Ever, by Gail Carson Levine

[keilexandra]

Ever
by Gail Carson Levine
244 pages (hardcover)
Genre: Fiction/YA/Fantasy

From the cover blurb, I had great hope for Levine's newest release. Despite their younger core audience, I loved Ella Enchanted and The Two Princesses of Bamarre. And the premise of Ever excited me so much: Kezi is a talented weaver and dancer raised in Hyte, a country

Comments

[meganbmoore]

I saw this book on the "New Releases" shelf when it first came out and that's how I first heard of Levine, despite having seen the Ella Enchanted movie several times. I ended up reading most of her other books first (I have insane love for Ella Enchanted, Two Princesses of Bamarre and The Fairy's Return, and like Fairest, though not as much) and not being able to finish it. Granted, part of that was the dual first person present tense narratives. I...have an irrational hatred of first person present tense. But beyond that, something just didn't click for me like in the other books.

[keilexandra]

I am extremely flexible on narrative POV--present tense, first-person plural, even second person is fine--and it also didn't click for me. So I don't think the POV is the only/main issue.