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France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world. But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name.
But just this much further and I'm much more intrigued. Meeting Henry is a major turning point/ energy boost. Especially as the first chapter of part two is from his POV, which was super interesting. And I think if I didn't know there would be someone who does remember her, I thought the writing of his POV was carefully crafted as to be unclear if he does/n't remember her. I mean, we're getting his POV, we can assume he's pretty important. I do feel I'm enjoying the 2014 timeline more than the old one, which may be because the old timeline is very early days when Addie is still bumbling and stressed.
I paused the audiobook at the end of chapter 16, the penultimate chapter of part one. At this point it's been fine: her 'curse' has been established and we see that and the immediate aftermath, as well as following the 2014 wandering version. BUT at this moment the book has done what I knew was the premise-- I wasn't yet *hooked*.
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