Book cover for Ever by Gail Carson Levine
2013 Released
288 Pages
3-4 Hours
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HarperCollinsISBN 9780062253491

Falling in love is never easy, but falling in love with an immortal god while your days on earth are numbered is almost more than a young girl can bear. Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine has created a stunning new world of flawed gods, unbreakable vows, and ancient omens in Ever.

Kezi knows her days are numbered. But accepting death is hard, especially when her romance with Olus is so new—Olus, the god of wind and loneliness. 

Love brings Kezi the will to fight her fate. Love gives Olus the strength to confront his fears. Together—and apart—they encounter spiders with webs of iron, the cruel lord of the land of the dead, and the tests of the Akkan gods. 

If they succeed, they will be together. If they fail, Olus will have to endure the ultimate loss—and Kezi will have to make the supreme sacrifice. 


  • A Mortal and an Immortal: Kezi’s days are numbered, a sacrifice to a demanding god. Olus, the god of wind, is eternal. Their love is the one thing that might save them both.
  • Forbidden Love: He is a god from the land of Akka. She is a mortal bound by an unbreakable vow. To be together, they must challenge the divine order itself.
  • An Underworld Journey: To change her destiny, Kezi must descend into Wadir, the land of the dead, and face its cruel lord—a quest from which no mortal has ever returned.
  • Fighting Fate: A stunning epic fantasy about flawed gods, ancient omens, and two souls who risk everything to defy a fate that has already been written.

Gail Carson Levine

Gail Carson Levine's first book for children, Ella Enchanted, was a Newbery Honor Book. Levine's other books include Ever, a New York Times bestseller; Fairest, a Best Book of the Year for Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal and a New York Times bestseller; Dave at Night, an ALA Notable Book and Best Book for Young Adults; The Wish; The Two Princesses of Bamarre; A Tale of Two Castles; Stolen Magic; The Lost Kingdom of Bamarre; Ogre Enchanted; and the six Princess Tales books. She is also the author of the nonfiction books Writing Magic: Creating Stories That Fly and Writer to Writer: From Think to Ink, as well as the picture books Betsy Who Cried Wolf and Betsy Red Hoodie. Gail Carson Levine and her husband, David, live in a two-centuries-old farmhouse in the Hudson Valley of New York State.

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