Final thoughts of "After Eden" by Katherine Pine

After Eden by Katherine Pine is a fantasy/YA (Young Adult) book that is an easy and faced paced story. The story is about a girl named Devi, who has lost her brother when she was young. She will do anything to find out what had happened to him and where he went. She also suffers from horrific pain and seizure like symptoms often. But she soon learns what these "seizures" are and what is causing them. I won't explain too much because I don't want to give away any spoilers, but she ends up having one of theses "seizures" in her favorite book store and the man who owns it stays with her to help her through it. But she soon finds out that he is not what he appears to be.

The man she meets is called Oz, who is tall, dark, and handsome. He is a demon stuck in a world that he does not feel a part of. However, like any YA novel, he falls in love with Devi almost immediately, and the same goes for her too. Oz is almost that typical "bad" guy who is trying to do good but is judged kind of by his looks. He has been hurt in the past but wants to move past them finally. He wants to have a relationship with Devi, but he knows that if he does that things could end badly because of a curse that God put on devils and demons when they chose to love the Earth and humanity more than God himself. Oz has fallen for Devi hard, no matter how much he tried to avoid it. He knew the consequences but he couldn't stop his feelings for her. He longs to feel connected to the world that he chose to be in instead of loving God, and he begins to feel that connection with Devi.


But Devi is a girl with very few friends and little to no experience/luck with guys, so it was inevitable that she was going to fall head-over-heals for the first guy that took a genuine interest in her. She is very emotional as well; probably one of the most emotional characters that I have read, but it did not make me dislike the book. I think it was because her emotions where not a typical winy, young high school drama emotions, but they were genuine feelings that are hard to deal with. She has had countless tragedies happen to her and her mother and it only makes sense that she is so emotional when difficult things happen in the book. Granted, I would have liked it if she was slightly less cry-y but I can live with it. Maybe in the second book she won't be as cry-y and emotional, but we'll see. I could see that being a character progress if she did learn to control her crying and emotions better. But I do think that Devi is a very believable character and is developed well. I think the author did very well making her character. I could picture her perfectly and could believe her motives and reactions to most things in the book.

I am rating this novel a 4/5 on goodreads.com. I really enjoyed this book. It had great imagery and well developed and unique characters. There were also interesting twists and turns that I did not expect. I would recommend this book to anyone one who enjoys YA novels or fantasy or books about fallen angels. I hope my review was helpful. Happy reading everyone! :)

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My next novel I am going to be reading is the sequel, Beloved Purgatory by Katherine Pine. I'm super excited to see what happens :)