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Evermore (Everless, #2)

Sara Holland

Start date: July 1, 2019

Finish date: July 31, 2019

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Jul 28, 2019 Jenn rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, fantasy, do-you-believe-in-magic, read-in-2019, 3-star-reads

Sadly I did not like this one as much as the first but I enjoyed the series overall. While the first book had me hooked, I can't say the same about the sequel. The pacing seemed a little off - at times it just flew through the action and others time just dragged with nothing really happening.

So what did I like:
- Jules. I still felt for her as she tried to figure out what was going on around her while trying to stay alive. It seemed like everyone knew her life but her and that's got to be frustr Sadly I did not like this one as much as the first but I enjoyed the series overall. While the first book had me hooked, I can't say the same about the sequel. The pacing seemed a little off - at times it just flew through the action and others time just dragged with nothing really happening.

So what did I like:
- Jules. I still felt for her as she tried to figure out what was going on around her while trying to stay alive. It seemed like everyone knew her life but her and that's got to be frustrating.

-Liam. My sweet summer child who just wants to connect with someone. I knew from the first book that he was going to be the one I gravitated toward and I was not wrong. His stoic demeanor and calm quiet just lent to the man he was inside.

-The romance. This was a duology about the Alchemist discovering who she really was and I really enjoyed how the romance played out. It didn't take over the plot, it just served as more layers to these characters while not overshadowing what was important.

-The histories. I loved reading about the past adventures of the Alchemist and the Sorcerer.

- The fact that the author didn't drag out the story. Let's be honest, everything is in trilogy form now. So for an author to know that 2 books tells the whole story is refreshing.

What I didn't like:

- the pacing. Everything felt really rushed for the big moments. And then it almost seemed like the author didn't know how to fill the spaces in between the big moments and those just dragged. So you went from really high to really slow with no beats in between.

-the Flashbacks. I have a love/hate relationship with them. I loved the insight they showed but I hated how they were weaved into the story. The transitions weren't that smooth so sometimes it was hard to tell what was a flashback and what was actually happening.

-The ending. I don't mind ambiguous endings but I felt this one ended with way too many questions. I feel like the story would have felt more flushed out had the author just went a little bit more into what happened after everything was settled. (view spoiler)

Overall this was an enjoyable series and I'm glad that I finally picked it up. ...more

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May 20, 2019 Aly rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2019, audiobook

I liked this book overall, but Jules makes me so mad sometimes. She runs away from Caro and goes straight to her hometown and friend, because no one would ever think to look there. Duh, really? She puts her best friend in danger and then she goes right back to Caro! I couldn't understand her thinking, especially when she lied to Ina. I wanted to shake some sense into her and tell her to stop getting herself and her friends hurt.
I did enjoy the backstory of how blood iron came to be and Jules' h ...more

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Jul 01, 2020 Kelsey rated it liked it · review of another edition

Evermore

I was so excited to read this book, but I felt a little let down after finishing the book.

As revealed in the previous book, "Everless," Jules is the Alchemist, and Caro is the Sorceress. What follows is Jules' journey into finding out what had happened in her 11 previous lives to destroy Caro.

I was a little upset (others mentioned this as well), but the concept of time as blood iron is tossed out the window. That was one of the aspects of the first book that I enjoyed. Worldbuilding co ...more

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Jul 14, 2020 Jenn rated it really liked it

I had read the first book last year and thought I had reviewed it, but must have missed it in my time away from media and dealing with life's changes. I highly enjoyed the first book as it dealt with something very unique as time being currency and extracted from blood. It took me a little while to get the chance to read book two and I loved it as much as I did the first some. Though, I do wish there was more to the story. There were times it seemed like things got rushed and "squished" into the ...more

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