Series: Everneath (bk. 3)
Genera(s): Paranormal Romance/Fantasy
Subjects: Supernatural, underworlds,
immortality, love, mythology
Setting: Park City, Utah and the Everneath
POV/Tense: 1st person POV, past tense:
Nikki
Age/Grade Level: Teen
Length: 355 pgs.
HC/PB: Hardcover and now in Paperback
List Price: $17.99/$9.99
Publisher: HarperTeen
Summary/ product description: “Now that Nikki has rescued
Jack, all she wants is to be with him and graduate high school. But Cole
tricked Nikki into feeding off him, and she’s begun the process of turning into
an Everliving herself... which means she must feed on a Forfeit soon — or die.
Terrified
for her survival, Nikki and Jack begin a desperate attempt to reverse the
process using any means possible. Even Cole, who they expected to fight them at
every turn, has become an unlikely ally — but how long can it last? Nikki needs
to feed on Cole to survive, Cole needs Nikki to gain the throne in the
Everneath, Jack needs Nikki because she is everything to him — and together,
they must travel back to the Underworld to undo Nikki’s fate and make her
mortal once more. But Cole isn’t the only one with plans for Nikki: the Queen
has not forgotten Nikki’s treachery, and she wants her destroyed for good. Will
Nikki be forced to spend eternity in the Underworld, or does she have what it
takes to bring down the Everneath once and for all?
In this
stunning conclusion to the Everneath trilogy, Brodi Ashton evokes the
resiliency of the human spirit and the indomitable power of true love.”
My Review: I
waited a year to read this book, so it’s been two years since I read Everbound.
This series has gone from okay to awesome to absolutely amazing. It’s partially
because of the development of the heroine, Nikki, and also the other characters
and this world called the Everneath.
Nikki in the first book Everneath was recovering from
the time she was being fed on by Cole, so she seemed depressed and
uninteresting. In Everbound she had a lot of her strength back and the story
became an adventure through a labyrinth in the Everneath. In Evertrue Nikki is
becoming an Everliving and would like to find a way to prevent that. She tries
to get her heart back from Cole but fails, but she has a better plan that can
save more lives: destroy the Everneath.
I really enjoyed the character Cole. He’s the kind of
guy you love to hate, but also love to love. He’s like Damon Salvatore or Klaus
from the Vampire Diaries, or even Warner from Shatter Me. He’s a bad boy, but
he’s also a musician who used to be a Norwegian farm boy a very long time ago become
becoming an Everliving. He’s blond and hot and sometimes funny, and likes to
tease Nikki.
Cole wants Nikki to love him back, but Nikki loves
Jack. In this book Cole gets amnesia and forgets who is his beyond his name. He
temporarily forgot how to speak English, but that didn’t last long. It’s kind
of hilarious and adds another interesting layer to this story. Nikki makes up a
false backstory for Cole so he would help them destroy the Everneath.
We see all three of our main characters work together
and get along (mostly due to Cole’s lack of memory). Jack and Nikki can’t hate
Cole if Cole doesn’t remember what he did to them. Jack and Nikki can share
their romance, but Nikki has to feed off of Cole or she’ll die because she can’t
make her own energy any more. That involves kissing. Jack is not happy with
this but want Nikki to live so he lets her.
This finale is well plotted with absolutely no dull
moments. It’s such a faster read than the first book. There’s still adventure
and interesting paranormal elements. It’s all very unique. I recommend this to
fans of paranormal books about immortals or even vampires. Also too fans of
Incarnate by Jodi Meadows, which is about immortals. It’s kind of like the
Persephone and Hades Greek Myth so if you liked Falling Under by Gwen Hayes and
Abandon by Meg Cabot and other books with mythology and the underworld too, you
may enjoy this.
Cover Art Review: I absolutely love the dress turning
into a vortex of smoke. It’s so gorgeous. Fit with the previous covers, but
this one is definitely the best.
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