Author's Note: This piece is written about a book called Shadowland, a girl, Ever, ends up finding herself falling,falling, falling into the blackest black that you could ever think of. Ever, is trying to find a way out of this blackness and back to her soul mate Damen.
Shadowland, the land Ever had never heard of until that fateful day of visiting it herself. There was no way to get around it; she was going to go there if she ever died. Never see any of her friends, so the only solution was to never die. Shadowland, by Alyson Noel, helps readers, young or old to understand some of the difficulties average people face in life.
When I read this book I never realized anyone’s life could be so difficult. That one person could ever have so many problems. It helped me to understand that anything can be difficult; you just have to make the best of it. It also helped me to understand that just because some authors make their message clear, others want you to read between the lines, which are exactly what Alyson Noel did in this book. So, while these things are difficult in her life, there are other books that have similar problems. Bella, from the famous Twilight series, faces the problems that no one could ever think of, because she is dealing with vampires and werewolves. Complications happen every day to anyone, people in Cuba, Haiti, and other third world countries all over the globe.
While I was reading this book all that I could think about was the Twilight series, by Stephanie Meyer, because there are immortals, secrets, and soul mates. While Ever is so in love with Damen, he wants her to try and see Jude for who he really is because over their history he has always stole her away from him, and they have fallen madly in love. The same story with Edward and Bella, where Edward he always steals her away from Jacob. Only both Ever and Bella want to be with Damen and Edward and they refuse because they think that they are dangerous to the girls.
Readers will learn how to deal with their problems in this eventful tale, even though the author doesn’t say exactly how to help with solving the complications everyone has in life. Alyson Noel does a great job with understanding people in everyday life when she is writing the third book of the immortal series, Shadowland. It really helped me to understand the complications average everyday people have that you don’t see on the outside. Now, when I see someone who looks so normal, I used to think that they were the most normal people around. Yet, until I read this book, I never truly understood how important it is to never judge a book by its cover.
