I love the hourglass, the crown, and the dark background. It’s almost certainly why I decided I needed to read it in the first place, but it’s honestly been so long that I don’t remember. The GIF: #orphansunite Judging a Book by its Cover « Hide Spoiler It could totally have been a thing where I was projecting Locke onto him ( see note about the whole thing reminding me of The Cruel Prince), and I was just expecting him to be evil because of that, but there was also… Bea? I think? Who said he was a snake and I really wanted a follow up on that and WE DIDN’T GET ONE. I felt suspicious of him right up until View Spoiler » he died. The Bad: Not sure if this was on purpose or not, but Roan’s characterization was a little lacking for me. I can’t wait to see how the relationships develop in book two! Ina is such a sweetheart, and I enjoyed the friendship between her, Jules, and Caro. The Good: The plot twists were crazy! I loved trying to figure out who everyone was and what was going on (because there was a LOT!) The whole book gave me kind of a The Cruel Prince vibe, especially Liam. 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.

In the kingdom of Sempera, time is currency-extracted from blood, bound to iron, and consumed to add time to one’s own lifespan.

This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

I received this book for free from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review. That’s what happened with Everless, and the book was 123x better because of it. One of my favorite things about reading is that occasionally I’ll guess some of what’s about to happen correctly, but then I still end up being wrong about enough of it to be completely surprised when everything ties together.

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