In the vein of The Time Traveler’s Wife and Life After Life, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwab’s genre-defying tour de force.
A Life No One Will Remember. A Story You Will Never Forget.
France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live foreverand is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets.
Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world.
But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name.
Praise for the Shades of Magic series:
“Addictive and immersive, this series is a must-read.” Entertainment Weekly, Grade A, on A Gathering of Shadows
“A gem of a tale.... This is a book to treasure.” Deborah Harkness on A Darker Shade of Magic
“Compulsively readable.... With so many worlds on the map, there's plenty left to discover.”NPR on A Darker Shade of Magic
“Feels like a priceless object, brought from another, better world of fantasy books.” io9 on A Darker Shade of Magic
V. E. Schwab is the author of the New York Times-bestselling Shades of Magic series, as well as The Near Witch, The Archived, and Vicious. The product of a British mother, a Beverly Hills father, and a southern upbringing, Schwab has a penchant for tea and BBC shows, and a serious and well-documented case of wanderlust.