Oh my goodness this ginormous wonder of a book! The story was long and detailed and magic altogether. It follows Addie LaRue, who makes a deal with an evil god - asking for freedom yet getting a warped, manipulated, cruel version in return.

It starts off in year 1700 in a small town, Addie with a marriage arranged for her and expectations demanded of her. She does not want these things, wants instead to see the world beyond the town, wants to live life fully and be free. As she pleads the gods for freedom, an evil god answers and makes a deal with her. He gives her freedom where she is tied to NO ONE, makes her immortal, forgettable, unable to say her name, leave any mark. People forget her the moment they leave the room. As a result she cannot have a home, a family, friends, or anything to call hers. Chapters alternate between the early years of her deal, filled with pain and suffering, and the present year 2014 where she has found her own way of life after 300 years of pacing her cage and finding gaps in the bars.

One day, she meets Henry, a man who had also made his own deal with the evil god. And he remembers. Their stories entangle and fit and we see what it means to have time, be loved, be remembered, and to love.

Some parts of the book explores themes that were a little hard for me to understand, but it was a very enjoyable, magical, pensive read nonetheless. Like knowing how great and vast the sky is yet being unable to fully grasp the depths of it. What a gift to literature this story is…