Evernight by Claudia Gray

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.

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I would have loved to give this book more stars, but I'm a little mad at it. So this review will change probably once I read the other books. I'm mad though because through half the book you're thinking you know Bianca and that she's as clueless as you are and OMG! that's so not how this situation is going. There's dramatic irony and only the protagonist knows it, not even us as readers know! In hindsight, I'll come to respect Mrs. Gray for this ingeniously written development in the plot line. Seriously, it took my breathe away. There's a lot of room for this story to take off in a wide direction. I can't wait to get my hands on the rest of this series.

The characters were very well written. A couple fell flat but a lot were fleshed out very nicely. I especially enjoyed Balthazar and Vic. Two very different characters but they were awesome nonetheless. I was hoping Vic would be initiated into the circle of friends who "knew" what was going on. But it wasn't meant to be.

The cover of this book reminds me of the original covers for Fingerprints (also known as Echoes). Hoping they come out with a better cover because I'm not a big fan of this one.