The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (by V.E. Schwab)

Such a great premise, and such a great book, reminiscent of Life After Life by Kate Atkinson. Addie LaRue, born in France in 1714, makes a deal with a god of darkness. She gets immortality and eternal youth in exchange for being forgotten by everyone she meets. (She's unable even to write, or draw, or speak her name.)

We catch up with her 300 years later, in New York City, where she has figured out how to live with the curse as best she can. Until one day, something incredible happens: for the first time in 300 years, someone is able to remember her. How? And why? And what happens next?

Things I loved about this book: the premise. A perfect ending. Bisexual representation. The character of Addie herself. All the nitty gritty details of how the curse works.  I only have a couple of nitpicks: one is that I found the flashbacks way less interesting than the modern-day stuff (especially when we spent seemingly forever in the 1700s.) We briefly get cameos of famous people who have supposedly sold their souls to the same god, which makes sense in this world (like of course people would sell their souls for genius or fame) but came across a bit silly. And there is one plot hole that drove me crazy the whole book. (Will put it in spoiler tags just in case; RSS readers avert your eyes.)

Addie often will have day-long relationships with people; for example, she meets Toby, a musician, and hangs out with him and takes him home and sleeps with him, on multiple nights. Her night with Remy is described in detail as lasting many hours. And other nights as well (for example, with Sam.)  But how do any of her relationships last over several hours when human beings need to pee? This drove me crazy! And at a dinner party, one person does gt up and go to the bathroom and then forget her instantly so it's not like there's some kind of bathroom loophole. So how are all these dates even happening? Like they are hanging out eating and drinking! Sometimes it's specified that they have multiple beers somewhere and then go hone to have sex. People pee before sex! Does nobody ever have to pee? Does Addie not ever have to pee? 

Yes, this is a nitpick but could I forget about it? No, no I could not. But don't let that stop you from reading this book, it's amazing and I devoured it.