Everless

Jules Ember has been banished from her home at Everless. She and her father had to run for their lives when Liam Gerling realizes Jules can stop time. Her father tries to keep her safe by staying far away from the Gerlings. In Sempera, people pay for things with years of their lives. They turn their blood into coins that can add a day, week, month or year onto your life. But only the rich can afford these coins. The poor sell off their time in bits and pieces, getting old before their time. Jules notices her father fading fast and decides to take a job at Everless to earn the blood coins. She runs into her childhood friend Roan Gelding and is happy to be back in the castle. But her father finds out and uses the last bit of his energy to come and warn her away. He tells her to stay away from the Queen at all costs. The Queen who has been alive for 500 years. The Queen who is at Everless to marry her ward to none other than Roan Gelding. Mystery after mystery unfolds and those she thought to be friends betray her and those who she had sworn were enemies may be the only ones she can trust. When the truth of her birth is revealed, she will have little choice but to run for her life, but will it be too late? This was an interesting look at the haves and the have nots, with actual time at stake. Jules is an interesting character, not 100 percent likable in my opinion, but you still find yourself rooting for her. Liam, well I'll let you figure him out for yourselves. Looks can be deceiving. I enjoyed this one and will follow up with the story when it is available. But it is back to work, so the reading will slow down as I meet my new kids and fill their heads with books! Happy reading my friends!