Review by naiapard - Evermore Academy: Winter

A review by naiapard
Evermore Academy: Winter by Audrey Grey

4.0

“Surprisingly, the inside of the main building isn’t as dark and dreary as I was expecting. A strangely comforting mixture of pine cleaner and sage permeate the air. Pendulum lights filled with magical orbs hang from the mahogany ceiling beams, and flickering sconces line the stone walls.”

The book is about a girl that has to forgo her family and cross on the other side, to the Fae to study at their academy. This is a mishmash of all the hipped YA tropes: a bad boy, academy life, being in a clique, commuting in a dystopian world while there are fae all around.
It is really a book that enraptures you. It is easy to follow and it does not take things out of proportions (too often/too much). The inner dialogue is that of a “opinionated” heroine that does what she pleases when she please. There is this induced sense of security and self-awareness that comes out of a mind that offers ironic comments from time to time. Like in [b:Halfway to the Grave|1421990|Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, #1)|Jeaniene Frost|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1373855613l/1421990._SY75_.jpg|1412415], [b:First Grave on the Right|8788554|First Grave on the Right (Charley Davidson, #1)|Darynda Jones|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1442963675l/8788554._SY75_.jpg|13662358].

“I take a few more tentative steps, scouring the room for my sprite guide, whom I’ve already developed a love/hate relationship with.
Where are you, tiny person?
Instead I find massive chandeliers in the shape of vines hanging from high, arched ceilings. Magical orbs drip from their golden branches, each orb of light a little sun that illuminates the room. A layer of shimmery frost covers the entire thing.”

But this was not perfection. Be careful with those high hopes here. You read such a book after you are accustomed with this particular genre. You must expect some kind of cringey relationship with the love interest that can take a hell of a turn:

“A Fae girl breaks off from the crowd on Winter’s side, her clear ice heels clacking loudly as she marches toward me, two other girls in tow. Everyone she passes cowers a little.
Great. Resident mean girl incoming.”

(the girl that will be her enemy and also her soon to be boyfriend ex-girlfriend, reminded me of [b:Firebolt|33379357|Firebolt (The Dragonian, #1)|Adrienne Woods|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1481663075l/33379357._SY75_.jpg|25798185] and [b:Fallen Crest High|16134551|Fallen Crest High (Fallen Crest High, #1)|Tijan|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1355101275l/16134551._SY75_.jpg|21961950]) Or this jarring passage when the love interest offers himself to buy the dress for the prom (uff):

My throat clenches. “I’ll find a way to pay you back.”
“Seeing you in a dress will be payment enough.”

For sure you would say something like that when money are nothing to you (putting aside even the sexist part of it all).
As a conclusion, I will not drag this review further more. It was good. Try it, if you seem to be into it.

A review by naiapard Evermore Academy: Winter by Audrey Grey

A review by naiapard
Evermore Academy: Winter by Audrey Grey