Everneath

Title: Everneath
Author: Brodi Ashton
Series: Everneath #1
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult
Spice: 0.5 / 5
Format: ARC
Pages: 370
Reason Read: Received for Review
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Also in this series: Everbound, Neverfall, Evertrue

My Thoughts

I loved EVERNEATH so much. It was interesting, intriguing, sad, happy, moving, every emotion imaginable. Interspersed with a retelling of the story of Persephone and Hades, I felt as if I was there, living what the characters lived.

I was anxious the entire time I was reading the story. It wasn’t a bad anxious. It’s just that I was hooked from the very beginning so I wanted to know what was going to happen to Nikki. There was no way I could possibly understand what she was going through, but I could feel her pain. I was invested in her character and I wanted her to feel happy again.

I really liked Nikki. Even though she came back to the Surface drained of all her emotions, I thought she still came across as strong. Although she was sad and wished she hadn’t gone to the Everneath, she owned her part in it. She didn’t blame her family or friends, even though other teenagers in her stead probably would’ve. That made her a very likable protagonist.

I absolutely loved Jack, Nikki’s boyfriend before she went to the Everneath. I don’t know exactly what to say about him other than he’s a strong, selfless, and unconditionally loving character. I loved how loyal he was to Nikki and that he’d go to any lengths imaginable to help her.

I normally hate love triangles, so I wanted to hate Cole but I couldn’t. I also wanted to love him, but I couldn’t. I had a very strong love / hate relationship with him. Even knowing from the beginning that he was an Everliving, I was unsure of his motives. I’m excited to see what there’s in store for his character. I’m also super excited to see how my feelings for him change if they even do.

I love how the book ended and I can’t wait to see what happens in the sequel. There’s so much potential for this story.