Everneath
By: Brodi Ashton
Harper Collins / Balzer + Bray
ISBN-13: 9780062071132
Last spring, Nikki Beckett vanished, sucked into an underworld known as the Everneath, where immortals Feed on the emotions of despairing humans. Now she's returned- to her old life, her family, her friends- before being banished back to the underworld... this time forever.
She has six months before the Everneath comes to claim her, six months for good-byes she can't find the words for, six months to find redemption, if it exists.
Nikki longs to spend these months reconnecting with her boyfriend, Jack, the one person she loves more than anything. But there's a problem: Cole, the smoldering immortal who first enticed her to the Everneath, has followed Nikki to the mortal world. And he'll do whatever it takes to bring her back- this time as his queen.
As Nikki's time grows short and her relationships begin slipping from her grasp, she's forced to make the hardest decision of her life: find a way to cheat fate and remain on the Surface with Jack or return to the Everneath and become Cole's...
Review
Becks has been away for awhile...the equivalent of a 100 years in the Underworld. She has agreed to go back forever and lose herself in the Tunnels (basically becoming a mindless power source) in exchange for six more months with her friends, family and Jack - the guy she left behind. But that means dealing with the destructive aftermath of her unexplained disappearance. Becks tries to come to terms with the fact that she's going to have to leave again, all the while trying not to cause any more pain than she already has. Plus she has Cole, the everliving who spirited her away to begin with, following her around and trying to get her to spend eternity with him as Queen of the everlivings' High Court. Becks doesn't love him like he wants her too because she still loves Jack with all her heart. Can she find a way to stay with her family and Jack when the Tunnels come to claim her as Forfeit? Or will she decide to choose spending an eternity with Cole? This book was fun, in that it retold equal parts Orpheus and Eurydice, with Persephone and Hades. I am a love of Greek mythology and this was fresh, interesting take on a myth that honestly hasn't been overdone (quite yet anyways). The characters were interesting and the day-by-day format after Becks is returned from the Everneath (a.k.a. the Underworld) made things go fairly fast, yet last awhile at the same time. Jack wasn't as one-dimensional as your average 'goody-goody', normal human love interest normally is. Cole also wasn't one-dimensionally evil and had depth to his personality. At the same time, it was annoying that Cole continually went after Becks, even though she obviously didn't want him at all. Overall this was worth the read and I will be looking forward to the next book in the series, especially after the cliffhanger ending! :)
VERDICT: 4/5 Stars
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