Book Review: If I Should Die

This is the third book in a series. I recommend starting with the first book so you don't accidentally get any spoilers. Check out Die For Me review here.

I will not lose another person I love. I will not let history repeat itself. Vincent waited lifetimes to find me, but in an instant our future together was shattered. He was betrayed by someone we both called a friend, and I lost him. Now our enemy is determined to rule over France’s immortals, and willing to wage a war to get what they want. It shouldn’t be possible, none of it should be, but this is my reality. I know Vincent is somewhere out there, I know he’s not completely gone, and I will do anything to save him. After what we’ve already fought to achieve, a life without Vincent is unimaginable. He once swore to avoid dying—to go against his nature and forsake sacrificing himself for others—so that we could be together. How can I not risk everything to bring my love back to me?

My Thoughts: Let me start off by saying that the cover for every single book in this trilogy are gorgeous! There are also 2 novellas that go with the trilogy. I read one of them, but not the other. Not yet, maybe one day. They don't take away from this story at all, but add to one character and his life. It was totally worth ready the extra 100 pages or so of the one I read after reading this one. It helped me find closure for the one character it follows, but I don't want to give any spoilers. Just trust me. It's worth it! :) About this book. LOVED IT!!! So, the a lot of the things that happened in this book were very predictable for me. However, a friend of mine who read this said she had no idea and it was a surprise for her. So... just read it. You may be right, or you may not be. The pace in this one goes even faster. I read the entire book in a twenty four hour period. It would have been less, but I'm a homeschool mom and do a lot during the day. If I had the time to just sit and read straight through this, then I totally would have. PHENOMENAL!!! The character development, the plot development, the romance, it was just all so perfectly done. I wanted more!! I think that's why I bought a novella. I just had to keep reading.

Amy Plum is the author of DIE FOR ME, an international bestselling Young Adult series set in Paris which comprises of three novels (DIE FOR ME, UNTIL I DIE, IF I SHOULD DIE) and three novellas (DIE FOR HER, DIE ONCE MORE, INSIDE THE WORLD OF DIE FOR ME). Her second series is a duology. Amy describes AFTER THE END and UNTIL THE BEGINNING as “a faux-post-apocalyptic, road trip, adventure, romance, thriller with a bit of magic.” Her third series is the DREAMFALL duology, which was optioned for television by DiGa Studios. (MTV’s Teen Wolf, Scream). The second book, NEVERWAKE, releases in August 2018.

Her books have been translated into thirteen languages.

After being raised in Birmingham, Alabama, in a rather restrictive environment, AMY PLUM escaped to Chicago to an even more restrictive environment at a university that expelled people for dancing. (And where she was called to the dean’s office for “wearing too much black”.) After all of that restrictiveness, she was forced to run far far away, specifically to Paris, France, where she only wore black and danced all she wanted.

After five years in Paris, she ventured to London, where she got an M.A. in Medieval Art History, specializing in Early Sienese Painting (1260-1348) mainly because it promised almost no hope of finding a paying job afterward.

Amy managed to find work in the world of art and antiques in New York. But after almost a decade of high-pressure lifestyle in the Big Apple, she swapped her American city for a French village of 1300 inhabitants.

After signing with HarperCollins for the DIE FOR ME series, Amy left her job as an English professor at Tours University to write full-time. She now lives in Paris with her two children.

She is a huge fan of Edward Gorey and Maira Kalman (and collects both of their books and art), as well as David Sedaris, Amadeo Modigliani, and Ira Glass. For more info on Amy and her books, go here: http://www.amyplumbooks.com/