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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
Imagine your heart is breaking from loss, heartache, and sadness. If someone said to you they could take the pain away forever, but you would never get to return to who you are and would forget your life, would you let them do it? This is the scenario that confronts Nikki in Everneath. She is taken away to the underworld, but returns for a limited amount of time to try to right wrongs.
The plot of the story is loosely based on two different myths: 1. Persephone and 2. Orpheus and Eurydice. The book starts off rather slow and confusing, but picks up pace within a few chapters. The story also begins to piece together and make sense. Within the chapters, time will jump between past and present, but each jump is clearly stated and is not hard to follow. What I like most about these jumps is you learn about Nikki's past while she remembers her life. The feel of the book is a cope with loss, learn to love type. There isn't really any high energy points.
Nikki was a difficult character to relate to. This is only because, due to circumstances in the book, she has almost no emotion and I am a very emotional person. I just saw this hollowed out shell walking along for the first half of the book, but this is part of the story. However, the second half of the book, I connected with her a lot better. She began to seem more human to me.
One main reason Nikki returns is to find her boyfriend, Jack. Jack has a lot of pent up anger toward Nikki for leaving, but still cares for her. Jack is sweet natured with a bit of a stubborn attitude, which is probably why I liked him so much.
The other guy in Nikki's life is Cole, who took her away to the underworld. I have neutral feelings toward Cole's character. I neither like or dislike him. I just felt there wasn't enought there to make a decision.
Overall, I did enjoy Everneath and will continue on with the series.
The plot of the story is loosely based on two different myths: 1. Persephone and 2. Orpheus and Eurydice. The book starts off rather slow and confusing, but picks up pace within a few chapters. The story also begins to piece together and make sense. Within the chapters, time will jump between past and present, but each jump is clearly stated and is not hard to follow. What I like most about these jumps is you learn about Nikki's past while she remembers her life. The feel of the book is a cope with loss, learn to love type. There isn't really any high energy points.
Nikki was a difficult character to relate to. This is only because, due to circumstances in the book, she has almost no emotion and I am a very emotional person. I just saw this hollowed out shell walking along for the first half of the book, but this is part of the story. However, the second half of the book, I connected with her a lot better. She began to seem more human to me.
One main reason Nikki returns is to find her boyfriend, Jack. Jack has a lot of pent up anger toward Nikki for leaving, but still cares for her. Jack is sweet natured with a bit of a stubborn attitude, which is probably why I liked him so much.
The other guy in Nikki's life is Cole, who took her away to the underworld. I have neutral feelings toward Cole's character. I neither like or dislike him. I just felt there wasn't enought there to make a decision.
Overall, I did enjoy Everneath and will continue on with the series.
I really enjoyed the mythology in this book! I like how the stories come into play, and I also really enjoyed Jack's character. In the beginning Nikki sort of bothered me, but about halfway through I realized I enjoyed her more and forgot she ever bothered me. The book is somewhat predictable but the end result still made me want to read the next book as soon as I could!
Wow! This book was so much better than I was expecting it to be. It was just so good! So good! I've never seen mythology being incorporated into a fictional novel like this and the story was just AMAZING.
There is a true love triangle. There really is a decision to be made between Cole and Jack. And I was completely engrossed in it all. I can't wait to see where the story is going to go with the next book. I have to hang tight till Jan 22nd. D:
I can't even explain how good this book was. It just got better and better and better. If you haven't read it, just go read it right now. It was amazing, phenomenal, fantastic, and every possible positive word that can be said about a book.
This wait for Everbound to come out is going to drive me crazy. I bet this is what people who read Hunger Games or Divergent right when they came out (before they became so popular) felt like.
There is a true love triangle. There really is a decision to be made between Cole and Jack. And I was completely engrossed in it all. I can't wait to see where the story is going to go with the next book. I have to hang tight till Jan 22nd. D:
I can't even explain how good this book was. It just got better and better and better. If you haven't read it, just go read it right now. It was amazing, phenomenal, fantastic, and every possible positive word that can be said about a book.
This wait for Everbound to come out is going to drive me crazy. I bet this is what people who read Hunger Games or Divergent right when they came out (before they became so popular) felt like.
In my opinion, it was a very slow moving story. It wasn’t until I was almost done with the book that the pace started to pick up. Maybe I’ll give the next book a chance because I liked the story, hoping it will be more action filled.
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I loved Everneath. I read it in a little over a day. The worst part was getting to the last 30 pages and having to go to work.. torture!
Also, THAT COVER. It's gorgeous. The dress, the colors.. I love it. When it came time to pick up a new book, I went right for Everneath.
The novel keeps you guessing from the first page. It's written really vaguely in the beginning, so you never 100% know what is happening or already happened, and I've noticed that some people didn't like that, but I thought it was a fantastic way to suck the reader in. I didn't want to put the book down, hoping the next page or chapter would contain all the answers! However, people who enjoy lots of action won't find this too enjoyable. This book is more about questions and answers, about Nikki finding a way to say goodbye forever and not feel guilty anymore. I have a feeling that the sequel will have a lot more action than this novel however, especially based off the last fifty or so pages.
Back to the main character, Nikki Beckett. I loved her. She knew what she wanted from the beginning, and took full responsibility for all of her actions. She could have said it was Jack's fault that she went to the Everneath, but she didn't. She knows that she let her little brother Tommy down, leaving him for sixth months so soon after their mother died. I also like that she took control of her relationship with Cole, asking him to leave her alone, even when things got tough on the surface and he offered her the easy way out once again.
Jack and Cole... we can see how this one is going. There is a very subtle love triangle in this novel, and I am sure it will be a lot more prominent in the rest of the trilogy. But I think Brodi Ashton is going about this the right way, and it's not being thrown in the novel just to create a "Team" War. Both of these male characters are great, though. Jack is terribly sweet in a wish-I-had-a-love-like-that kind of way. The scenes from the past with Nikki and Jack are just too adorable, and instantly make you hope everything works out for the lovebirds. And Cole is just an interesting guy surrounded in mystery. You don't learn much about him in the book, and you're led to believe that he has no real feelings and is just on a mission to take over the Everneath from the Queen. I can already tell that is not the case, and I can't wait to see where Cole's character goes in the next novel.
I should point out that yes, I did give this book four stars, even after all my gushing. I really enjoyed this novel, but I really missed some key characters. While Nikki originally came back to the Surface to say goodbye to her family and friends forever, it felt more like she came back just for Jack. Her dad, Tommy, and her best friend Jules were barely in the novel, and a lot of times it felt like they were thrown in just to further the plot along with Jack or Cole. Also, her dad was way too accepting of Nikki just leaving for six months and coming back with no explanation of her whereabouts. It was very unbelievable. However, this did not take away from my overall enjoyment of the novel, and I hope to see more of these characters in the sequel!
So basically.. go read Everneath. Right now! You don't know what you're missing!
This review is also posted at The Book Barista.
Also, THAT COVER. It's gorgeous. The dress, the colors.. I love it. When it came time to pick up a new book, I went right for Everneath.
The novel keeps you guessing from the first page. It's written really vaguely in the beginning, so you never 100% know what is happening or already happened, and I've noticed that some people didn't like that, but I thought it was a fantastic way to suck the reader in. I didn't want to put the book down, hoping the next page or chapter would contain all the answers! However, people who enjoy lots of action won't find this too enjoyable. This book is more about questions and answers, about Nikki finding a way to say goodbye forever and not feel guilty anymore. I have a feeling that the sequel will have a lot more action than this novel however, especially based off the last fifty or so pages.
Back to the main character, Nikki Beckett. I loved her. She knew what she wanted from the beginning, and took full responsibility for all of her actions. She could have said it was Jack's fault that she went to the Everneath, but she didn't. She knows that she let her little brother Tommy down, leaving him for sixth months so soon after their mother died. I also like that she took control of her relationship with Cole, asking him to leave her alone, even when things got tough on the surface and he offered her the easy way out once again.
Jack and Cole... we can see how this one is going. There is a very subtle love triangle in this novel, and I am sure it will be a lot more prominent in the rest of the trilogy. But I think Brodi Ashton is going about this the right way, and it's not being thrown in the novel just to create a "Team" War. Both of these male characters are great, though. Jack is terribly sweet in a wish-I-had-a-love-like-that kind of way. The scenes from the past with Nikki and Jack are just too adorable, and instantly make you hope everything works out for the lovebirds. And Cole is just an interesting guy surrounded in mystery. You don't learn much about him in the book, and you're led to believe that he has no real feelings and is just on a mission to take over the Everneath from the Queen. I can already tell that is not the case, and I can't wait to see where Cole's character goes in the next novel.
I should point out that yes, I did give this book four stars, even after all my gushing. I really enjoyed this novel, but I really missed some key characters. While Nikki originally came back to the Surface to say goodbye to her family and friends forever, it felt more like she came back just for Jack. Her dad, Tommy, and her best friend Jules were barely in the novel, and a lot of times it felt like they were thrown in just to further the plot along with Jack or Cole. Also, her dad was way too accepting of Nikki just leaving for six months and coming back with no explanation of her whereabouts. It was very unbelievable. However, this did not take away from my overall enjoyment of the novel, and I hope to see more of these characters in the sequel!
So basically.. go read Everneath. Right now! You don't know what you're missing!
This review is also posted at The Book Barista.
Well, I really liked this book. At first the structure of it, going from past to present, wasn't my favorite and was a little confusing, but it ended up working well in the end. This is a very unique story that pulls at my mythological heart-strings. Reminds me a little of "A Great and Terrible Beauty" so far. I'm ready to get into the sequel, but dreading having to wait for the final insert until 2014.
3.5
Everneath has an orginal take on the Underworld and the myth of Persephone. I've never read anything like it, so I was very curious to see what the Everneath, the Tunnels and the Everlivings were all about ... Unfortunately, Ashton gives the reader hardly any information about all this. We only get a glimpse of what the Everneath is like near the end, but that wasn't enough to satisfy me.
I liked the story, but I couldn't connect with any of the characters. That's one of the reasons I'm hesitant to read the sequels. The story was interesting and part of me wants to know how it'll continue, but if the characters don't grow on me I fear they'll just bother me to no end ...
Everneath has an orginal take on the Underworld and the myth of Persephone. I've never read anything like it, so I was very curious to see what the Everneath, the Tunnels and the Everlivings were all about ... Unfortunately, Ashton gives the reader hardly any information about all this. We only get a glimpse of what the Everneath is like near the end, but that wasn't enough to satisfy me.
I liked the story, but I couldn't connect with any of the characters. That's one of the reasons I'm hesitant to read the sequels. The story was interesting and part of me wants to know how it'll continue, but if the characters don't grow on me I fear they'll just bother me to no end ...
Liked it. It was hard to suspend my disbelief that no one asks Nikky any questions about her disappearance. It also felt like she just sat around doing nothing way too much, but the relationship between her and Jack was sweet, and I was interested in the 'mythology.'
