This book is centered around the story of Persephone’s abduction by Hades, God of the Underworld. Then, when I minored in art history in college and studied Greek art, I learned a lot more about the ancient myths from the art that illustrated them. Ever since I was very young, I’ve always had an intense curiosity for Greek mythology. When I saw the description of this story on Netgalley, followed by the buzz and excitement around the blogosphere, I knew I had to read it. And he’ll do whatever it takes to bring her back, this time as his queen.Īs Nikki’s time on the Surface draws to a close and her relationships begin slipping from her grasp, she is forced to make the hardest decision of her life: find a way to cheat fate and remain on the Surface with Jack or return to the Everneath and become Cole’s queen. Cole wants to take over the throne in the underworld and is convinced Nikki is the key to making it happen.

But there’s just one problem: Cole, the smoldering immortal who enticed her to the Everneath in the first place, has followed Nikki home. Nikki longs to spend these precious months forgetting the Everneath and trying to reconnect with her boyfriend, Jack, the person most devastated by her disappearance-and the one person she loves more than anything. She has six months before the Everneath comes to claim her, six months for good-byes she can’t find the words for, six months to find redemption, if it exists. Now she’s returned-to her old life, her family, her boyfriend-before she’s banished back to the underworld. Last spring, Nikki Beckett vanished, sucked into an underworld known as the Everneath.

Genres: Paranormal, Paranormal Romance, Retelling, Romance This book is one adventure after another with a quick pace that will keep the readers intrigued and reading, and leaving them wanting the third and final book in the trilogy.Įditor's Note: If you liked this series, try the HALO books by Adornetto.Published by Balzer + Bray on January 24, 2012 If he helps Nikki he can keep her alive and then there is still hope she will agree to become an Everliving and the Queen.Īs wary allies Cole and Nikki agree to face the perils of the labrynthine landscape guarding the entrance of the Tunnels to get to Jack.

He loves her but Nikki is in love with Jack. The only way to Jack though is through the labyrinth of 3rings the Ring of Water, the Ring of Wind and the Ring of Fire all of them attacking her mind and her emotions.Īfter his time with Nikki, Cole has changed in ways he never thought he would. Cole is the one person/Everliving who can possibly take her to Jack. She knows that the link will grow weaker the longer he is in the Tunnels until one night he will be gone and will be beyond saving. Knowing she has limited time to find him and bring him back Nikki finds Cole and begs for his help.

Every night since Jack took Nikki’s place in the Tunnels he has visited her inher dreams.

Everneath book series