She hears a rumor about the Gerlings, one of the largest ruling families. She is determined to do anything to help. Jules worries that her father is coming to the end of his time. She lives at the edge of a tiny out of the way village called Crofton with her father.

Jules is our leading lady and turns seventeen as the story begins. The Synopsis An hourglass running out of time. Everyone wealthy lives for hundreds of years while the rest of society scrapes by and tries to space out their visits to the time lender.

If you need more time, you just take the currency, mix it with a bit of warm liquid, and drink it. Punishments are also extracted in the form of time. Rent could cost a couple of weeks or a couple of months. How long you live depends on how much you spend and if you can work to earn time. An ancient alchemist figured out how to bind time to blood and metal. Instead of calling on the lexicon of stories, Sara Holland creates a fairytale that everyone in the land of Sempera knows and discusses frequently. Everless isn’t like some of the other fantasy fairytale retellings I’ve read before. This book is a fantasy novel with weird magic and fairytales that come to life. It just helps me make a bit for doing what I love. This in no way changes the price for you. If you click on a link and decide to buy something, I will get pennies for referring you. Feel free to read my thoughts or skip to the end.ĭisclosure: I am an Amazon affiliate. If you are looking for the Parent Guide section, it has moved! It will now be at the end of the post.

You can probably guess what I’m reading next. Now that I’ve read it, I’m so glad I checked out the second book in this duology. Everless kept hiding in my pile of books to read, or it was never available at the library while I was browsing. I have wanted to read this book for years now. Oh my, wow! This book is amazing, and a bit of a whirlwind.

Everless series order