Wonderful!" - Ally Condie, author of the MATCHED trilogy
Ashton's lovely storytelling and strong-on-her-own-terms main character set this one apart. "I was pulled under by this bittersweet, beautiful retelling of the Persephone myth. Drawing inspiration from such myths as Osiris, Orpheus, and Persephone, it explores the nature of loss and longing and what it means to be alive." - Publishers Weekly "Ashton s debut, is complex and intriguing. She's forced to make the hardest decision of her life: find a way to cheat fate and remain on the Surface with Jack or return to the Everneath and become Cole's. And he'll do whatever it takes to bring her back- this time as his queen. But there's a problem: Cole, the smoldering immortal who first enticed her to the Everneath, has followed Nikki to the mortal world. Nikki longs to spend these months reconnecting with her boyfriend, Jack, the one person she loves more than anything.
She has six months before the Everneath comes to claim her, six months for good-byes she can't find the words for, six months to find redemption, if it exists. Now she's returned- to her old life, her family, her friends- before being banished back to the underworld. Last spring, Nikki Beckett vanished, sucked into an underworld known as the Everneath, where immortals Feed on the emotions of despairing humans. In this stunning conclusion to the Everneath trilogy, Brodi Ashton evokes the resiliency of the human spirit and the indomitable power of true love."Enthralling and suspenseful, EVERNEATH is pure indulgent escapism!" - Becca Fitzpatrick, NYT Bestselling Author of Hush, Hush Will Nikki be forced to spend eternity in the Underworld-or can she bring down the Everneath once and for all? But the Queen has not forgotten Nikki's treachery, and she wants her destroyed for good.
Even Cole, who they expected to fight them at every turn, has become an unlikely ally-but how long can it last? Nikki needs to feed on Cole to survive Cole needs Nikki to gain the throne in the Everneath Jack needs Nikki because she is everything to him-and together they must travel back to the Underworld to undo Nikki's fate and make her mortal once more. Terrified for Nikki's survival, Nikki and Jack begin a desperate attempt to reverse the process through any means they can think of. which means she must feed on a Forfeit soon-or die. But Cole tricked Nikki into feeding off an Everliving three times, and she's begun the process of turning into an Everliving herself. Now that Nikki has rescued Jack, all she wants is to be with him and graduate high school.
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