Lifeblood (Everlife, #2)

by Gena Showalter

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Please check out my review of Firstlife for information about the first book in the series. Lifeblood is the second book in the Everlife series and it was awesome! While I felt like the first book was slower and that the world building took a lot of time, I hit the ground running with Lifeblood.

Ten has arrived to her Secondlife and has to learn the ropes. The world building changes so we learn about Troika, all the rules, their way of living, Ten’s training. She makes new friends and also quite a few enemies. Ten grows a lot in Lifeblood. She’s still loyal, passionate, loving, but grows to be more sure of herself, to whine less, to trust more, to have better judgement. I like the person she become a lot more and also how she made peace with her previous life.

Although Killian and Ten are now in opposite realms that are at war with each other they are more in love with each other every day. They learn to trust each other, to rely in each other. Killian becomes kind of a spy for all things Ten and he’s so protective of her that is SO sweet. I just can’t help but cheer for them.

The romance plays a bigger part in this installment. I adore Killian (be still my heart), and specially Killian and Ten together. They make each other stronger, better, eager to fight and conquer. LOVE IT@

Showalter’s writing is so good. I have no idea how she came up with such an intricate, amazing world, but is is so awesome and easy to follow. The plot is full of action, battles, intrigue, spies, new friends, new world and discoveries. I can’t wait to see what’s next!

Overall, Lifeblood did not suffer from the YA trilogy syndrome. I felt it was a lot better than the first book, in plot, character growth and swoon worthy romance. Now, the wait starts for Everlife, the last book in the series, to be published next year.