Roan, Jules’ friend, is also her crush, but he is to be married to the Queen’s daughter. There is an indication of a romance, but it is unexpected. Now, Jules can get access to all of the Queen’s secrets like finding out if the Queen really eats the heart of her daughters to stay alive. As expected, Jules doesn’t heed the warning and gets a position as the Queen’s handmaiden. She loses someone very close to her and on the top of that, she receives an ominous warning to stay away from the Queen at all costs. Jules’ life starts crashing down after her arrival at Everless.

Jules and her father had to flee the comfort of the Everless estate after being witness to an incident between Lord Liam Gerling and his brother Roan, Jules’s friend. Later, Jules makes the difficult choice to take a job in the Everless estate, the place she grew up in when her father was the blacksmith. Despondent, Jules arrives at a decision to sell her blood for coin but due to a commotion at the bloodletters’, she is forced to flee home. Seventeen-year-old Jules Ember is desperate to help her ailing father, put a roof over their head and stay out of debt. Jules, the protagonist, is seen heading to the Everless estate and straight to dangerous ground. The reader doesn’t have to read long to get pulled into the plot and the heart of the action. This is author Sara Holland’s debut novel and although, this is not a spectacular debut it does shine in some parts. The prologue is intriguing and hooks readers right away. Review: Everless is another YA Fantasy read and of course, my first book in September! This book introduces us to a mythical land where blood is time and time is money. Her decisions have the power to change her fate-and the fate of time itself. Soon she’s caught in a tangle of violent secrets and finds her heart torn between two people she thought she’d never see again. When Jules discovers that her father is dying, she knows that she must return to Everless to earn more time for him before she loses him forever.īut going back to Everless brings more danger-and temptation-than Jules could have ever imagined. A decade ago, she and her father were servants at Everless, the Gerlings’ palatial estate, until a fateful accident forced them to flee in the dead of night. No one resents the Gerlings more than Jules Ember. The rich aristocracy, like the Gerlings, tax the poor to the hilt, extending their own lives by centuries. Synopsis: In the kingdom of Sempera, time is currency-extracted from blood, bound to iron, and consumed to add time to one’s own lifespan. Fans of Victoria Aveyard, Kendare Blake, and Stephanie Garber will devour this lush novel’s breathtaking action, incredible romance, and dangerous secrets.

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