Evertrue (Everneath Trilogy, #3)

by Brodi Ashton

[Angie]

Another disappointing series ender. Evertrue makes me so sad, and not just because of the ending. Although I did not see that coming at all! It makes me sad because it was all too easy. There was no epic battle or major conflicts or dangerous situations. The characters set out to do what they're going to do, and just get it done. I know not every book needs to be action packed and intense, but nothing happened!

The first two thirds of Evertrue felt like a scavenger hunt. Nikki and Jack spend a lot time just gathering information and then tracking down objects and people. Yes, these things were necessary to the plot, but could something else have been happening in the mean time? Or at least not so many pages of just that. It was all made worse by one of my least favorite plot devices. I won't say what it is, but if it hadn't happened, they would have tracked down everything they needed right away. But this also would have required Cole to comply, since the situation caused him to act on "instinct" rather than self-interest, which just happened to be helpful to Nikki.

The final part of Evertrue was just too easy. Nikki is dead set on destroying the Everneath and regaining her humanity, and it all pretty much falls into her lap. Each task that needs to be perform is accomplished within two pages. There was no sense of urgency or danger. It all just happens and then it's over. It's obvious that she'll be successful, but I didn't expect her to have to not doing anything.

The outcome of Evertrue is a bit heartbreaking. Like I said, I didn't see it coming, but I also didn't see anyway around it. While it's the very last thing I wanted, I feel like it was the right thing for the author to do. There really was no way to stop it without messing up all of the rules. If the rest of the book hadn't been so dull, this would have been one of the great series enders instead of the worst.

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