The novels written by amy have earned her a worldwide recognition. Vincent delacroix appeared out of nowhere and swept me off my feet. My life had always been blissfully, wonderfully normal. Those looking for something beyond the twilight series will enjoy these fast reads about immortals. Plum has done an excellent job of setting up the rules for her creations and following them closely. She makes the city come to life on the pages of her book, and she blends the main characters in with the decor, as if they belonged there all along. Amy plum born 1967 is an american and french youngadult fiction writer, best known for her. Amy plum manages to cover both sides of paris beautifully, and her descriptions of the city made me reminisce my time there, and made me want to take the first train in that direction. In the city of lights, two starcrossed lovers battle a fate that is. Vincent and those like him are bound in a centuriesold war against a group of evil. This thoroughly original young adult novel caused booklist to proclaim, move over, bella and edward. The paris setting comes enchantingly alive as a relentless struggle between good and evil takes place in its streets.
Kate is very depressed and while that doesnt seem like it would make for an entertaining. The main characters of this young adult, fantasy story are kate beaumont mercier, vincent pierre henri delacroix. As a result, she and her sister georgia move from nyc to paris to live with their grandparents who are actually pretty awesome. Fans of this genre will have their appetites reignited by this new addition. Voya raved, there is plenty of romance, danger, and unpredictable turns against a backdrop of paris. For kate, the only way to survive her pain is escaping into the world of books and parisian art. Join to find the hottest teen books, connect with your favorite ya authors and meet new friends who share your reading interests. This is a wonderful journey into a world of other beings, never seen before. In between time, to pay the rent, i translated a book from french to english, taught teen writing workshops in paris, and did all sorts of other little projects for tv and books, finally taking a 3day per week job writing tv commercials in english for a big.
Plum was born in portland, oregon, and raised in birmingham, alabama. Amy plums books are filled vivid imagery of wonderful scenery and deep characters that you get attached to. If you like amy plum books, youll love sophie jordan. Released between books two and three, this short story takes a look at events from the first two books in the series from his.
The books have been optioned for television by diga studios. Now she lives in paris and swears shell never move again. Intense romance, actionpacked adventure, filled with danger and uncertainty. I found it addictive and hard to put down, and the whole plot was brilliant. Her boyfriend vincent is a revenant who waited lifetimes to find her. Suddenly, my sister, georgia, and i were moving to paris. Only a handful of authors have managed to do that to me so far and the fact that amy plum could connect like that to her. It was also a bit different to paranormal books ive been reading recently which is good as i do like to be kept on my toes when it comes to supernatural beings. As with the other books in the revenants series, amy plum thrusts us right back into the beauty and romance of paris. In the city of lights, two starcrossed lovers battle a fate that is destined to tear them apart again and again for eternity.
The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 341 pages and is available in hardcover format. But once he did their future together was shattered almost immediately. Amy plum has 17 books on goodreads with 323053 ratings. The books have been translated into thirteen foreign languages.
New york journal of books i devoured this lush, mysterious. They were betrayed by their trusted ally, violette. I was swept away by the story and read into the night because like kate, i just had to know what vincent is. Just like that, i was in danger of losing my heart all over again. The first edition of the novel was published in may 10th 2011, and was written by amy plum.
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