Noel goes to great lengths to give Ever lengthy speeches to convince him otherwise (where each speech starts with, 'Damen, please hear me out'). He goes to great lengths to make this point known. Unnecessary conflict to create suspense.ĭamen is adamant about refusing to give up his immortality, even if it means restoring his karmic balance and restoring his true immortality, his soul's immortality. But later, when Lotus asks that Ever continue her journey to the Tree of Life, Damen's back on the Lotus-is-crazy-train and can't understand why Ever would want to complete her destiny. I actually really enjoyed those chapters, but I couldn't help but think, what does this have to do with anything? Other then provide us with a semi-steamy sex scene, I didn't get much out of it.Īfter their first step on the journey is complete, Damen admits that Ever was right and that Lotus is not crazy - that she has been right all along. We 'get' to revisit Ever and Damen's first lives together, as Adelina and Alrik. WTF? Again, had she just explained things in layman's terms.anyways, moving on. And then Lotus shows up and says that their paths are entwined, but that each has their own journey to follow. The Damen shows up and its now a 3-person journey. She is the ONLY person who can embark on this journey.

Lotus explicitly states that this journey is Ever's, and Ever's alone. If this is something that she wants so desperately, why is she being so elusive about everything?

We could have saved several chapters of Ever exclaiming that she feels 'deep down' that Lotus is speaking the truth and Damen arguing that Ever is just unwilling to move on and be happy had Lotus just been a little clearer from the start. Instead of putting it in layman's terms, so that Ever understands why its so important that she embarks on this journey, Lotus chooses to be mysterious and vague, which only adds to Damen's argument that she's just senile.

Lotus (crazy old lady), is desperate for Ever to embark on her destiny's journey, as it will lead to her soul's redemption. So Ever and Damen embark on a journey, inspired by the ramblings of a seemingly crazy old lady that they find in Summerland. '.and experience the passionate night they've been longing for' Don't believe me? It's even in the summary! First, let me point out that the entire premise of the book is centred around Ever and Damen finding the antidote to Ever's poisonous DNA so that they can finally have sex. In Everlasting we finally have the completely predictable finale to the Immortals series. I loved Evermore, enjoyed Blue Moon, and then this series just went downhill for me.

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