Review: Endlessly by Kiersten White

Title: Endlessly
Author: Kiersten White
Publisher: HarperTEEN
Pages: 385
Release Date: 7/24/12
Source: Hardcover (Purchase)
Rating: 5 Owls

summary

Evie's paranormal past keeps coming back to haunt her. A new director at the International Paranormal Containment Agency wants to drag her back to headquarters. The Dark Faerie Queen is torturing humans in her poisonous realm. And supernatural creatures keep insisting that Evie is the only one who can save them from a mysterious, perilous fate. The clock is ticking on the entire paranormal world. And its fate rests solely in Evie's hands. So much for normal.

review

Kiersten White has been one of my favorite authors since the first book in this trilogy, Paranormalcy. Now, almost 2 years later, she still holds that title. In fact, I dare say Endlessly is the strongest installment in the trilogy. I'm torn between the first book and this one. 

From the get-go, Endlessly is packed with laughs. I was cracking up by the time I finished the first sentence. Imagine when I hit page 3. My stomach hurt from laughing. Safe to say the laughing died out eventually when the book took on a more somber tone.

Endlessly is the perfect concoction of humorous, heartwarming, sassy, and sensational. The emotions I felt while reading were roller-coaster-esque. I laughed, I cried at the end, and walked away with a warm heart and wet eyes. Evie is a heroine unlike any I have ever read before. She is witty in all situations and such a girl, but not to the point of annoyance. One thing that I love about the Paranormalcy series is that it's funny without being crude, crass, judgmental or obscene. The book doesn't contain a single curse word. Not one (unless you count her signature "Bleep"). Kiersten makes it unnoticeable, though. Her prose isn't anything special, but it definitely isn't distracting. Her humor is spot-on.

The end of Endlessly (oh, the irony!) packs quite the emotional punch. Prepare the kleenex and get ready for a perfect conclusion to a marvelous trilogy! I can't wait for more from Kiersten in the future. She is on top of my can't-be-missed list!