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Everneath
by Brodi Ashton
Rating: 3.5
Nikki Beckett has returned home after an unexpected six months away from home. The rumors of how she spent those months are negative and hurtful, but there is no way Nikki can tell the truth - that she was enticed into an underworld called the Everneath where immortals called Everlivings Feed on the emotions of humans to keep them alive.
Although she knew it would be painful, Nikki chose to Return to the Surface after the Feed ended to make things right with her family and with her boyfriend, Jack. However, she only has six months to right the wrongs before the Everneath claims her for eternity. She has a choice: become an Everliving like Cole, the immortal who introduced her to the Everneath, who will stop at nothing to bring Nikki back, as his queen or let the Tunnels take her. But Nikki wants none of that. She wants to find a way to stay on the Surface with Jack, even though it is not a possibility.
When I first learned of Everneath, I thought it must have something to do with the Persephone/Hades myth because of the whole underworld and six months angle. And I was right - that myth is a key component of the book, but there is another myth that becomes more significant to main character and narrator Nikki: the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. This was one myth I actually have not heard of before, but I learned the basics through the book.
As for Nikki, she has been through a lot. Having your emotions stolen from you will do that to a person. When Nikki first returns, she is void of emotion. And she is supposed to be, I know that, but it made it hard for me to feel connected. But as her emotions woke up, which was abnormal for someone who has been what she has been through, things became interesting. Around sixty percent through Everneath, I became much more invested in the story because clues began to turn into interesting answers which brought up more questions.
Everneath is a good start. Definitely slow at first and hard to connect, but by the end there were a lot of interesting things happening that make me want to read the next book.
Recommended for YA readers sixteen and older who enjoy mythology. Very minor language. Very little sexual content (it is discussed once, but does not happen.
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Nikki Beckett has returned home after an unexpected six months away from home. The rumors of how she spent those months are negative and hurtful, but there is no way Nikki can tell the truth - that she was enticed into an underworld called the Everneath where immortals called Everlivings Feed on the emotions of humans to keep them alive.
Although she knew it would be painful, Nikki chose to Return to the Surface after the Feed ended to make things right with her family and with her boyfriend, Jack. However, she only has six months to right the wrongs before the Everneath claims her for eternity. She has a choice: become an Everliving like Cole, the immortal who introduced her to the Everneath, who will stop at nothing to bring Nikki back, as his queen or let the Tunnels take her. But Nikki wants none of that. She wants to find a way to stay on the Surface with Jack, even though it is not a possibility.
When I first learned of Everneath, I thought it must have something to do with the Persephone/Hades myth because of the whole underworld and six months angle. And I was right - that myth is a key component of the book, but there is another myth that becomes more significant to main character and narrator Nikki: the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. This was one myth I actually have not heard of before, but I learned the basics through the book.
As for Nikki, she has been through a lot. Having your emotions stolen from you will do that to a person. When Nikki first returns, she is void of emotion. And she is supposed to be, I know that, but it made it hard for me to feel connected. But as her emotions woke up, which was abnormal for someone who has been what she has been through, things became interesting. Around sixty percent through Everneath, I became much more invested in the story because clues began to turn into interesting answers which brought up more questions.
Everneath is a good start. Definitely slow at first and hard to connect, but by the end there were a lot of interesting things happening that make me want to read the next book.
Recommended for YA readers sixteen and older who enjoy mythology. Very minor language. Very little sexual content (it is discussed once, but does not happen.
Read the review in its original format here.