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Evermore by Sara Holland
3.0
3.5/5
Continuing from the end of Everless, we follow Jules as she spends a short time on the run before swiftly being recaptured and imprisoned back in Everless by Caro and Ina (who is now Queen). We follow as Jules, and Liam, adventure through the country, and slightly beyond to old places the Alchemist and her followers used to inhabit as she starts trying to piece together her past and find any possible remnants of memories or information to help her defeat Caro once and for all. After a lot of ups and downs, near deaths and shows of power, Jules eventually finds the necessary dagger within the vault her father had tried to steal from prior to his death in Everless - the Gerling’s vault - and uses it to, unknowingly at first, restore each of their memories which she had stolen during her first life as Antonia the Alchemist, revealing the truth of her and Caro’s friendship and sisterly relationship before she realised the true evil within both of them. The story ends with the death of Caro, the removal of her heart from Jules' chest, and Jules living life as a complete mortal, no time in her blood, with both Ina and Liam (who she admitted her feelings for before killing Caro).
Overall, I can’t think of much to say about these books. Where they weren’t at all bad books, they just felt a little flat compared to other fantasy books I have read and loved (although I know it is unfair to compare books). I couldn’t feel myself attaching as much to any characters, even Jules, and I think part of that may have been due to the fast pacing which was easy to read but hard to empathise looking back on my reading experience. I would say these books are good for people getting into fantasy as they are quick and easy to understand reads they just felt a little lacking for me personally.
Continuing from the end of Everless, we follow Jules as she spends a short time on the run before swiftly being recaptured and imprisoned back in Everless by Caro and Ina (who is now Queen). We follow as Jules, and Liam, adventure through the country, and slightly beyond to old places the Alchemist and her followers used to inhabit as she starts trying to piece together her past and find any possible remnants of memories or information to help her defeat Caro once and for all. After a lot of ups and downs, near deaths and shows of power, Jules eventually finds the necessary dagger within the vault her father had tried to steal from prior to his death in Everless - the Gerling’s vault - and uses it to, unknowingly at first, restore each of their memories which she had stolen during her first life as Antonia the Alchemist, revealing the truth of her and Caro’s friendship and sisterly relationship before she realised the true evil within both of them. The story ends with the death of Caro, the removal of her heart from Jules' chest, and Jules living life as a complete mortal, no time in her blood, with both Ina and Liam (who she admitted her feelings for before killing Caro).
Overall, I can’t think of much to say about these books. Where they weren’t at all bad books, they just felt a little flat compared to other fantasy books I have read and loved (although I know it is unfair to compare books). I couldn’t feel myself attaching as much to any characters, even Jules, and I think part of that may have been due to the fast pacing which was easy to read but hard to empathise looking back on my reading experience. I would say these books are good for people getting into fantasy as they are quick and easy to understand reads they just felt a little lacking for me personally.