Invincible: A Heart-Wrenching Young Adult Romance of Love, Loss, and Addiction

I have read so far all Amy reeds booka and this book blew me away. I could not put it down! Now i have to wait until july 1st to get the 2ed book in this series. This is a 5 star read all the way

This book touched on so many different emotions and thoughts, that as a reader, I had to catch my breath. Seeing how Evie slowly slipped away in her mind and distanced herself from others as the cancer took over and death was just around the corner was startling. But it also made me question how I'd react, especially with all the other issues going on. Then, when a miracle happens and Evie is cancer free, the author does a wonderful job showing what types of problems could come up. There is some romance as well, but not in a typical fashion either as both are dealing with problems. Jokes are more normal than serious talks. I am honestly unsure how else to describe the book and the thoughts, emotions, and the powerful imagery in this book without giving away too much. I highly recommend this book! My summary: After surviving terminal cancer and finding out that instead of just a couple weeks to live, Evie finds herself healthier than she had been in an a year since her diagnosis. Struggling to understand why she gets to live while her "sick best friend" past away, Evie begins pushing the boundaries. She seems to have forgotten and/or lost who she was beforehand. No one seems to realize just how bad things are except for someone named Marcus, who she met while trying to escape from rhe confines she feels surrounding her. He has his own issues, but finds himself attracted to her and tries his best to help her deal. At first, Evie believes Marcus is on her side, but than feels he is turning against her. As she continues down a path of destruction, her family and Marcus grow more and more concerned about her, she resists his help and grows even further away from those who wish to help her.

This book is a Young Adult contemporary realistic romance. The narrator is Evie, a junior in high school. This book is not a standalone and ends in a cliffhanger. I really wish that I had known this when I requested this book (love cliffhangers but need to know if the book is part of a series before I start the book). The book is divided into two parts Then and Now. The first section is Evie in the hospital. She has cancer and it's terminal. I do agree with the book blurb mentioning that Evie gets better. Otherwise truthfully I am not sure if I would have wanted to read the book. It would be too depressing. The first section of the book in the hospital (the first 1/3 of the book) actually was very depressing. Even knowing what was going to happen I still found it difficult to read. It was sad. I'm not sure why, but I thought that the first part with her being sick would be much shorter. It did feel very realistic though. And I enjoyed her friends Stella and Caleb that lived in the hospital with her. Also, I assumed that the second part of the book was going to be uplifting. But it was not. It was not really enjoyable to see what happened to Evie and her friends and family. But it did show the kinds of things families might go through if they were in a similar situation. While the cancer part of the book felt so realistic and hard to read. Her being cured seemed unrealistic. Her body was full of cancer and all of a sudden there was no cancer? Also, the book just ends. Okay so I had no idea that there was a sequel to this book. So I was expecting a resolution. But it wasn't there. And that made me so frustrated. I at least wanted to see how Evie figured things out and what happened to her. The book did feel like a fairly realistic interpretation of a teenager with cancer. But I just felt frustrated with how the story played out. Thank you to edelweiss and HarperCollins Children/Katherine Tegen Books for allowing me to read this book.

I started off loving this book. It brought out so much emotion. But then it became something rotten. Evie is one of the most unlikable main characters I've ever come across. At first she is annoyingly passive, which is bad enough, but then she quickly becomes an unbearable, spoiled, rude, selfish, self-centered, whiney brat. I do understand some of the thought process that the writer gives for her behavior, but she takes it way too far.