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Evermore, like Destiny's Door by Judith Tracy, takes a fantasy world and makes it real. 
Hunter Lord and Ariel Masters put together a world like the one we live in. The authors embed enough fantasy, drama and humor to make the characters feel like apart of your life. You can't help but fall in love with the four characters. Feeling happy for their triumphs and sadness for their misery. Even in the end, you can't help but feel a little of both, because it is like the characters die, and the only way to remember them is like a loved one that has passed- in your heart and mind.
Maddie and Benjamin are an elderly couple who have never met, but have been using homing pigeons to send messages back and forth to one another. These letters are wondrous pieces of literature that truly tell what each character is about and despite no words stating that they love one another, the reader just knows that their love is a strong one. This becomes even more evident as Maddie becomes sick and just as Benjamin decides to meet her; she dies of what is called the TADS Virus.
The story continues as Benjamin exchanges letter with Tony, a young man who was taught to love pigeons by Maddie, herself. Through a humorous chain of events, Tony meets and falls in love with a girl named Jennifer. The two youngsters share the physical bond Benjamin and Maddie should have always had. Almost as homage to the older couple, the young love bird share e-mail correspondence when not together, truly adding to a unique and interesting way of telling a story. The letters drive the story and the characters and narrative push it through the roof.
Everything is thrown for a loop as the reader learns that the TADS Virus is a lethal disease carried by pigeons that destroys the human immune system. The three surviving characters must struggle with this discovery, what to do with their precious pets and how to deal with an angry mob of people who attack the pigeons, leaving them an endangered species. To further complicate the story one of the characters develops the disease, and must live as an Innuendo, which means they are forced to live in a bubble environment.
This story just seems so weird, but at the same time, it seems so real. There is nothing here that appears forced from the characters. The emotions, daily actions and interactions just come off realistically. The sentiments, the emotions, the metaphorical storyline all bring together a story that will make the reader think about life.
I read this 150-page book in one setting. I couldn't put it down. Images played in my head like a movie. I could see each character as if they were on a screen. Everything was vivid, from the characters to the streets of Boston, right down to the bubble environments. Despite the quirky use of pigeons and these bubble environments, it all seemed to make sense and in the end, true love seemed obtainable, sad and happy at the same time.
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