Evertrue (Everneath Trilogy, #3)

by Brodi Ashton

[Kelly]

2.5 Stars
http://www.divabooknerd.com/2014/04/evertrue-by-brodi-ashton.html
Sadly, Evertrue was disappointing. I was a fan of the series during the previous two books, but it felt as though the series accumulated to nothing. Nikki is slowly fading away and now needs Cole more than ever. But where the situation requires a certain amount of urgency to possibly save her life, Nikki and boyfriend Jack spend an awful amount of time repeating the same dialogue over and over, her refusing to take a forfeit into the Everneath to feed and Jack attempting to save her life, as long as it doesn't involve Cole saving the day through his kiss of life. Where Jack was a secondary character in the previous books, in Evertrue he takes front stage. But Jack's become increasingly aggressive, since being rescued from the Tunnels, his physical appearance is almost that of a grown man. He's taller, muscular and constantly seems to beat his chest in an attempt to assert himself.

Cole was the only character that seemed to stay true to himself, until he's taken. The love triangle at one stage, becomes a love fest. Nikki is being shared between Cole keeping her alive, and Jack who threatens Cole with violence at any opportunity, even though he's Nikki's lifeline. Although the seriousness of the situation isn't lost on the reader, thankfully the storyline still has it's light moments with the infusion of witty one liners and Cole in his element.

Everbound ending in a cliffhanger had promised that Evertrue should have been explosive, and in places it certainly delivered, but they were too few and far between. The storyline morphed from suspenseful and gritty into somewhat of a nauseating romance with holes in the storyline filled with mush. Fans of the series will read this regardless, it's a given that you'll need to know how the series is wrapped up. But going by the early reviews, it seems most readers share my disappointment. It was a mere few chapters of actual plot, stretched into three hundred plus pages of filler.