The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

by V. E. Schwab

I love V.E. Schwabs writing and I was so excited to pick up this novel! I had no idea what it was about when I bought it but it I enjoyed the story.

This is a realistic fiction about a young woman named Adeline LaRue born in the 1700’s. She never fit in in her life, she didn’t want to marry or be forced into cooking and laundry and being a mother.

Her modern ideas came from the village “crazy lady” who prayed to the old gods. This woman taught Adeline (Addie) to pray to these god, but to never pray at night.

Addie grew into a young woman and her parents were forcing her into marriage. On the night of the wedding, Addie took off into the forest and prayed for someone to save her from the empty life ahead of her. She prayed all day and into the night, and in the night, a god answered.

He granted her her wish, to live her life as she pleased for as long as she pleased. It came with unexpected side-effects. Everyone forgot her and she could leave no mark behind.

This story is about her and how she lived for 300 years, never making a mark of her existence, but she found a loophole that allowed her to inspire others to mark her down for her. She inspired painters, writers, and musicians throughout history.

About 200 pages in, once we learn about her curse, or deal, I started to wonder where this story was going, but then she meets someone. She met a man who remembers her.

She falls in love with him, but soon finds out he’s made his own deal with the same old god at night.

As they discover what his deal means, Addie tries and outplay this old god, as they have a long history, 300 years of keeping each other company.

The way V.E Schawb wrote this old god, obviously meant to be the devil, was memorizing. There's one section where he describes who he is, and it gave me chills reading it. In the end, it was a great story and would be a lovely movie. I highly recommend this book to anyone who needs a break from your usual romance or fantasy novels, as this is a refreshing story of love and the human desire for the freedom to make your own choices in life.

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