The Invisible life of Addie LaRue

The Invisible life of Addie LaRue - by V.E SCHWAB my rating - 4.5/5 ⋆

Honestly I understand why a lot of people rate this 5 stars and I probably would agree there was just one thing that I mention in my review why I rate it 4.5, which to me is still a good rating. 

Authours blurb 

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.

My review 

"A life without art, without wonder, without beautiful things — she would go mad.” 

“Stories come in so many forms: in charcoal, and in song, in paintings, in films. And books. Books, she has found, are a way to live a thousand lives — or to find strength in a very long one.” 

Two of my favourite quotes from the beautiful writing this book holds. The invisible life of Addie LaRue gave me the same feeling The Song of Achilles did, when your reading such writing that the quotes, the world building and describing of places and people just have you in awe.

Set in France and New York, Addie LaRue was in fact not invisible, as everyone she meets loves her, it’s just they forget her as soon as she leaves or a door is closed, so more like out of sight out of mind rather than invisible, all because of a deal she made with a dark shadow god to help her be free. 

Runaway bride is forgotten by everyone she knows and anyone she will meet. Been a historical fantasy, the author explores a little into what Addie would of saw over the centuries she’s lived, in the 1700’s chapters we see her trying to survive her new way of life, having people forget you as soon as they leave you is a complicated thing for her to deal with, her family not recognising who she is and no place to live leaves her floating around France like a ghost just trying to find anyone to remember her, but no-one ever does. 

I loved that the chapters flow between the 1700’s Addie's past and then 2014/2013 to both Addie and Henry’s (MMC) present. I really enjoyed reading both of their POV’s and seeing the dark shadow be involved with both of their lives was really interesting. 

This reminded me a tiny bit of the movie the age of Adeline, not similar in the plot but she lives 300 hundred years without aging and her name is Adeline. I did find it a little repetitive in the middle which is the main reason why Its not a 5 star for me, but I kept going and glad that I did because it ended in a beautiful bittersweet way leaving me wanting a second book to see where the characters are now.

I have a poster in my room of a women walking in France and every time I look at it it reminds me of Addie LaRue. One last thing, can we appreciate how pretty the cover is? I think its one of my favourite book covers I own, I have the UK version but there is so many versions of this book that are all so pretty, I love the navy blue cover with the lighter blue writing on to. 

j'adore ce livre ♡

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