The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (V.E. Schwab)

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!

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