Everless by Sara Holland

Everless (Everless, #1)

by Sara Holland

IN THE KINGDOM OF SEMPERA, TIME IS CURRENCY—EXTRACTED FROM BLOOD, BOUND TO IRON, AND CONSUMED TO ADD TIME TO ONE’S OWN LIFESPAN. THE RICH ARISTOCRACY TAX THE POOR TO THE HILT, EXTENDING THEIR OWN LIVES BY CENTURIES.

And no one resents the Gerlings more than Jules Ember. 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. 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.

But going back to Everless brings more danger—and temptation—than Jules could have ever imagined. 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. Her decisions have the power to change her fate—and the fate of time itself.

Reviewed by liz089 on

3 of 5 stars

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Interesting novel, though the concept with the whole "time as a way of currency" did remind me a bit of that Justin Timerlake movie :P Ehm... In Time ! (thank you Google)
Though apart from the "time as currency" it was completely different haha.
I liked the fantasy spin-off and the world-building in this one much better.

I did like it in general... but it was not that intriguing and I had to motivate myself to pick it up again in the beginning. When I got further, it got more interesting and I felt more into it.

The MC was not too annoying.. She was very straight-forward and she did grow a bit, but all the other characters seemed underdeveloped to me..
Big plus also for all the female relationships in here !!

The plot was well.. very predictable. I already knew what was going to happen before it actually happened and the love interest, was not interesting at all. Which is actually one of the plus points of this story, because it was focussed on the actual plot and not based to much about the romance !! Big plus.

Though I am curious about Liam.. he seems like an interesting character.

I do plan on reading the next one, hope it will grow better, because it does have some interesting points that I am curious how they will develop further... We will see !

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