I'm pleased today to be interviewing Alyson Noël, another debut YA author, about EVERMORE, the first in her IMMORTALS series from St. Martin's.

Sixteen-year-old Ever used to have two parents, a little sister, a dog, and a nice house in Oregon.  She used to be a varsity cheerleader and go to school dances.  But that was before the horrible accident that claimed the lives of her family.

Now Ever blares the Sex Pistols through her headphones and hides under her hoodie in class.  She doesn’t need to listen to hear, or see to know.  All she needs is to touch someone to know their entire life story, not to mention always seeing their auras and hearing their thoughts.  She’s been branded a freak at her new high school in Laguna Beach as she goes out of her way to avoid human contact, but everything changes when she meets Damen Auguste.

From the moment Ever first looks at Damen, she feels an instant recognition.  He is gorgeous, exotic and wealthy, and he holds many secrets.  Damen is able to make things appear and disappear, he always seems to know what she’s thinking—and he’s the only one who can silence the noise and the random energy in her head.  She doesn’t know who he really is—or what he is.  Damen is equal parts light and darkness, and he belongs to an enchanted new world where no one ever dies, and nothing is as it seems…

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Alyson Noël is an Orange County native and now lives with her husband in Laguna Beach, CA.  She is also the author of Saving Zoë, Cruel Summer, Kiss & Blog, Faking 19, Art Geeks and Prom Queens, Laguna Cove, and the adult novel Fly Me to the Moon. 

Interview

How many fingers would you use to count the books you've read more than
three times?  What books do you turn to time and again and why?
More than two hands worth of fingers for sure! And some of those titles include: BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S, CATCHER IN THE RYE, FRANNY AND ZOOEY, REBECCA, LOVELY BONES, WUTHERING HEIGHTS, JANE EYRE, the list goes on!  I guess it’s because they immerse me in a world, or provide me with a feeling, I’m reluctant to give up completely!

Have you ever fallen in love with a character (yours or someone else's)?
How did that work out for you?