Everbound Brodi Ashton
Jake went into the Everneath in Nikki’s place. Jake is what kept her alive when she was there and she’s not about to let him go that easily. There’s only one solution--she’s going in after him. Of course, to save him, she has to work with, and trust, Cole, who has his own agenda for getting Nikki back to the Everneath.
I do love a good story where the girl saves the guy. I also like how this one builds on the mythology, politics, and world-building of the Everneath. You really get to dig into this world more, as most of the action takes place in the Everneath as Nikki tries to rescue Jake.
I reviewed the third book in the trilogy, Evertrue, here at RT Book Reviews.
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Everneath Brodi Ashton
Nikki Beckett is back in town, but everything’s different. She’s been gone for 6 months and there are rumors surrounding where she’s been--most people assume rehab. She knows she was taken by Everliving, an immortal who feasts on human energy. Being feasted on kills you, but Nikki survived, never being able to forget Jake, her boyfriend. But because Nikki survived, she’s not the only one who’s back--Cole, the Everliving who dragged her into the Everneath, is also back, and has to get her to go back to the Everneath with him. Nikki only has 6 months, and then she has to go back for good. 6 months to say goodbye properly and to make everything right, but it’ll be harder than she ever expected.
I liked this one. It’s told in alternating timelines, now, when Nikki’s trying to settle back into life so she can fix the mess she left behind and make things OK for when she goes away again, and then, which shows the beginning of her relationship with Jake, and how she ended up in the Everneath. This allows for a slow unveiling of the backstory, and a slow introduction to the mythology that Ashton’s creating and playing with (overall, the story is Persephone meets Orpheus). I also liked her family. Things are tense with her politician father after her disappearance, but they’re working on it. I like the balance he tries to strike between being a responsible parent and getting her the help he thinks she needs and not being so stifling that she leaves again. And her little brother is awesome.
I also just liked Nikki. I liked her voice. I liked that she didn’t have any superpowers, but could also take care of herself. She wasn’t a shy mousey clutzy girl that everyone actually loved, but was more middle-of-the-road real.
Stay tuned for my review of the sequel tomorrow.
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The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus #2). Rick Riordan. 2011. Hyperion. 525 pages.
The snake-haired ladies were starting to annoy Percy. They should have died three days ago when he dropped a crate of bowling balls on them at the Napa Bargain Mart. They should have died two days ago when he ran over them with a police car in Martinez. They definitely should have died this morning when he cut off their heads in Tilden Park.
I loved this book. I just LOVED, LOVED, LOVED this book. The Son of Neptune is the sequel to The Lost Hero. In the first book, a new hero, Jason Grace, is introduced to readers. He with two other newbies (Piper and Leo) are trying to reach the relative safety of the Camp Half Blood, the Greek camp. They arrive, of course, meet everyone--including some characters that we know and love--and are sent on a big, big, big mission of their own.
The second book stars Percy Jackson. He is trying to make his way to camp--but not the Greek camp that is his home away from home. No, when readers meet Percy he can't remember who he is--not really. Though he has a very strong but very vague memory of Annabeth. No, he's on his way to the Roman camp for demi-gods.
This book is all about Roman mythology. We see how the sons and daughters of Roman gods and goddesses do things. Is this Roman camp anything like Camp Half-Blood?! Percy becomes close with two campers in particular Frank and Hazel. In fact, the story is told in alternating perspectives of the three.
I really, really, really loved reading all three perspectives. I loved the new characters, the new mythologies, the new stories. I loved the action and adventure of it. I thought it was an exciting read. It was just a great, great book!
I would definitely recommend this one. But I'd start with the first book of the first series, The Lightning Thief, and go from there.
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The Night Tourist Katherine Marsh
While on his way home from New York City, Jack meets Euri at Grand Central Station. Euri promises to show him something cool, so he follows. What Euri shows him is the New York underworld. Not like in the crime-and-gangster sense, but in the Greek and Roman afterlife sense. Jack wants to see his dead mother one last time. He has three nights before he has to leave, or stay forever. Meanwhile, he has to outrun crooked cops who want to feed him to Cerebus as punishment for being alive.
A great, quick read that offers a different take on the recent literature obsession with the ancient Greeks and Romans (which is an obsession in 110% cool with.) I love all the people, famous and not, that Jack runs across in his travels through the underworld and how the dead govern themselves and use the city as their nighttime playground. I love the though that Marsh put into the dynamics of being a spirit who hasn't yet passed into Elysium-- some are ok with it and some, like Euri are very much not. It was great to see this world from an ordinary person instead of the god or goddess point of view. It's a really interesting look at what a Roman afterlife would be like in our modern world, while still being a great story about friendship, life, and loss.
I'm looking forward to reading the sequel, The Twilight Prisoner
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Thanks for the recommendation. I've only read The Lightning Thief and wondered if I could read this series having not completed the other one. I'll make sure to read the other one first.
I love this series so much. I don't care that technically it's a children's series. Percy is awesome.
My students really love these as well. I have to check them out!
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I need to get back to these books. I have only read the first book in the first series so far!