Upon the Queen’s arrival, Jules experiences an unexplicable need to be near her, and when the opportunity arises, despite her father’s warning about the dangerous and ancient Queen, Jules applies for the role. Her father has warned her to run in the other direction if she were ever to see Liam Gerling – the distant and “evil” son of the Lord Gerling, however upon arrival, despite attempting to keep her head down, she is noticed by many of the palace staff, and soon Roan, the other Gerling son and her old childhood friend. The beginning of the story sees Jules leave her father for Everless, an estate she hasn’t been back to in many years. 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. Thanks to Hachette Children’s Group for this opportunity.

She currently lives in New York City.I received a copy of Everless from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Her debut novel, Everless, and its sequel, Evermore, were both New York Times bestselling novels. She is a graduate of Wesleyan University and currently works in publishing. Now Jules must piece together the stories of her past lives to save the person who has captured her heart in this one. And Caro is intent on destroying Jules, who stole her heart twelve lifetimes ago. The whole kingdom believes that Jules is responsible for the murders, and a hefty bounty has been placed on her head. But she has just learned the truth: She is the Alchemist, and Caro-a woman who single-handedly murdered the Queen and Jules’s first love, Roan, in cold blood-is the Sorceress. Jules Ember was raised hearing legends of the ancient magic of the wicked Alchemist and the good Sorceress.

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