The Invisible Life Of Addie LaRue.

 

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A Life No One Will Remember. A Story You Will Never Forget. 

 
France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. 

Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world. 

But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name. 

 

 

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 Magnificent. 

How did I not read this book earlier? I did not want to stop, and I did not want this book to end. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is a story that will hook you from the beginning, hooking you more as the story progresses. It's not a story that you will be able to forget. When I finished The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, I recommended it to friends who love to read. This book is a mix of historical fiction, romance, and fantasy, three of my favorite genres to read. I finished a book a while back and still find myself thinking about the characters' stories. I know I will be returning to The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue in the future. There isn't a single character in the book that you will find yourself connected to, even Luc. I felt as if I knew every one of them the same way that Addie did. 

I had mixed feeling about Addie from the start. There were times that I liked her, but there were other times she annoyed me, mainly when she acted like a child. Her character development was remarkable; she had gone quite change, but then invisible for 300 years, who wouldn't? When Addie told Luc that he could have her soul when she didn't want it, I knew there was trouble coming for her. I can't imagine having to go through life where nobody remembered you. When Henry remembered her, I wondered if it was a trick, a reason that Henry remembered her when nobody else could. At the same time, I asked if there would be a price to pay at the end. I wondered if the only reason they fell for each other was that he remembered her when nobody else could. I was hesitant that Henry's feeling for her was real. It didn't take me long to see that they were. However, I don't think Henry and Addie's attraction was love. 

Luc is another character that you hate and love. However, you want to hate him because of how he cursed Addie. I did at first. At first, I knew that he wanted her soul; that is why he kept on reappearing. As time passed, I realized that Luc didn't want her soul anymore; he wanted her. I felt as Addie knew that but refused to acknowledge it because she wanted to hate him. Addie might have denied it, but there was something between her and Luc. I felt that there was more connection between Luc and Addie than between Addie and Henry. I liked Henry, yet I found myself rooting for Addie to end up with Luc. 

One of my favorites was the story structure, the timeline. I loved how it kept going from past to present. I loved seeing how her relationship developed with Luc over the years. Emotions were so vivid in this book that I felt everything that Addie was feeling. So many mixed feelings went through me while I read The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. I can now see why people were raving about this book. I'm so glad that I finally got a chance to read it. The Invisible Life Of Addie Laue is the first book that I have read by V.E Schwab, and I'm excited for a chance to check the rest of her works. One of the best books that I have read this year.