About the Book
In a perfect world, sixteen-year-old Phoebe Martins' life
would be a book. Preferably one filled with magic and a hot paranormal love
interest. Unfortunately, her life probably wouldn't even qualify for a quiet
contemporary.
Everything changes when Phoebe learns that Dev, the hottest
guy in the clarinet section, might actually have a crush on her. So, Phoebe
turns to the heroines in her favorite books for inspiration, but becoming as
awesome as her book characters isn't as easy as it sounds.
Find out if Dev makes Phoebe forget all her book boyfriends
in this first book of the Ever After Series.
About the Author
Growing up, Isabel Bandeira split her time between summers
surrounded by cathedrals, castles, and ancient tombs in Portugal and the rest
of the year hanging around the lakes and trees of Southern New Jersey, which
only fed her fairy-tale and nature obsessions. In her day job, she's a
Mechanical Engineer and tones down her love of all things glittery while
designing medical devices, but it all comes out in her writing. The rest of the
time, you'll find her reading, at the dance studio, or working on her jumps and
spins at the ice rink. Isabel is the author of the four-book Ever After series,
including Bookishly Ever After, released in 2016, and Dramatically
Ever After, to be released in the summer of 2017
Isabel lives in South Jersey with her little black cat, too
much yarn, and a closetful of vintage hats. She is represented by Carrie
Howland of Donadio and Olson, Inc.
The Review
First of all I have to thank Debdatta Dasgupta Sahay for
always recommending amazing YA reads to me! She had texted me saying that Bookishly Ever After is a wonderful read
and I should try it sometime. I had read maybe 8 pages around a year ago but
life got in the way and I didn’t finish reading it. Until I had to read a lot
of books over the last month and I rediscovered Bookishly.
Can I please start by saying thank you so much Isabel for
not stereotyping Dev as the Indian over achiever. Instead, he belongs to the
drama club along with Em. And it doesn’t hurt that there are a few Bollywood
references in the book too. He does try to woo her by singing and dancing but
that’s barely two percent of the entire storyline.
I could relate to Phoebe Martins because she’s a bookworm
and she deals with real life problems by turning to the characters in her
books. When she finds out that Dev might be crushing on her, she turns to her
favourite book characters to device a plan which would help her be flirty and
hopefully make Dev take more notice of her. It’s funny. And honestly – I need
the Golden Series in my life. I really, really hope Isabel considers writing
that series once Ever After is completed.
Phoebe is rightfully a bookworm because of the several thousand
books she has read. She also seems to have her nose buried in a book almost all
the time. She also knits. The only thing missing from her life was in fact, a
cat. But if that had happened, I guess it would have become my life. Minus the
hot guy crushing on me.
I quite liked Grace’s character, and she is perhaps the only
female gay character I’ve come across in recent times. I am sure there are
more. I just haven’t found them yet. As for Phoebe’s best friend, Em, I didn’t like
how bossy she was. But given the fact that they’re both teenagers and Em
fancies herself a modern day matchmaker like Jane Austen’s Emma, I could see why her character had been built that way.
Phoebe and Dev are adorable together. I was looking forward
to their scenes together all throughout the book. Especially Dev’s constant
refrain of, “Am I knit worthy yet?” I loved, loved this book. And if you love
books, bookish stories and like young adult novels, then this one is definitely
for you.
I am looking forward to reading Dramatically Ever After.
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