Evernight (series)
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Evernight is an on-going series of four vampire
-based romance
/fantasy
novels by New York Times bestselling American
author Claudia Gray
. It tells the story of Bianca Olivier, a 16-year old half-human and half-vampire girl born to two vampires, who is forced to attend Evernight Academy, a private boarding school for vampires (although some humans are enrolled). She was enrolled in order to fulfill her destiny to become a full vampire, even though she feels she doesn't belong there. Bianca then meets and falls in love with a human named Lucas Ross, who also feels isn't the "Evernight" type, but their love becomes forbidden by their families and friends when the truth of each other's nature comes to light. Not only is it revealed that Bianca is a vampire, but it is also revealed that Lucas is a member of the ancient vampire hunting
group Black Cross.
Bianca Olivier comes to Evernight Academy, only to realise that she is destined to become a vampire. Meanwhile, she falls in love with a human, Lucas Ross. But Lucas is hiding a dark, deadly secret, that could separate them forever.
Bianca and Lucas are separated, and Bianca would do anything to be with him, even if it means to deceive the powerful vampires of Evernight. This forces her to live a life of lies, but she isn't the only one keeping shocking secrets.
Bianca has found refuge with Black Cross, a vampire hunting group, bent on destroying her kind. Within months, Bianca befriends many of the hunters, but has no fun being in Black Cross, and she is reluctant to leave with Lucas. However, many old faces return and try to claim her as their own.
Bianca and Lucas return to Evernight, as a wraith and vampire
respectively. Lucas is facing demons, both personal and supernatural. Bianca must help him fight the demons inside him - and face her destiny at last.
The Evernight follows protaganist Bianca Olivier a half vampire and her boyfriend and secondary protaganist Lucas Ross who is a member of Black cross. Throughout the series they are joined by Balthazar More a 200 year old vampire, Vic a student at Evernight and roommate to Lucas, Raquel Vargas a friend of Bianca and roommate and Ranulf White a vampire and friend of Balthazar and Vic. Mrs. Bethanty joins them as the main antagonist
and headmistress of Evernight and Charity More who serves as a secondary antagonist from Stargazer onwards. Other characters to appear in all four books include Kate Ross the mother of Lucas and member of Black cross, Dana who is Lucas's best friend and a member of Black cross who later leaves and Celia and Adrian Olivier who are Bianca's parents who give her a sheltered life and have her through the help of the wraiths. Other students at Evernight include Patrice Deveraux who Bianca believes is a typical Evernight student but is proven wrong, Courtney who is typical Evernight and enjoys to bully the human students and Erich a bully who later has an obsession over Raquel and begins stalking her. Other members of Black Cross include Mr Wantanabe one of the oldest members who is killed in the battle with Charity and Eduardo who is Kate's husband and Lucas's stepfather as well as being the leader of Lucas's cell.
has confirmed that she does not plan to write anymore Evernight books she is to write a spin off
book about Balthazar More focusing on his life, death and later adventures. This will be released in March 2012.
wrote "Once I picked Evernight up, I couldn’t put it down! I can’t wait for Claudia Gray’s next book!".
Vampire
Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...
-based romance
Romance novel
The romance novel is a literary genre developed in Western culture, mainly in English-speaking countries. Novels in this genre place their primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and must have an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Through the late...
/fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
novels by New York Times bestselling American
United States
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author Claudia Gray
Claudia Gray
Claudia Gray is a pseudonym for Amy Vincent, a young adult paranormal romance author, best known for the Evernight series. She is published by HarperCollins. Her book Stargazer hit No. 4 in the chapter book category of the New York Times list of bestselling children books in April 2009. Gray is a...
. It tells the story of Bianca Olivier, a 16-year old half-human and half-vampire girl born to two vampires, who is forced to attend Evernight Academy, a private boarding school for vampires (although some humans are enrolled). She was enrolled in order to fulfill her destiny to become a full vampire, even though she feels she doesn't belong there. Bianca then meets and falls in love with a human named Lucas Ross, who also feels isn't the "Evernight" type, but their love becomes forbidden by their families and friends when the truth of each other's nature comes to light. Not only is it revealed that Bianca is a vampire, but it is also revealed that Lucas is a member of the ancient vampire hunting
Vampire hunter
A vampire hunter or vampire slayer is a character in folklore and fiction who specializes in finding and destroying vampires, and sometimes other supernatural creatures....
group Black Cross.
Novels
- Evernight (September, 2008)
Bianca Olivier comes to Evernight Academy, only to realise that she is destined to become a vampire. Meanwhile, she falls in love with a human, Lucas Ross. But Lucas is hiding a dark, deadly secret, that could separate them forever.
- StargazerStargazer (novel)Stargazer is a fantasy novel by Claudia Gray released in 2009. It is the second part of the Evernight series, following Evernight. It is followed by the third book in the series, Hourglass.-Synopsis:...
(March, 2009)
Bianca and Lucas are separated, and Bianca would do anything to be with him, even if it means to deceive the powerful vampires of Evernight. This forces her to live a life of lies, but she isn't the only one keeping shocking secrets.
- HourglassHourglass (novel)Hourglass is a fantasy novel by Claudia Gray released in 2010. It is the third novel of the Evernight series, a series of four books, and is preceded by Stargazer and followed by Afterlife. The four books feature vampires, wraiths , betrayal, and, of course, love...
(March, 2010)
Bianca has found refuge with Black Cross, a vampire hunting group, bent on destroying her kind. Within months, Bianca befriends many of the hunters, but has no fun being in Black Cross, and she is reluctant to leave with Lucas. However, many old faces return and try to claim her as their own.
- AfterlifeAfterlife (novel)Afterlife is a fantasy novel by Claudia Gray released on March 3, 2011. It is the fourth and final part of the Evernight series, concluding the ongoing plot from the previous novel Hourglass, which began in the first novel Evernight and ran into the second, Stargazer.-Synopsis:Bianca now a wraith,...
(March, 2011)
Bianca and Lucas return to Evernight, as a wraith and vampire
Vampire
Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...
respectively. Lucas is facing demons, both personal and supernatural. Bianca must help him fight the demons inside him - and face her destiny at last.
List of Evernight characters
Main Article: List of Evernight charactersThe Evernight follows protaganist Bianca Olivier a half vampire and her boyfriend and secondary protaganist Lucas Ross who is a member of Black cross. Throughout the series they are joined by Balthazar More a 200 year old vampire, Vic a student at Evernight and roommate to Lucas, Raquel Vargas a friend of Bianca and roommate and Ranulf White a vampire and friend of Balthazar and Vic. Mrs. Bethanty joins them as the main antagonist
Antagonist
An antagonist is a character, group of characters, or institution, that represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend...
and headmistress of Evernight and Charity More who serves as a secondary antagonist from Stargazer onwards. Other characters to appear in all four books include Kate Ross the mother of Lucas and member of Black cross, Dana who is Lucas's best friend and a member of Black cross who later leaves and Celia and Adrian Olivier who are Bianca's parents who give her a sheltered life and have her through the help of the wraiths. Other students at Evernight include Patrice Deveraux who Bianca believes is a typical Evernight student but is proven wrong, Courtney who is typical Evernight and enjoys to bully the human students and Erich a bully who later has an obsession over Raquel and begins stalking her. Other members of Black Cross include Mr Wantanabe one of the oldest members who is killed in the battle with Charity and Eduardo who is Kate's husband and Lucas's stepfather as well as being the leader of Lucas's cell.
Future
Although Claudia GrayClaudia Gray
Claudia Gray is a pseudonym for Amy Vincent, a young adult paranormal romance author, best known for the Evernight series. She is published by HarperCollins. Her book Stargazer hit No. 4 in the chapter book category of the New York Times list of bestselling children books in April 2009. Gray is a...
has confirmed that she does not plan to write anymore Evernight books she is to write a spin off
Spin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
book about Balthazar More focusing on his life, death and later adventures. This will be released in March 2012.
Reception
Regarding the initial installment of the series. L.J. SmithL.J. Smith
John Smith III , commonly known as L.J., which stands for "Little John", is an American football tight end who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the second round of the 2003 NFL Draft...
wrote "Once I picked Evernight up, I couldn’t put it down! I can’t wait for Claudia Gray’s next book!".