In the world of Everless, money is literally made from blood via alchemy, so you can imagine this creates a gross unbalance of power and age with rich nobility living centuries and poor people literally pouring out years of their lives to be made into currency so they can eat and survive (ironic, isn’t it). I was actually very pleasantly surprised with Everless! Sure, it had some of the typical YA fantasy tropes (semi-orphaned protagonist who’s ~not like other girls~ and is always divulging information that she shouldn’t) but it also had a strong, unique foundation with the way it played with the concepts of blood, currency and time. So I went into Everless with some moderate hopes that were tempered by a lot of mediocre reviews I had seen.
The book came on my radar a few months ago when I keep seeing it featured on Instagram stories (the UK cover, which is super stunning and I’m using it in my post because I like it better lol) and the whole concept of blood as currency was really intriguing to me. I am thrilled to say that I think I’m *finally* getting back into reading fantasy (not that I completely stopped but my fantasy reading has definitely tapered off in the past few years) and Everless was another novel I really enjoyed that’s helping me slowly rebuild my love for the genre.
As she uncovers lost truths, Jules spirals deeper into a past she hardly recognizes, and faces an ancient and dangerous foe who threatens her future and the future of time itself. Desperate to earn time, she arrives at the palace as it prepares for a royal wedding, ready to begin her search into childhood secrets that she once believed to be no more than myths.
Now, Jules’s father is reaching his last hour, and she will do anything to save him. Jules Ember and her father were once servants at Everless, the wealthy Gerling family’s estate, but were cast out after of a fateful accident a decade ago. In the land of Sempera, time is extracted from blood and used as payment. Published by HarperTeen on January 2nd 2018
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