France, 1714. In a moment of desperation, Addie LaRue makes a deal with the devil so she will live forever. The price: She will be forgotten by everyone she meets, unable to leave even the smallest mark on the world. Until, almost 300 years later, she meets a young man in a bookstore. And he remembers her.

This book touched my heart in ways that I truly did not expect. It is a gorgeously written story that flows along like a smooth river, the language effortlessly beautiful and the pace completely perfect. Jumping between 300 years of Addies life and the present, and told from both hers and Henry's perspective, the narrative never falters. This book is almost impossible to put down!

This is a hard book to read at the moment, at a time when most theatres are closed and concerts and live shows do not take place. This book is about art in all its forms, and it filled me with such longing that my heart almost physically ached.

This book asks a lot of fascinating questions: are you really living if no one can remember you? What is most important in your life, and what would you sacrifice for it? The book gives you Addie's answers to those questions, but at the same time makes you think, making the book stay with you long after you have finished the story.

This book is beautiful and heartbreaking, hopeful and so, so sad. I can recommend it so much!!

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC.

I loved this book. Addie is such an identifiable character, a woman who wants more from life than what she is allowed. By making a deal with the devil, she hopes to expand her horizons, but there's a catch. This was a fascinating and heartbreaking journey through history, exploring how we affect people's lives and what lives on after we are gone. Above all it's a story of love and friendship, and how those things can make life worth living. Scwab knocks it out of the park again.

I really liked and enjoyed this book!
For a very surreal story it was written also beautifully.
The characters were great and well developed.

I liked the multiple timelines and how they all came together in the end.

I was instantly drawn in to this book. The writing was brilliant and the story itself was reminiscent of age of adaline. Its only when the love interest is introduced that i lost interest. I just didn't care about him I was far more interested in her life.

I was lucky enough to receive an ARC of this book from Titan Books for a Bookstagram Tour! As always, this is an honest review and completely my own thoughts. I love V.E. Schwab’s books so much – and I actually read quite a lot of them earlier this year – so I was really excited to be included in this tour. This concept is actually so amazing, and it actually gave me dark academia vibes even though it isn’t. The writing was also so beautiful, and I found myself highlighting a lot of quotes.

Blink, and the years fall away like leaves.

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue follows Addie LaRue, who makes a deal to be free but ends up being forgotten by everyone she meets. What begins as a desire to escape her life in a small French town leads to a twisted form of immortality. Every time someone looks away or leaves the room, they forget her, which leads to difficult situations and an inability to create a life with friends and family. I don’t think I even comprehended how heart-breaking that life would be until I started reading. It really made me think about all the connections I form in my own life.

I loved the premise before going in, but I love V.E. Schwab’s books anyway so the interesting plot is a bonus! This book was seriously beautiful. The writing is quite literary which I think fit the vibe of the book really well. This book is lyrical, breath-taking and so original. Let’s just say I definitely got emotional at many points while reading this book, but especially at the end. A lot of the themes discussed spoke to me in quite a philosophical way, and definitely made me think about memory itself.

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is full of reflection and introspection. It isn’t action packed – that wouldn’t suit the nature of the book, in my opinion – but I still found it so difficult to put down! As we already know from the synopsis that Addie makes a deal, I was anxious during the first few chapters to see how it would happen. Addie wants to be free: she wants to live for herself, and to not be trapped in her small French hometown. I loved seeing moments throughout her whole life, and her different encounters with Luc, who she made the deal with.

Luc was definitely an interesting character – I wasn’t sure what to make of him at first. There is so much uncertainty surrounding him, and I was definitely inrigued. He takes advantage of Addie in order to get her soul, but she is stubborn and refuses to give in. Throughout her 300 years we see them meet multiple times, and I always found those scenes so interesting. Especially the last conversation they had!

The chapters alternate between Addie’s past, beginning in France, and closer to the present in NYC. This really allowed us to see Addie’s character development, and how living for 300 years changed her as a person. Even in the present, Addie changes once again after meeting Henry Strauss – because for the first time in all her immortal life, someone remembers her and is able to say her name. I really felt for Addie, because although she technically made the deal, it sounds heart-breaking to be forgotten by everyone you meet.

Belief is a bit like gravity. Enough people believe a thing, and it becomes as solid as real as the ground beneath your feet.

I loved how there was casual representation – both Addie and Henry have had romantic relationships with both men and women. Henry’s friend Bea is also a lesbian, and Robbie is gay. V.E. Schwab recently wrote a piece for Oprah magazine on her coming out which I highly recommend reading – I found it so beautiful and I personally related to a lot of it. I loved Henry, and he was such a cinnamon roll! I won’t say much about him (because spoilers) but I also loved hearing about his backstory as well as Addie’s. It was so refreshing to see a softer male character, and I just wanted to give him a hug.

Stories are a way to preserve one’s self. To be remembered. And to forget.

I was kind of worried about how this book would end, but I really loved it. This whole book is a mix of heartfelt moments and heartbreak focusing around remembering and forgetting, and I thought the ending summed this up perfectly. I would love to see more stories with this concept or set in this world, because I loved everything about this book. It was very different from what I thought it would be – although I’m not really sure what I was expecting, to be honest – but this book definitely lived up to my expectations.

So overall, I really loved this book! It is so different from V.E. Schwab’s other books, as there are magical elements but the setting is mainly contemporary. I do really want to read the rest of her books now, especially Vicious, because I know so many people who love it. What’s also really exciting is that this book is being adapted as a screenplay by V.E. Schwab herself! This great news and I’m hoping it will be amazing. I think I will remember this book for a long time to come, and I highly recommend it.

5/5 stars

𝗙𝗔𝗩𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦: Addie and Henry ⁣
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𝗙𝗔𝗩𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗔𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗦: This book was such a heartbreak and joy to read. VE Schwab’s lyrical writing pulled me in from the very first chapter, from the opening line and then I completely surrendered my attention to Addie and Henry’s story.⁣
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Addie was such a fantastic main character. Her desperation, her vulnerability, the sheer stubbornness of her character made me love her. Then Henry, the softest boy I’ve ever read about. His character arc was so achingly crafted, so painfully realistic. VE Schwab does wonderful job of making you understand 𝘸𝘩𝘺 Addie and Henry made their decisions. I almost felt like I was living their lives with them, running from the things they feared, loving the way they loved. These are two characters that nestled their way into my heart and will remain there forever. ⁣
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Now let’s get metaphysical. This story makes you question everything, the meaning of life, time, the feeling of love and the way we, as humans, make our mark on the world. Addie and Henry’s story is an homage to art. It is a celebration of art in its many forms, writing, painting, photography. ⁣
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This is the type of book that will break your heart, mend it and then fill you up with enough hope to make you set out and mark the world. ⁣

I went into this book with no expectations having not read from V E Schwab before and knowing almost next to nothing about this book.

I have since struggled to articulate my feelings about this book. In short, I bloody loved this book,and it's now my favourite book of the year.

The long version, this book did A LOT! I related to Addie in a couple of ways but I hugely related to Henry, the boy who remembers Addie. His story added SO much to the main story about Addie and her deal with the devil. Victoria did so much with the writing and with the story, interweaving both characters and their separate stories.

The writing was beautiful and a very unique writing style. I am aware this is different to anything Victoria has every written before, but I am really excited to read more from her in the future. You can tell she's put her all into this book and you can tell it's been 10 years in the making.

This is easily my favourite book of the year and I'm already ready for a reread.

This book was absolutely incredible. I am a fan of Schwab’s other work, so I was extremely excited about ‘The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue’, especially as Schwab has talked on multiple occasions about it being a book that really means a lot to her. I went in with high expectations and yet somehow it exceeded every one of them. I absolutely adored every moment of this book - it took me through such a range of emotions and utterly broke my heart. It kept me guessing until the end, as I never truly knew exactly what was going to happen next, despite my constant guessing. This book is beautiful, the characters are incredible and this is definitely one of the most compelling books I have ever read.

This is a very character driven book, and Addie as a character is wonderful, because she is flawed. She spends her life forgotten, and so she has picked up a lot of bad habits in order to survive. I really liked the fact that Addie is not perfect, because she is a reflection of human existence. She has gone through so much and yet never loses her love for art, or for life. She has goes through the best and worst of human existence, and still finds joy in the world. She finds something new, and I feel like we all need a bit of Addie in our lives to remind us that joy can be found in the strangest of places. There are so many incredible characters in this book, predominately Henry the person who remembers her and Luc, the devil who cursed her. But each person that Addie meets adds a new layer to the story, and a new outlook and insight into this world. Each chapter was a new exploration, a new idea, explored through encounters with the people surrounding Addie.

The plot seems like a simple ‘person sold their soul to the devil to live forever’ kind of story, but it is so much more than that. There is so much to this book, but it is best left discovered in your own time. This book starts slow, in that it slowly pulls you into its rhythm, flipping backwards and forwards in time between events that all build upon each other. This creates the feeling that it’s weaving you into the story, dropping hints here and there until you’re so caught up in what will happen next that you can’t think of much else and don’t want to stop reading. This is definitely a book that will stay with me for a long time, and keeps haunting my thoughts.

‘The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue’ is thought provoking, and brings up a lot of thoughts about the nature of existence and what it means to live. Can we really live without making a mark on the world, or is it the impression we have on others that makes us real? I wasn’t expecting this book to raise a lot of philosophical questions, and make me rethink the nature of existence, relationship with art and the meaning of life but it did! It made me think a lot about my own insecurities about life, being forgotten and the nature of art and reality. I’m sure a lot of readers won’t be quite so plagued by these thoughts but they were such an important part of the book in my opinion and they have left an impression on me in the most interesting way! There’s also such a focus on art in the book, which ties the whole thing together in such a wonderful way. There was such a love of art that came across in the pages, it felt like a love letter to creativity at times, which I found really inspiring.

Overall, I absolutely adored this book. It was beautiful, lyrical, incredibly written and haunting. It took me through such a range of emotions, and left me wanting more. The characters were fantastic, the story was gripping and it lived up to and then exceeded every one of my hopes. Schwab is a master storyteller and this is her best book to date. This book is special, fully of joy and I hope everyone who reads it loves it as much as I do.

The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue was one of my most anticipated read of this year, it's not a secret that Victoria Schwab is one of my favourite authors, and I have adored everything I have ever read from her. Addie is no exception to that.

This book is one of the most beautifully written things I have ever had the pleasure of laying my eyes on - certain parts of this I had to read out loud because they were just so extraordinarily written and made me feel such emotion, they deserved to be spoken aloud. I don't think I will ever be able to fault V's writing, it is simply outstanding.

The story of Addie, considering the plot of this book is that she is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she ever meets, is one that I don't think I'll ever be able to forget, it's got some real staying power. Addie's life is certainly something marvelous, it's wild, it's fun, it's sad, it's beautiful, it's hideous, it's everything rolled into one and paints such a full story of the woman Addie is. She's lived for 300 years, she's had some experiences - one thing I could perhaps fault here though is the lack of history. I understand as we are following Addie's life, we are seeing the world from her point of view, however, a 300-year timespan could have given so many opportunities to explore historical events that I feel we just didn't get to see. That being said, what we did see I feel was very well executed.

Anyone who knows me will know that a 4-star rating for this is quite shocking, however, my one major down point for this book was the ending. Not that it was bad, it was beautiful, but perhaps I was expecting something more, something different, something bigger. I expected this book to rip my heart out and tear it to shreds, and I'm disappointed to say that didn't happen.

Typically I am not a fan of a plot that is based on the romance, and it can't be ignored that the romance was the biggest part of this plot, however I do think it was a beautifully developed romance, even if it was only one of convenience.

It's quite possible that when it comes to Schwab, her cutthroat writing will always be my favourite, and this was perhaps too lovely for me to absolutely fall for it. But it can not be ignored how incredibly beautiful this book was to read - Addie is a work of art.

V good, loved the ending and the twists and turns. Had some lovely moments and was well written. Didn’t give it 5 stars because the jumping from place to place felt a little chaotic for me, and I didn’t enjoy it as much as her Shades of Magic series. Still a wonderful book though!

Thanks to Netgalley for a free copy!

This is a beautifully captivating novel about life, love and loss that will stay with you long after closing the back cover.
The story revolving around the age-old Faustian bargain is utterly unique and the quality of the writing is magnificent. It has to be up there as one of the best novels of the year.
Unlike many other reviewers I’ve only read one of her previous books so I’m not a die-hard fan however I can easily see myself becoming one now I’ve finally discovered her.
I will remember you Addie LaRue.

I believe the best way I can describe this book, is as a love letter to art.

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue is a book about art.
A book about how we are inspired by art, and how art is inspired by us, how it changes us, and moves us, and can be moved by us..
It is a love letter to language, and to books and to remembering.

I didn’t think I could fall in love more with V. E. Schwabs writing, but somehow I did.
And then I fell in love with each character that Addie met (yes even the Dark) and somehow I now sit here more then a month after I finished the book still dreaming about the lyrical prose and the stunning plot.

The premise of the books is almost too simple to fully caption the magnitude of feelings it evokes.
A young girl who wants to see more then the little french village she was born in, makes a bargain with the devil to live until she has seen everything there is to see. And in exchange for making her live forever, he takes away the memory of her from everyone she has ever met, or will ever meet.

Though the story is one that may have been seen before, I don’t think it has ever been told in this way.
It is decadent, and sweet, and savoury and the writing is slow like a love song, and yet you are swept away in a tide of longing.
I think I could write poems about this book, which surprises me as I was quite put out by the ending.
Not because it was sad but because I felt like it was rushed where the rest of the book wasn’t.

I would however, lay down my life for Henry, my soft cinnamon boy, and for Addie who is fierce and fearless and to all of the side characters who are unapologetically queer in every sense.

In the end, all I can say is that I loved this book, and will most likely love it and read it for the rest of my life.

Can I just tell you to pick up this book and read it? I don't think I can write a decent review of this book because my heart is so full!

I know how brilliant V.E. Schwab is but she still manages to surprise me every time. Her stories are unique and her writing is captivating. This book is no exception. It pulled me in right from the very beginning. Addie has lived for 300 years and reading her journey was both fascinating and heartbreaking. We see how she lives her life and adapts to changes throughout the years. I loved how the story has unfolded towards the end! It's clever and brilliant. I couldn't help but cry while reading the last part.

There are several themes in this book which I find interesting such as the fear of being forgotten and immortality. The book also tells us the importance and power of art and stories, the inspiration behind them, and how they touch other people in different ways. This is one of those books that you have to read and savour each and every words. It's atmospheric, dark at times, and melancholic. But it's full of hope and dreams. Addie's story will definitely stay with me for a very long time.

I can't believe i'm finally writing a review for this book. I've been waiting for this book for freaking ages. and i'm so so in awe of everything, This will end up being a short summary and i'll link my main review once i've had time to think of my thoughts in a coherent fashion.

Addie LaRue is literally everything. I want to read this book again. I want to read it more than once, in fact I want to read it so many times again, again and again. There's something magical about this book. I've said it before and i'll say it again, V.E Schwab is literally a master at doing character driven stories and this is no different, except that this one has a kind of magic and slow burn that just is *chefs kiss*.

The dynamic between the devil and addie is OOF, like its not a healthy relationship in the slightest but OOF and HENRI, HERNI BLOODY STRAUS I WOULD DIE FOR HIM. I LOVE HIM. I LOVE EVERYTHING. I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT HTIS BOOK.

and fuck. that end. I cried at 2am....and I think if i read this book again i'd still cry.. Just Wow.. i'd rate it more than 5 stars if i could. I jsut want to scream about this book so much!

‘The Darkness is no place to be alone’

‘He tastes like the air at night, heady with the weight of summer storms. He tastes like the faint traces of far-off woodsmoke, a fire dying in the dark. He tastes like the forest, and somehow, impossibly, like home.’

‘Because happiness is brief, and history is lasting, and in the end, everyone wants to be remembered.’

Firstly, I am eternally grateful to NetGalley and Titan Books for giving me this ARC to review.
I finished this book on 31st August and here I am, a month and a half later, still trying to process my emotions and write a cohesive review that can give an inkling of the magnitude of this book.

The story revolves around our wonderful protagonist Adeline (Addie) LaRue, a free spirited woman living in 18th Century rural France. Addie lives with her parents and just wants a simple life, living from the land and being the master of her own destiny.

Unfortunately, in 1714, when she turns 23, her parents decide that they cannot (or will not) support her any longer and arrange for Addie to marry a widow with children. Addie cannot imagine a worse fate than being tied to this man and his children so in distress she runs away on her wedding day, into the forest, and prays to the gods to help her. However, in her distress she does not notice the day turning into night and despite warnings from Estele (an elderly woman who lives in the village and who Addie looks up to), to ‘Never pray to the gods who answer after dark’ she continues to pray.

In doing so she summons ‘The Darkness’, who she later names Luc as he resembles drawings of a mystery man she likes fantasize about, and in her distress she agrees to his Faustian Bargain without knowing the terms of the deal, which are that she will be practically immortal but in return she will be forgotten by everyone she meets.

We then follow Addie for 300 years as she suffers and struggles to survive with no connections, no money, no possessions whilst also being a woman in a restrictive patriarchal society. That is, until 2014 in New York where she meets Henry and by some miracle he remembers her.

The book is told in two timelines, one is 2014 New York with Addie and Henry forming a connection, and the other is Addie’s life since her bargain.

The language of this book is incredible. It’s so lyrical and beautiful and haunting. The story also deals with a lot of heavy topics such as sex work, depression, suicidal thoughts, feelings of inadequacy, and identity.
It is so introspective and looks deep into what it means to be a human and what it means to have connections.
We also see a very realistic representation of depression in Henry and my heart broke for him continuously throughout this book.

Schwab also creates a very truthful depiction of what life would be like for a woman alone in the world throughout history, the things she has to suffer through, her lack of options and Addie’s consequential determination and grit to get through each day.

I would argue that we have three love stories throughout this book; Addie’s relationship with Henry, Addie’s relationship with Luc and Addie’s relationship with herself. 300 years is a long time to get to know yourself, and over the years Addie has had to become more cunning, ruthless and morally ambiguous whilst also keeping herself open to those short connections, with people of all genders, for a place to stay, food, money, conversation etc. All the things most people take for granted.

I also loved the queer representation in this book; Addie is bisexual (or pansexual), Henry is pansexual and Henry’s two best friends are gay and lesbian respectively. Schwab also demonstrates the prejudice that can occur, even in the queer community, as Henry’s gay friend (whom he has a relationship with when they were younger) feels he isn’t queer enough because he’s still attracted to, and tends to prefer, women. Luc is a god so it’s never quite explained what his sexuality is but I am going to assume it would be anyone and everyone.

I absolutely adored our three main characters;
Luc is sexy and dark and conflicted,
Henry is soft, full of self doubt, haunted and so painfully human it broke me,
And Addie is a scrappy, resilient, intelligent, independent, loving, queer soul and I will remember her forever.

This story is so powerful and wonderful and heart-breaking and empowering in equal measure and I think to truly understand its brilliance you just have to experience the masterpiece for yourself.

CW: death, starvation, sex work, drugs, emotional manipulation, attempted suicide, depression, violence, war

I think this is a case of it's me not you. The concept was really intriguing and i was really excited to read it but i got really bored and i couldn't bring myself to be invested in the story and characters and ended up skim reading the second half of the book. The ending of the book was interesting but getting there was just so tedious.

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue’ by V. E. Schwab might be the best book I’ve ever read. Ever.
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When someone asked ‘What superpower would you want to have?’, people always answered with super strength, mind reading or breathing fire. I always knew that if I was ever given the opportunity to choose a superpower I would choose immortality. I have such anxieties about growing older and, eventually, disappearing from this world without having seen EVERYTHING. I felt incredibly connected to Addie in such a personal way. I felt like my anxieties about life were perfectly embodied in this character.
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This book starts off at a languid pace but by the 30% mark the book sinks its claws into your soul and doesn’t let go until the very last page. Each chapter is saturated with pure emotion and I felt so much for these characters. I love Addie, Henry and Luc so much.
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I’m still quite unsure how to put my intense feelings about this book into proper words.

As I continue my journey in the fantasy fiction genre the name V.E Schwab is one that continually comes up as an author to read. I do have some of her novels on my shelf but haven’t got around to reading them yet, so when I had the opportuniy to read her new book The Invisible Life of Addie Larue. The premise of this book is the Faustian bargain of making a deal with the devil and living with the consequences. France 1714, Adeline has led a life of freedom, and escaped the ties of marriage, until at the age of twenty three her parents arrange for her to marry a widower with young children. In desperation Addie runs to the forest praying to anyone to help and free her and from the this marriage; but as the saying goes be careful what you wish for. Immortal, unable to even say her name or write any thing down, Addie becomes like a shadow, forgotten in a second, unable to form attachments she lives a transient life until something changes three hundred years later. New York 2014, Addie visits a small second hand bookshop and meets Henry who remembers her, changing both of their lives forever. Three centuries, crossing continents and being part of some of the most important historical events The Invisivble Life of Addie Larue is a beautiful book about life and death, love and loss that crosses boundaries of folklore and reality.

After reading this book I understand the hype around V.E Scwab. She is a masterful story teller, whose prose flows beautifully and she writes characters that are personable and endearing to the reader. The eponymous Addie Larue is strong willed, feisty, intelligent all things that are frowned upon in eighteenth century France and are not the qualities of a good wife. It is Addie’s friendship with Estele, an elderly lady in her village, who believes in the god’s of nature and the idea of leaving them offerings that leads her to her fate. Addie believes it her offerings to the river and nature that have helped keep her free from the bondages of marriage until the age of twenty three, when in desperation she pleads to the deity of the night, and conjures a spirit she calls Luc, after Lucifer. Her bargain of an eternal life of freedom in return for her soul after her death, at a time she chooses, has consequences she could never have foreseen. But, Addie is stubborn and determined, not wanting to give her soul away and admit defeat and plays Luc, who visits her on the anniversary, at his own game. Whilst she may be instantly forgettable, unable to say her name or write anything down, as an artists muse she appears in many paintings, leaving her mark in history. Love and friendship are also unattainable due to being forgotten,until she meets Harry. Interstingly through out this book we see Luc and Addie spar against each other, trying to get the upper hand and out do each other, but they are more alike than they realise; both are lonely, both are immortal and unable to maintain attatchments, both need and want to love and both are intelligent and stubborn. Henry shares similar traits in that he also wants to be loved and accepted for who he is. He is the youngest in his family and always feels he doesn’t measure up to his high flying brother and sister who, with his parents seem to pressure him to decide what he wants to do, and to make something of his life. His relationship with Addie feeds both their need for love espcially after Henry had his heart broken by his previous girlfriend. Luc and Harry are the dark and light in Addie’s life; they look alike but whilst Luc is a reminder of the darkness of her bargain and her immortal companion, Henry is all about pleasure, enjoyment, love and the present.Their stories demonstrate how as humans we have a need for love and acceptance by our contemporaries, and the want to share our lives with someone.

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue deals with a lot of difficult issues in an honest and empathatic way, including the subjects of suicide, mental health, and sexuality. V.E Scwab creates a world of light and dark, good and evil, especially in the form of Luc, who only appears in the dark to make bargains with humans at the darkest of times in their lives. I loved the sweeping history of this book, from eighteenth century Paris, through the revolution, to Florence, New Orleans to the First and Second World Wars where Addie has to live by her wits. The three hundred years also show the changing attitudes to women and their position in society over the centuries.

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue is a magical and captivating new take on the Faustian myth, bringing it into the twenty first century. V.E Scwab is a skillfull storyteller whose lyrical and flowing prose swept me away on a journey I didn’t want to end. What I took from this book was that whether you only have one year to live or three hundred you should make he best of every second, make memories and live life to the full. Addie’s and Harry’s story reminded me of a quote from my favourite poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson from his poem In Memoriam A.H.H 27 Tis better to have loved and lost/Than never to have lovd at all. Whilst Addie’s character will never be remembered in the book, I think she will live forever in the hearts of the readers of this book #IrememberAddieLarue.

It’s rare to find a book I find so difficult to articulate my thoughts on, but V. E. Schwab has hit me with the unexpected in The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. While I have been a longtime fan of her work, I have often found that while I’ve liked her work, there’s always things I can nitpick that reduced my overall enjoyment. With this, however, the things I may have disliked or nitpicked on have no effect on my enjoyment or rating. Aching passages of loneliness and unrealistic romanticising of France are right up my street, and I would recommend this to anyone, and the decade of work this took to be written was well spent.

I've been lucky enough to receive an e-ARC of Addie a few weeks ago, and it was as perfect as I imagined it.
How to leave a mark when you're invisible? That question haunted my mind during my whole reading. I devoured this book and did not want it to end. Sadly I had to, though I know that Addie will be with me forever. It's, by far, one of the best books I've read this year, and I' not surprised. ❤️
Addie is a character that I will remember for a long time : her story resonated in my mind.
It's a perfect book for me, and all fans of V. E. Schwab but also new readers will enjoy as mucj as I did!