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smileytonya's review against another edition
3.0
This retelling of the Persephone myth fell flat. The idea was better than the execution. The characters were boring and the story was very slow paced. For someone with only six months left on Earth, Nicki sure takes her sweet time trying to figure things out. The love story was very sappy and slowed the plot even further. I will not continue this series.
heatherliz86's review against another edition
5.0
WoW is all I got to say......I couldnt put this book down! I love everything about this book!
jessicajessica101's review against another edition
4.0
// Avis datant de 2013 //
Un très beau premier tome ! L'histoire est terriblement original, très bien trouvé, parfaitement exploité même si parfois, des passages m'ont semblé assez compliqué (j'avoue ne pas tout avoir compris)
J'ai adoré Nikki, son personnage est vraiment bien fait et très attachant !
J'ai aussi adoré le "triangle-amoureux" même si ce n'en ai pas vraiment un. Au début, en lisant le résumé, je m'attendais à être plus Team Cole, mais en lisant le livre, on ne peut que être touché par le personnage de Jack et on ne peut que le préféré !
Un bon premier tome, j'ai terriblement hâte de lire la suite ! Surtout avec la fin !
Un très beau premier tome ! L'histoire est terriblement original, très bien trouvé, parfaitement exploité même si parfois, des passages m'ont semblé assez compliqué (j'avoue ne pas tout avoir compris)
J'ai adoré Nikki, son personnage est vraiment bien fait et très attachant !
J'ai aussi adoré le "triangle-amoureux" même si ce n'en ai pas vraiment un. Au début, en lisant le résumé, je m'attendais à être plus Team Cole, mais en lisant le livre, on ne peut que être touché par le personnage de Jack et on ne peut que le préféré !
Un bon premier tome, j'ai terriblement hâte de lire la suite ! Surtout avec la fin !
ttmusic's review against another edition
4.0
Everneath was simply fantastic. I love a good modern take on fairy tales and mythology, and Everneath hit a home run. The juxtaposition of Nikki’s dwindling time left on Earth and the events leading up to her decision to go to the Everneath keeps you constantly guessing what went wrong, and hooked to the story. We didn’t get to know a whole lot about most of the characters, but what we did learn about them was enough to feel for them, Jules in particular. I hope we see more of her later, I have a feeling she’s one to watch. I didn’t even have the problem of being annoyed with and/or bored of the love triangle that I frequently get in YA novels. It seemed clear who had Nikki’s heart, but the draw to the other character was undeniable as well. Both main male characters were very interesting in their own right, and not just because they both want Nikki. Cole in particular was intriguing, every time I thought he had legitimate feelings of love for Nikki, he’d do something to push her away or we’d learn something about him in the past that pushed us away from him. The twist at the end was somewhat predictable, but I didn’t mind it so much. The twist with Mary was very well done, I didn’t see that one coming at all. The whole “Daughters of Persephone” thing was a little confusing to me, how Nikki was able to stay herself, but I expect we’ll learn more about that later. Overall, Everneath was awesome, and I’d recommend it to anyone who reads YA in general, and anyone who loves retellings of fairy tales and myths, it won’t disappoint.
vivianabana's review against another edition
3.0
Great book, loved the flashbacks and how well structured it was
cadenceb's review against another edition
4.0
I predicted the ending but it still hurt, what the heck?
veranthia's review against another edition
2.0
It took me four years to finish this book, which honestly says more about me than the book, but it does say something about the book anyway.
sandygx260's review against another edition
1.0
This book languished on my to read pile for a while. I’m not sure why, since the description sounds intriguing.
Oh my, the description is accurate, but it doesn’t reveal the weaknesses of this book. If ever a book needs a strength-training program, Everneath is one. This story has an abundance, nay, a mammoth cornucopia of weaknesses. Imagine a cornucopia the size of a dump truck and you are almost there.
1) Largest weakness: the main character Nik, Nikki, Becks—she of many names— is a mammoth pile of stinking, steaming irritation. Her motivation for doing what she does to land her in spiritual trouble is pathetic. Nik claims to love her quarterback hero Jack sooo much, but does she bother to stop and ask what is going on during the so-called “big trauma scene”? Nope, she drives away and seeks what will make her feel nothing. So much for truuu luvvv.
Please, every teen in the world suffers from angst and emotional fuckery. Guess Nik is immature enough not to bitch slap her own emotions into a reality check. Face it, if she had done so, there’d be no novel. Oooopps, now there’s a problem.
2) Fantasies deserve world building. The world building for Everneath is cooked lame atop braised lame with a side sauce of lame. If you expect to learn about Everneath, sorry, the author can’t be bothered to rustle up more than a few vague descriptions and standard Greek mythology.
Of course when needed, a teacher calls upon a world-class expert to ramble on for a few pages, telling us, the bored readers, key plot points about the BIG problem. I started laughing.
3) Characters love climbing in and out of windows. The act is hilariously overused.
4) Speaking of weakness, try to find the character development in this book. Go ahead, give it a shot. I won’t wait up for you. The back and forth narrative style does nothing to help this problem. The little “reveals” at the end still left me rolling my eyes.
5) Toward the book’s end, when Nik-Nikki-Becks-Bend it Like Beckham has only hours to remain on Earth, suddenly there’s a need to sleep. The heroes need answers, but they decide to sleep. The teens don’t consume caffeinated beverages, No-Doz… they sleep. If you had mere hours to exist, would you sleep? Hell no.
6) Cliché disconnected adults? Check, which is bizarre since an adult wrote the book. I just don’t understand the problem.
I could go on, but there’s no need to slam the shovel into the dirt. This is book one, eh? For me, it is book one and done.
This book is enough to make me quit YA for a looooong time.
Oh my, the description is accurate, but it doesn’t reveal the weaknesses of this book. If ever a book needs a strength-training program, Everneath is one. This story has an abundance, nay, a mammoth cornucopia of weaknesses. Imagine a cornucopia the size of a dump truck and you are almost there.
1) Largest weakness: the main character Nik, Nikki, Becks—she of many names— is a mammoth pile of stinking, steaming irritation. Her motivation for doing what she does to land her in spiritual trouble is pathetic. Nik claims to love her quarterback hero Jack sooo much, but does she bother to stop and ask what is going on during the so-called “big trauma scene”? Nope, she drives away and seeks what will make her feel nothing. So much for truuu luvvv.
Please, every teen in the world suffers from angst and emotional fuckery. Guess Nik is immature enough not to bitch slap her own emotions into a reality check. Face it, if she had done so, there’d be no novel. Oooopps, now there’s a problem.
2) Fantasies deserve world building. The world building for Everneath is cooked lame atop braised lame with a side sauce of lame. If you expect to learn about Everneath, sorry, the author can’t be bothered to rustle up more than a few vague descriptions and standard Greek mythology.
Of course when needed, a teacher calls upon a world-class expert to ramble on for a few pages, telling us, the bored readers, key plot points about the BIG problem. I started laughing.
3) Characters love climbing in and out of windows. The act is hilariously overused.
4) Speaking of weakness, try to find the character development in this book. Go ahead, give it a shot. I won’t wait up for you. The back and forth narrative style does nothing to help this problem. The little “reveals” at the end still left me rolling my eyes.
5) Toward the book’s end, when Nik-Nikki-Becks-Bend it Like Beckham has only hours to remain on Earth, suddenly there’s a need to sleep. The heroes need answers, but they decide to sleep. The teens don’t consume caffeinated beverages, No-Doz… they sleep. If you had mere hours to exist, would you sleep? Hell no.
6) Cliché disconnected adults? Check, which is bizarre since an adult wrote the book. I just don’t understand the problem.
I could go on, but there’s no need to slam the shovel into the dirt. This is book one, eh? For me, it is book one and done.
This book is enough to make me quit YA for a looooong time.
books4susie's review against another edition
5.0
Nikki Beckett was at the depths of despair last spring. Her mother was dead at the hands of a drunk driver and she had broken up with her boyfriend, Jack Caputo, the starting quarterback of the football team. So when she meets Cole and he offers to take all of her pain away, she is grateful not to feel anything anymore. To her friends and family, Nikki just vanishes one day. In reality, Cole, an immortal who feeds on human emotions, has taken Nikki to the Everneath. After Cole feeds on Nikki’s despairing emotions for six months, a century in Everneath time, he offers to make Nikki an immortal as well. Only she cannot get a boy’s face from her mind. She asks to go back to the mortal world. She will have six months to make things right with those she left behind before returning to Everneath permanently.
Everyone is stunned when Nikki returns home. Her father and most of her classmates assume she was strung out on drugs. Her little brother Tommy just wants his old sister back, but Nikki is physically weakened by her ordeal. Upon returning to school, she runs into her best friend Jules and her former boyfriend and the love of her life, Jack. Nikki cannot help but be drawn back towards Jack but she knows she won’t be able to stay it’s not fair to him to become involved again. Nikki is searching for the words to say goodbye and find redemption if it exists.
Jack is determined not to let Nikki slip away again if he can help it and reaches out to her. Nikki finds her resolve slowly slipping away until Cole comes back into her life. Even though Nikki must return to Everneath, Cole offers to make Nikki his queen so that she can escape the dreaded existence in the Tunnels. Nikki is unwilling to feed off the emotional pain of others and steadfastly refuses. But when Cole puts pressure on her by hurting those she loves, Nikki is determined to uncover the secrets of Everneath, Cole and possibly find a way to remain in the mortal world.
Nikki’s father, the town mayor, decides she can volunteer at the local soup kitchen. She agrees thinking it may be a way to redemption. It is there that she meets Mary, a homeless woman who sees to have dementia. Mary is said to be looking for the Daughters of Persephone and Nikki starts to believe that Mary may hold the key to getting her life back.
Can Nikki find a way to keep from returning to Everneath? What secrets is Cole hiding? Will Nikki find her way back to Jack? And is redemption a possibility for Nikki?
Nikki’s story is told in alternating timelines of what happened in her life to allow Cole to Feed from her and what occurs in the six months she has left on Earth before returning to the Everneath forever. This modern day retelling of the Hades and Persephone myth is interspersed with other myths about the underworld. Ashton sets up a great beginning to her Everneath trilogy.
Everyone is stunned when Nikki returns home. Her father and most of her classmates assume she was strung out on drugs. Her little brother Tommy just wants his old sister back, but Nikki is physically weakened by her ordeal. Upon returning to school, she runs into her best friend Jules and her former boyfriend and the love of her life, Jack. Nikki cannot help but be drawn back towards Jack but she knows she won’t be able to stay it’s not fair to him to become involved again. Nikki is searching for the words to say goodbye and find redemption if it exists.
Jack is determined not to let Nikki slip away again if he can help it and reaches out to her. Nikki finds her resolve slowly slipping away until Cole comes back into her life. Even though Nikki must return to Everneath, Cole offers to make Nikki his queen so that she can escape the dreaded existence in the Tunnels. Nikki is unwilling to feed off the emotional pain of others and steadfastly refuses. But when Cole puts pressure on her by hurting those she loves, Nikki is determined to uncover the secrets of Everneath, Cole and possibly find a way to remain in the mortal world.
Nikki’s father, the town mayor, decides she can volunteer at the local soup kitchen. She agrees thinking it may be a way to redemption. It is there that she meets Mary, a homeless woman who sees to have dementia. Mary is said to be looking for the Daughters of Persephone and Nikki starts to believe that Mary may hold the key to getting her life back.
Can Nikki find a way to keep from returning to Everneath? What secrets is Cole hiding? Will Nikki find her way back to Jack? And is redemption a possibility for Nikki?
Nikki’s story is told in alternating timelines of what happened in her life to allow Cole to Feed from her and what occurs in the six months she has left on Earth before returning to the Everneath forever. This modern day retelling of the Hades and Persephone myth is interspersed with other myths about the underworld. Ashton sets up a great beginning to her Everneath trilogy.