Blog post #4: Reading Response

     I'm currently reading the book Evermore by Alyson noel. In the book Ever, the main character, has psychic powers but she's still not use to them that's why she hides underneath a hoodie and listens to loud music that she doesn't even like until she meets Damen. Damen is a new kid that everyone is obsessed with and he's one of the only people that can make Ever feel normal again but she can't figure out what it is. Ever since Damen came in to Ever's life Ever has been getting sweaty palms, and she has even tried to dress like she used to before the accident. This really surprises Ever because ever since the day she lost her family Ever hasn't felt normal and no one has been able to make her feel like her old self anymore because nothing's the same.
 
    When Ever's teacher introduces the class to Damen, Ever refuses to look at him because Ever could hear everyone else thought and according to the whole class Damen looked like an amazing person. Later on one of Ever's friends',Miles, forces Ever to look at him and Ever freaks out. "And what I see leaves me unable to speak, blink, or move", Ever has never been paranoid over a guy since she had to move California with her aunt. This shows that Ever might actually like Damen and that he can make her feel like her a normal teenager with a normal crush again.Even though Ever realizes that she has a crush on Damen she refuses to admit it because there's nothing normal about Damen he's always doing these "magic tricks" like making red tulips appear and the fact that he has no aurora is even weirder because everyone has an aurora the only people who don't are the ones who are already dead.

    Afterwards Ever gains more confidence and she decides to trust Damen even though she's not sure it's a good idea. I think Ever made a good choice by accepting Damen into her life and not questioning why he has no aurora and why she can't read his thoughts. Damen also kind of gets more mysterious throughout the book, he starts to leave without saying where he's going and he's always drinking this really weird red liquid, Ever has even realized that he doesn't eat. "How can he make me feel so normal yet he's not normal at all" this shows that Ever does feel normal but she's starting to realize that Damen isn't and she barely knows anything about him and when she tries to ask him about his family he always tries to avoid the subject in any way possible.
   
     I think Ever should just forget about the past and the bad things in her life and focus only in the good things; she also shouldn't completely trust Damen because she doesn't even know him that well. Ever is a strong person and even though she questions everything and she's a very secretive person it's okay because she has gone through a lot and she just needs to learn that she can't blame herself for everything.This book can actually make readers learn that it's okay to have changes in your life and changes happen to everyone so you shouldn't hide yourself and completely ignore the world and everything around you because it's not going to make you feel better it might actually make you feel worse.