The Alchemy of Forever
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780857076816 (0857076817)
ASIN: 0857076817
Publish date: 2012-04-26
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Childrens Books
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
It only takes a good plot and/or an amazing cover to get me to read a book. Alchemy of Forever caught me by its very intriguing plot. Not that I haven’t read anything like it, but I was curious enough to find out how this goes. Alas, a book with so much potential but fell short. At first I couldn’t ...
I absolutely love the premise of The Alchemy of Forever! I liked how the concept of immortals who transplant bodies is explained well so that there is never any confusion in the process. This book isn't about a teenage girl who becomes an Incarnate - it's about a girl who has lived hundreds of years...
Sera has been alive for nearly 700 years but she pays a high price for her immortality. Every 10 years she must take a new body because she will have worn out the one she is currently using. After hundreds of years spent ending other people's lives the guilt is becoming hard to live with, even thoug...