Firstlife by Gena Showalter

Firstlife (Everlife, #1)

by Gena Showalter

Tenley "Ten" Lockwood is an average seventeen-year-old girlwho has spent the past thirteen months locked inside the Prynne Asylum. The reason? Not her obsession with numbers, but her refusal to let her parents choose where she'll liveafter she dies.

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3.5 stars

This had such an interesting premise. Loved the concept of two kingdoms in the afterlife at war over human souls on Earth. Interesting take on heaven and hell. There was also a nice symmetry with each side and their counterparts. I was also surprised by the amount of violence and grit in the book (not that I mind, but I just don't feel it's that common in YA). Ten was okay but honestly felt a bit flat to me, but I loved Killian and Archer. They were what kept me going. Things really got interesting and we got to learn so much more about the world after Ten escapes from prison. I can't wait for the next one to see what happens next.

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  • 3 February, 2019: Reviewed