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Evernight

Claudia Gray (2008)

SubgenreParanormal Romance
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SettingContemporary
CSM age13

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentMild
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Forbidden LoveDeception

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Synopsis

Bianca wants to escape. She's been uprooted from her small hometown and enrolled at Evernight Academy, an eerie Gothic boarding school where the students are somehow too perfect: smart, sleek, and almost predatory. Bianca knows she doesn't fit in. Then she meets Lucas. He's not the "Evernight type" either, and he likes it that way. Lucas ignores the rules, stands up to the snobs, and warns Bianca to be careful—even when it comes to caring about him. "I couldn't stand it if they took it out on you," he tells Bianca, "and eventually they would." But the connection between Bianca and Lucas can't be denied. Bianca will risk anything to be with Lucas, but dark secrets are fated to tear them apart . . . and to make Bianca question everything she's ever believed.

Tags

Gothic Boarding SchoolVampire FictionYA Paranormal

Is Evernight appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 13 and up.

This YA paranormal romance features a Gothic boarding school setting with vampires, forbidden romance, and themes of identity and belonging. Content is appropriate for teens with minimal violence and no explicit sexual content.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, mild sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include forbidden love and deception.

Who'll love this

Teens will love the mysterious boarding school, the forbidden romance between outcasts, and the dark secrets that threaten to tear them apart.