The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. SchwabMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Overall, I would give this one a three. It was engaging enough that I continued to read to the end. The premise was new enough to keep me wondering how it would all play out, but it was slow, too slow. On the other hand, the ending was better than I expected and almost made me change it to a four. I don't know if there will be a second book, but I'm intrigued enough by the ending of this one, to read it if so.
Addie LaRue has lived three hundred years as a result of a deal she made with one of the Gods who answer after dark. At the time, she felt as if she had no other option, a victim of her time and circumstance. She only wanted to be free, to live, but a woman in the early 1700's couldn't possibly survive without a husband, or so she'd been told repeatedly. In exchange for her freedom, she loses her identity. Everyone she knew, and everyone she'll meet will forget her as soon as she's out of sight. For three hundred years she lives as a ghost, cherishing the small moments of friendship that never last beyond a closed door. Then one day, one person, Henry, remembers.
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