Complete Twilight readalike, and in spite of a lot of eye-rolling (just how many times can the word "smoldering" be used to describe a guy?), I wanted to keep reading to find out how things would end for main character Ever. Ever, like Bella, is a high school wallflower who thinks of herself as a freak that no boy would ever notice, and this is partly because since her family was killed in a car accident, she can hear people's thoughts and see their auras. This makes daily life pretty torturous for her, so imagine the intrigue when a hot new guy dressed in black arrives, and not only does he have a thing for Ever, but he can also silence the voices in her head. Also, he's "emancipated." (What does this mean? Seems to mean a teen who can live alone without parents? Pretty convenient...) 
 There were a lot of points where I felt that this book was trying to give its girl protagonist more backbone and set itself apart from "vampire lit" (Damon isn't a vampire, BTW), and while I appreciate that, it wasn't enough to set this apart from Twilight in my mind. But Twi-hards will gobble this up. Some language and violence. I did like the relationship between Ever and her gay friend, Martin, and also her younger sister, Riley. 
 Quotes: 
 '"Oh, yeah? Prove it! [you're not a vampire:]" I say, my voice shaky, my eyes on his, fully convinced I'm just a rosary, garlic clove, and wooden stake short of ending all this.' 
 "But the one thing I didn't expect was how lonely I felt. I guess I failed to realize just how much I relied on Damon and Riley to fill up the gaps, to seal all the cracks in my life." 
 "Thoughts create."