I went into Sara Holland’s Everless with a little bit of hesitation because it feels like a lot of YA fantasy in the recent years (at least stuff that gets a lot of traction) is just recycled bits of previous works, but Everless caught my attention because it involves a magical use of time. And yet every single Gerling has as much as ten of the rest of us. How much time, I think, must there be among us? Centuries and centuries. everless – sarah holland, ig: fairy.bookmother Her decisions have the power to change her fate-and the fate of time itself. 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. 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.īut going back to Everless brings more danger-and temptation-than Jules could have ever imagined. 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.
No one resents the Gerlings more than Jules Ember. The rich aristocracy, like the Gerlings, tax the poor to the hilt, extending their own lives by centuries. Should we (librarians/readers) put this on the top of our “to read” piles? If you have read all of Marissa Meyer’s books and need more like it, then yes.In the kingdom of Sempera, time is currency-extracted from blood, bound to iron, and consumed to add time to one’s own lifespan. Who should buy this book? High schools and public libraries To whom would you recommend this book? Teens ages 14 and up who like Marissa Meyer’s Lunar Chronicles
This is a very dark book, with magic, secrets, palace intrigue and a bit of romance, of the forbidden kind. She seeks employment at the Gerlings’ estate, and finds many secrets and danger she didn’t bargain for.
Jules, an independent young woman who lives with her father, finds herself needing a way to earn money to help with the rent.
A feudal-like setting, with the rich families able to stockpile years of blood iron, while the poor people live short lives, having to sell their years for bread. What did you like about the book? What an interesting fantasy concept: people sell their blood to gain blood iron, which is equivalent to time. Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4
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