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|date=January 2018
|isbn=1408349159
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Jules and her father live in the kingdom of Sempera. In Sempera, everything is reckoned in terms of time. Wages come in the form of blood-coins, currency taken from actual blood and denominated in weeks, months or even years of life. In Sempera, as you'd imagine, the rich live for a long time and the poor do not. In debt and struggling to afford the rent, Jules decides to ignore her father's warnings and take a job at Everless, an estate belonging to the Gerling family. But Jules's father objects for a reason: there is a royal wedding coming up, between Lord Roan Gerling and a ward of Sempera's queen, and secrets long concealed that, if revealed, would change everything...
My one criticism is that the end is a little unsatisfying. I felt it was a little bit rushed, especially considering the fabulous stuff that had gone before, and left too many unanswered questions hanging. I would have been as excited to read book two in this series had the ending tied things up better as I am having been left somewhat wanting. I think sometimes authors just need to trust the quality of what they have written.
But this is a nitpick. I loved ''Everless''. It's a wonderful contribution to the YA fantasy genre and I'd recommend it with a whole heart.
If ''Everless'' appeals, you might also enjoy the wonderful [[Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan]], first in an excellent YA fantasy series. We also have a review of [[Havenfall by Sara Holland]].
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