Evernight is a series of five vampire-based romantic fantasy novels by The New York Times bestselling American author Claudia Gray.
School Library Journal wrote: “Gray’s writing hooks readers from the first page and reels them in with surprising plot twists and turns, and the open ending will keep them guessing and waiting on the edge of their seats for the next book in the series.
"[1] Romantic times bookclub wrote that Evernight was a "Teenage love, ancient hatred and a Romeo and Juliet-style feud fuel the fires in this compelling first-person drama.
"[citation needed] Booklist wrote that Evernight was something that "Stephenie Meyer fans will find similar rewards in the flashes of humor; the terrifying battle between ancient, supernatural societies; and the steamy romance in which love bites aren’t just a euphemism.
After they have been officially dating for weeks, Bianca mentions that one of Lucas's ancestors went to Evernight, but no humans have ever been accepted to the school before, except a Black Cross member (a group of elite vampire hunters).
[5] Kirkus Reviews wrote critically of the book saying "Bianca’s tendency to belabor every point, particularly the depth of her love for Lucas, makes for a dull narrative style, and three-dimensional characters are pretty much nonexistent.
Despite the predictable romantic entanglements and the constant telling, the plot races along with a search for a crazed renegade vampire, threatening ghosts, uncovered secrets and a flaming climax with a significant body count.
Bianca breaks into Mrs Bethany's carriage house in an attempt to discover what Lucas wanted to know; why humans are allowed at Evernight.
As Bianca leaves her room to drink blood (she is the only vampire sharing with a human), she sees a blue light and thinks that there is a person on the stairs.
On their way out of the school they meets Charity who they think will kill them but as they prepare to run she is pushed against a tree and staked by a sharp branch.
The main character, Bianca Oliver, is living with her rocky, shaky, strong, sturdy and passionate relationship with the head man, Lucas Ross.
She is told she can form a body by holding objects she has bonded to in her life including her broche and her coral bracelet which were both made of once living material.
Although throughout the first book, she describes her looks as average, nothing spectacular but not ugly, she is told several times that she is beautiful, most notably by Patrice, who "wouldn't have said it unless she meant it."
They meet up with the rest of Black Cross but later Bianca's parents turn up In Stargazer she is stalked by wraiths and is nearly killed several times.
Bianca is caught by Balthazar while sneaking back who agrees not to tell Mrs. Bethany as long as she helps him find Charity.
She is told that she can form a body by holding objects that she has bonded to in her life including her brooch and her coral bracelet which were both made of once living material.
He has a hot temper, explaining that he'd always settled things with his fists, but when he's hanging out with his friends, such as Bianca or Vic, he seems completely at ease with the world and enjoys every second of his life.
He has a talent for twisting the facts, laying them out so that he's not inventing a lie but merely letting people believe things happened differently than they really had.
After they have been dating for weeks, Bianca mentions that one of Lucas' ancestors went to Evernight, but no humans have ever been accepted to the school before, except a Black Cross member.
On their way out of the school they meets Charity who they think will kill them but as they prepare to run she is pushed against a tree and staked by a sharp branch.
Several members of Black Cross are killed including Lucas's step father Eduardo whose neck is broken by Mrs. Bethany.
Charity leaves and Balthazar and Ranulf arrive who tell Bianca of Lucas's fate, he will become the one thing he despises, a vampire.
Bianca and her friends agree to search the school for the traps set by Mrs. Bethany and to free the wraiths on the night of the Autumn Ball.
Lucas is told by Mrs. Bethany about how vampires can be resurrected to human form although it involves the sacrifice of a wraith when the mixture of both supernaturals blood happens.
Bianca mentions that one of Lucas' ancestors went to Evernight, although no humans have ever been previously accepted to the school, except a Black Cross member.
Mrs. Bethany stages a break into the Black Cross cell along with several members of staff and Balthazar, wanting to take Bianca back to her parents.
In Afterlife, she helps Lucas with his transformation and shows more kindness toward him than she'd ever had to anyone at the school, including Balthazar, due to the fact that she could strongly relate to what he was going through.
He later figures out that many of the students at Evernight are vampires and even though he is wary he reasons if they wanted to harm him they could have done so already (this is not revealed until Hourglass, although it seems he'd known nearly the entire series).
-Maxine O'Connor is one of the names Bianca finds in the records room when she is searching for the reason Mrs. Bethamy allowed humans at Evernight Academy, although it's never truly revealed why.
He and Britnee both discovered the existence of vampires and witnessed that when Charity makes the kill Although Claudia Gray has confirmed that she does not plan to write any more Evernight books, she wrote a spin-off novel about Balthazar More focusing on his life, death and later adventures.