![]() In order to save him, she takes a job as a servant at Everless, the estate of the Gerlings - one of the wealthiest and most important families in Sempera. Jules watches her father sicken day by day as he gives up more of his time. ![]() While the poorest - like Jules Ember and her Papa - must literally bleed themselves dry to pay rent, cutting their lifespan down further and further. The richest, of course, have the most time and can, in theory, live indefinitely. ![]() Punishments often involve bleeding a person's time from them, which in this world is the morbid equivalent of paying a fine. not what you first think.Įverless introduces a world where time is currency and a person's time can be drained or added to through blood. Because the mysteries here are interesting, the premise one I haven't come across before, and many things are. It's not a perfect book by any means and Holland does fall into some traps commonly fallen into by debut authors - namely, the huge infodump in the first few chapters, and some confusing descriptions of the world-building and mythology that I didn't really understand for a long time. It's hard to find the hidden gems among the pile. Publishers churn out versions of the same old story again and again. ![]() The genre is often tropey and unoriginal. I know you shouldn't go into a book expecting the worst, but these days it's hard not to approach any new YA fantasy without some trepidation. ![]()
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