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| Author | Hilary Duff Elise Allen |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Young adult fiction |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | October 11, 2011 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover), Digital (E-Book) |
| Pages | 368 |
| ISBN | 1-4424-0855-3 |
| Preceded by | Elixir (2010) |
| Followed by | True (2013) |
Devoted is the sequel toNew York Times-bestselling novelElixir by American entertainerHilary Duff with Elise Allen. It was published and released to booksellers on October 11, 2011. It is the second in an unnamed trilogy by Duff and Allen.
After the release ofElixir in 2010, Duff stated that she intended to write more in the series. She said, however, that nothing had been put down as yet and that she and her co-writer, Allen, were simply playing around with different ideas.[1] On October 18, 2010, Duff posted on Twitter about a sequel: "Can't believe so many people have read the book already! Yipeeee! Starting the next one in two weeks".[2]Devoted was released on October 11, 2011.
In an interview withMTV, Duff stated that "Devoted picks up basically whereElixir left off, and Clea has a lot of big questions to answer and decisions to make."[3][failed verification] She also said that plans for the third and final book in thetrilogy were being discussed and that "I don't think it will be as long. It will be a wrap-up, kind of where they are now and what exactly happened to the Elixir, whose hands it's in, what ends up happening with Sage."[3]
After Sage was kidnapped by the Saviors, Clea is fruitlessly searching for him. In the woods outside her house, a family of ghostly apparitions appears and gives her information on his whereabouts.
Clea and her friend Ben track down a hideout of Cursed Vengeance, the group that has been cursed until Sage's death, in an abandoned subway station. They come to a tenuous agreement to help each other find Sage, but after that they will be at odds again.
Through a series of flashbacks, it is revealed that the ghostly family all consumed the Elixir of Life over 2,000 years ago and have been living in immortality ever since. They've trained their minds to gain psychic powers such astelekinesis andastral projection, but the Elixir is running out and soon they'll be left in a comatose state. To prevent this, they are helping the Saviors to kill Sage and turn his blood into more Elixir. The youngest daughter, Amelia, is unsure of this path and decides she wants to help Clea save Sage.
Meanwhile, Sage is being held captive by the Saviors and they perform a ritual to break the bond between his soul and Clea's. At the next full moon, they will kill him with a magical dagger and his blood will become more Elixir that others can drink.
Amelia sends a psychic warning to Clea, letting her know where the ritual will be performed on Sage. She warns Cursed Vengeance, who gathers up a small army and leads an attack on the Saviors compound. Amelia uses her psychic powers to fight her family, seemingly killing all of them in the process.
Clea reaches Sage just in time to witness his throat being cut and his blood turning to Elixir in a bowl. In her anguish, she knocks the bowl over, letting the Elixir soak into the ground so no one can have it. The remaining Saviors leave, dejected.
The book ends with the reveal that Sage's soul entered the body of a man killed during the fighting.
Devoted was released in trade paperback on November 6, 2012.
Duff announced in July 2012 that the sequel and final novel in theElixir series would be titledTrue and was released on April 16, 2013, bySimon & Schuster.[citation needed]
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