Synopsis: In the City of Lights, two star-crossed lovers battle a fate that is destined to tear them apart again and again for eternity.
When Kate Mercier's parents die in a tragic car accident, she leaves her life--and memories--behind to live with her grandparents in Paris. For Kate, the only way to survive her pain is escaping into the world of books and Parisian art. Until she meets Vincent.
Mysterious, charming, and devastatingly handsome, Vincent threatens to melt the ice around Kate's guarded heart with just his smile. As she begins to fall in love with Vincent, Kate discovers that he's a revenant--an undead being whose fate forces him to sacrifice himself over and over again to save the lives of others. Vincent and those like him are bound in a centuries-old war against a group of evil revenants who exist only to murder and betray. Kate soon realizes that if she follows her heart, she may never be safe again.
In this incandescent debut, newcomer Amy Plum has created a powerful paranormal mythology with immortal revenants. The Paris setting comes enchantingly alive as a relentless struggle between good and evil takes place in its streets. Rich with romance, atmosphere, and thrills, Die for Me will leave readers breathlessly awaiting its sequel.
Die For Me is refreshing, charming, and will make you want Vincent just as much as Kate does. The revenants that Plum invented are new to the YA scene and that was the first thing to entice me into reading this book. The Paris setting is crisp in detail but because I have never been I could only imagine the scenery that was portrayed in the book. Kate is a girl that has lost both of her parents in a tragic accident that changed her life forever. Living with her sister and grandparents in Paris has done nothing to change the fact that she is miserable and sliding deeper all the time into a dark hole of despair. That is, until she meets Vincent, the charming, handsome and mysterious boy that seems to bump into her everywhere.
I really liked being in Kate's head. I found that right from the very first page I liked her point of view and description of the world around her. I could follow her through almost any story and enjoy every word. I found the attraction that she felt towards Vincent and vise-versa very rushed and too strong too fast. It had a very our-eyes-met-from-across-the-room sort of feel to it. I felt that the rest of the storyline progressed well and I found it easy to follow the action of the story.
There are many different aspects of the story that will make readers interested in Kate and Vincent. Vincent's approach to wooing Kate is both adorable and a little bit creepy. That being said, as much as his spying on Kate may have pushed me away a bit, he is incredibly polite, well-meaning, and protective of her. I would think that many fans of The Twilight Saga would love this book because Vincent is very much like Edward Cullen but he equally has his own personality. Vincent has chivalry down to a science and makes Kate, and readers, wait impatiently for him in his absence. Overall, a good read for people of all ages.
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