Fantasy Historical fiction Romance 2015

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

Published in Spanish as La vida invisible de Addie LaRue

France, 1714: In a moment of desperation, a young woman named Adeline meets a dangerous stranger and makes a terrible mistake.

Open Library
Add this book to your own stack

What it is

A book about books · a love story that hurts

What happens in it

Books about books

Reading sheet

How it's told

Structure
Two timelines
Who tells it
Third person, up close

Before you pick it up

Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you love books about books
  • you like a book that stays with you for days
  • you want a love story at the heart of it

Other stacks with this book

2 readers stacked it

8 books
Cover of Pedro Páramo Cover of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Cover of Piranesi Cover of Lincoln in the Bardo Cover of Our Share of Night

Magical realism where the strange feels ordinary

10
Open Vote
9 books
Cover of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Cover of The time traveler's wife Cover of One Day Cover of Normal People Cover of The Rosie project

Romance for people who don't read romance

53
Open Vote