday is a weekly post hosted by Book Love Blog
Post about all the books in all forms and from all sources that you received/bought/picked up to read in the last week. 

This week I have picked up two books; Nevermore by Kelly Creagh and Tempestuous (Wondrous Strange #3) by Lesley Livingston at the library. The reviews on both are through the roof and I can't wait to [hopefully] enjoy them for myself!

Tempestuous

"I don't love Sonny Flannery."

That's the lie Kelley Winslow told to protect the boy she loves from a power he doesn't know he possesses. Devastated, Sonny retreats—to a haven for Lost Fae that's hidden deep underneath New York City.

But Kelley's not about to let things end in heartbreak. To get Sonny back, she's got to find out who's after his magick—and how to use her own. She's got to uncover who's recruiting Janus Guards to murderously hunt innocent Faerie. She's got to help rebuild the shattered theater company she called family. And she's got to do it all without getting dangerously distracted by the Fennrys Wolf, whose legendary heart of stone seems to melt whenever he's around Kelley.

Nevermore

Cheerleader Isobel Lanley is horrified when she is paired with Varen Nethers for an English project, which is due—so unfair—on the day of the rival game. Cold and aloof, sardonic and sharp-tongued, Varen makes it clear he’d rather not have anything to do with her either. But when Isobel discovers strange writing in his journal, she can’t help but give this enigmatic boy with the piercing eyes another look. 

Soon, Isobel finds herself making excuses to be with Varen. Steadily pulled away from her friends and her possessive boyfriend, Isobel ventures deeper and deeper into the dream world Varen has created through the pages of his notebook, a realm where the terrifying stories of Edgar Allan Poe come to life. As her world begins to unravel around her, Isobel discovers that dreams, like words, hold more power than she ever imagined, and that the most frightening realities are those of the mind. Now she must find a way to reach Varen before he is consumed by the shadows of his own nightmares. 

His life depends on it.

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