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A review by tippyloohoo
Everneath by Brodi Ashton
3.0
17 year old Nikki Becket, Becks, has had a rough six months. After the man who killed her mom in a drunk driving crash was set free she she disappeared, drugs everyone assumes, but now she's back at school. If only they knew the truth. If only they knew that it has been 100 years to Nikki. A century of unconsciousness in the Everneath giving her energy to Cole so that he would take her pain away. Only one thing kept her going, and brought her back, Jack Caputo. After she forgot everyone else, even after she forgot his name, Jack's face stayed in her mind. But everything is so different now that she's back. They've both changed. Can Jack forgive her for leaving without a word? Can she forgive him for driving her away? If only it were that simple.
Becks time back is limited and the Tunnels will come for her unless she agrees to go back to the Everneath with Cole and be his queen. Nikki can't figure out why Cole thinks she is so special. Or why Mary, the homeless lady she has befriended at the soup kitchen, seems to see right into her. Together Becks and Jack will try to fix their broken relationship and find a way to save Nikki from her fate.
Everneath is the first book in a planned trilogy by debut author Brodi Ashton. The series is a loose reworking of the Persephone myth; Persephone was kidnapped by Hades, god of the underworld, to be his queen and tricked into eating pomegranate seeds. She was rescued by Hermes but because she ate in the underworld she was doomed to remain there for four months out of the year, corresponding to the number of seeds she had consumed.
While first reading Everneath I didn't really get the Persephone aspect of the story but the more I read the more it made sense. It's a really loose interpretation but it's there if you look hard enough. The story is well written and I really liked the character of Nikki. A little slow and predictable in parts but overall a good read. The ending left me wanting more which is good since there will be two more books coming out.
Becks time back is limited and the Tunnels will come for her unless she agrees to go back to the Everneath with Cole and be his queen. Nikki can't figure out why Cole thinks she is so special. Or why Mary, the homeless lady she has befriended at the soup kitchen, seems to see right into her. Together Becks and Jack will try to fix their broken relationship and find a way to save Nikki from her fate.
Everneath is the first book in a planned trilogy by debut author Brodi Ashton. The series is a loose reworking of the Persephone myth; Persephone was kidnapped by Hades, god of the underworld, to be his queen and tricked into eating pomegranate seeds. She was rescued by Hermes but because she ate in the underworld she was doomed to remain there for four months out of the year, corresponding to the number of seeds she had consumed.
While first reading Everneath I didn't really get the Persephone aspect of the story but the more I read the more it made sense. It's a really loose interpretation but it's there if you look hard enough. The story is well written and I really liked the character of Nikki. A little slow and predictable in parts but overall a good read. The ending left me wanting more which is good since there will be two more books coming out.