Blue Moon: The Immortals |  | Author: Alyson Noel
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
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Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 304
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ISBN: 0312532768
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Publication Date: July 7, 2009
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Alyson’s Noël’s bestselling Immortals series has been hailed as “addictive” “beautiful” “haunting” and “mesmerizing.” In the second installment, Ever can bring her family back from the dead—but only if she’s willing to sacrifice the guy she loves more than life itself. Just as Ever is learning everything she can about her new abilities as an immortal, initiated into the dark, seductive world by her beloved Damen, something terrible is happening to him. As Ever’s powers are increasing, Damen’s are fading—stricken by a mysterious illness that threatens his memory, his identity, his life.
Desperate to save him, Ever travels to the mystical dimension of Summerland, uncovering not only the secrets of Damen’s past—the brutal, tortured history he hoped to keep hidden—but also an ancient text revealing the workings of time. With the approaching blue moon heralding her only window for travel, Ever is forced to decide between turning back the clock and saving her family from the accident that claimed them—or staying in the present and saving Damen, who grows weaker each day... Alyson Noël is the author of Evermore and several other novels. She lives in Laguna Beach, California. Just as Ever is learning everything she can about her new abilities as an immortal, initiated into the dark, seductive world by her beloved Damen, something terrible is happening to him. As Ever’s powers are increasing, Damen’s begin to fade after he is stricken by a mysterious illness that threatens his memory, his identity, and his life.
Desperate to save him, Ever travels to the mystical dimension of Summerland, uncovering not only the secrets of Damen’s past—the brutal, tortured history he hoped to keep hidden—but also an ancient text revealing the workings of time. With the approaching blue moon heralding her only window for travel, Ever is forced to decide between turning back the clock and saving her family from the accident that claimed them—or staying in the present and saving Damen, who grows weaker each day. “Alyson Noel surpassed all my expectations. Not only is Blue Moon an amazing sequel; it sets the bar for the rest of this series very, very high! When I reached the last page of this one, all I could say was ‘wow!’”—Teens Read Too
“It is the mark of a daring writer to defy expectations and Alyson Noel does that to the power of ten in Blue Moon. I guarantee you will have no idea what’s coming in the second book of the series while Alyson Noel surprises you with a big, fat twist and leaves you wanting more, more, more.”—The Book Chick
“Blue Moon was incredible. If you thought Evermore was full of suspense and unknowns, just wait until you read Blue Moon. Noel surpassed all expectations . . . The plot was insane, and I mean that in a good way. Noel took this novel in a direction I was never expecting, resulting in an emotional roller coaster ride that I never wanted to end. It was so cleverly pieced, so intricately meshed, I never saw it coming. Fabulous.”—The Story Siren “Alyson Noël has many talents to share as a writer, and she proves it again and again with her amazing Immortals series. She writes with an intensity and a passion, her words weaving perfectly together to create an overwhelming experience for the senses and the heart.” –Teen Reads “The YA paranormal genre has a flawless diamond among the gems with Blue Moon. I was moved to tears by a couple of scenes, especially near the end. Ms. Noel doesn’t back away from emotion, instead she has the ability to reach into your chest and twist your heart.” --Night Owl Romance “One of the best books I've read this year . . . With immortal lovers, trustworthy friends, betraying fortune tellers, and freaky identical twins, what more could you ask for? Blue Moon has me begging for Shadowland! I can't wait for the next in the series.”—The YA Book Blogger
"The Immortals Series is so unique; it’s like a breath of fresh air . . . Noel knows how to pull you into her world with beautiful imagery and mesmerizing words. Blue Moon is a page turner that will keep you reading until the last page. Just when you think you have the plot figured out, Alyson throws in another twist making it impossible to put this book down.”—Fantastic Book Review (5 out of 5 stars)
“This heart-pounding sequel to Evermore is a must read!”—Mind Of A Bibliophile
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 Don't bother, seriously. March 3, 2010
Tracie Cooper
Blue Moon sucks.
SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS
I can't think of one thing good to say about this book. I didn't mind Damen's absence throughout the book because Damen is as big of a jerk as he was in Evermore. Ever is entirely unready for sex, and while Damen tells her he respects that, he still tries to have sex with her every time they make out, and still expects her to give him everything while he gives her nothing -- at least nothing substantial, just material luxuries and those damn red tulips. He never actually talks with her, laughs with her, tells her anything. It's just I love you, here's a tulip, lets have sex, you don't want to, that's ok, I love you, here's a tulip, rinse, wipe, repeat. So, there's not much of a difference when Damen's mind is manipulated by a "rogue immortal" to behave badly to Ever. In fact, one of Ever's friends even tells her it's not that different than the last time Damen ignored her for weeks on end and hooked up with the school
bitch, but Ever knows differently -- last time, see, poor, poor Damen was just trying to gauge how much ever really cared about her by treating her like dirt, while this time he's treating her like dirt for the sake of it.
Anyway, the Rogue Immortal gives the whole school a psychic mind-whammy that causes them all to hate Ever. They "torture" her (Ever's words) and call her the cruelest of all things -- SPAZ. "Get away from me, Spaz", "Uh-oh, here comes the spaz," "God, what a spaz!" You see, Ever becomes a YouTube sensation when the school bitch catches her knocking down a sales rack at Victoria Secret and records it on her phone. Now, tell me: if a 16-year-old girl were caught rifling through sexy lingerie at Victoria Secret, would they call her SPAZ, or would they call her something else that begins with an S? Ever didn't know how good she had it. Anyway, it's so hurtful that Ever stops going to school and dedicates her life to finding a cure for Damen in the Summerland.
Except she really doesn't dedicate much time to finding a cure. First, she finds out about his not-really-very-sordid past that involved him falling in love with Drina. Ever is driven to tears by this and asks the "akashic records" (basically God's personal ledgers) to "skip to the end". They do, and show her Damen's death. But she wasted her chance and is kicked out, then gets another chance but doesn't ask for the cure or how to find it, and somehow ends up with a chance to go back in time and keep her parent's alive.
A few hundred pages go by; she mopes a lot and they still call her SPAZ. She also continues searching for the formula to make Damen's immortal elixir, which she refers to as "red juice" or "Damen's special energy drink" in some sort of pathetic attempt to keep the psychic whose traveled with her to this supernatural place to help Ever find a supernatural cure to a supernatural disease in the dark about this one particular thing.
Finally, just when she has all her ducks in a row and is in the position to cure Damen, she decides to trust the book's villain, who made Damen sick in the first place, over the two guardian spirits' advice despite their constant help, basically because one of the spirits doesn't seem to like Ever all that much. Who can blame her? Anyway, of course she's double crossed and now she and Damen can't touch or Damen will die. Remember how in the first Harry Potter book, Voldemort can't touch Harry without going up in flames? It's like that.
SUCKS. I won't let myself get sucked into the third.
hmmmm.... February 14, 2010
Brenda (Phoenix, AZ)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really didn't enjoy this series all that much. I got this for my teen daughter and I to read and both of us felt like the author kind of made things up as she went. I sent this book back, it was that hard for me to want to finish. Not very good character development or flowing story line use.
So disappointed... January 29, 2010
Faith (Ohio, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
***Some spoilers***
The first book, Evermore, was tolerable. Even though there were numerous similarities between it and Twilight, there were still enough differences to make it a more unique twist on the same theme. But after finishing Blue Moon, I'm very disappointed and frankly wishing I hadn't wasted my money.
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(1) Damen didn't realize he was being poisened and quickly losing his powers, even though the warning signs were there? Really? He's been around for 600 years and couldn't figure that out on his own? That, along with his very quick decline seemed very out of character to me. I few moments of lucidity every now and then would have been nice, and would have given Ever more of a motive to try to help him.
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(2) Ever and Damen have been trying to be together for 400 years. They are soul-mates and madly, deeply in love. But Ever just leaves him there to die so she can go back in time to her family? How could you do that to the person you love? By this time I was already so disappointed in Ever that I almost put the book down, but I wanted to see if she would redeem herself. She didn't.
***spoilers***
(3) Even after all of the warning signs, her gut feeling, and knowing that Roman was a manipulator...even after all of that she still trusts him enough to feed the love of her life an unknown substance, that just happens to be the one thing that will keep them apart forever? Even when the creepy twin is providing care for Damen and proving that she can be trusted? Really, I thought Ever had much better judgement than that.
I seriously doubt I will read part 3 in this series. I just don't see how it can get better from here. Damen deserves someone that will love him, and I think Ever has proven with her actions that she is not that person.
 Strong second showing for the Immortals series January 26, 2010
Erin K. Simons (Central Indiana)
Blue Moon continues Alyson Noel's Immortals series shortly after Evermore left off -- with new Immortal, Ever, learning about her new gifts and her new eternal life under the guidance of her soul mate, Damen. She's enjoying finally being with Damen after 400 years and multiple star-crossed lifetimes, and is ready to finally take their relationship to the next level. (Yes, that level.)
Unfortunately for Ever (and perhaps fortunately for parents of younger fans of the series), the young couple has even more hurdles standing in the way of their togetherness. A strange new guy arrives at school and quickly draws the entire student body under his magnetic spell, but his attentions are set on Ever. At the same time, Damen begins to unexplicably weaken, losing his powers, his memories and even his basic personality in the process. To heal him and restore her life back to normal, Ever begins to explore her own special abilities. With the help of old friends and new, she must travel back to the Summerlands-- and maybe even turn back time.
I enjoyed this second novel in the Immortals series. Ever is sometimes frustrating, and makes a lot of impatient-teen-girl choices, but her actions are always in line with her character and personality. Damen was a little flat and underused in this story, and readers that loved the passionate, romantic tension of the couple in the first installment may miss that element in Blue Moon. But as a trade off, readers learn much more about Noel's world, including the mysteries of the Summerlands and its residents, Damen's past and the origins of the Immortals.
I think Blue Moon builds the Immortals story well, and doesn't suffer from much "sophomore series slump." However, I have to say, I wasn't wild about the big twist at the end. I'll be interested to get my hands on The Shadowlands so I can see how Ever and Damen overcome their newest hurdle.
Frustration... January 17, 2010
booklover (Iowa)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I agree with most of the one starred reviews. I honestly can't find anything positive to say. I was continually frustrated throughout the book and can't decide if I want to read the next book or cut my losses with this disappointing sequel. I didn't mind the first book, the love story filled some of my Twilight romance withdrawal, but I just can't get on board with the story line and future of the series after a premise that could have been improved from its slightly unoriginal start.
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