I'm probably the only person who hasn't read the Persephone myth in college - probably because I didn't go to college in the U.S. - so I'm sure I missed many of the nuances of the first installment in the Everneath trilogy by Brodi Ashton. But I still enjoyed the book immensely and, like the Sweet Evil books, I have to admit to this series as a guilty pleasure. Like Sweet Evil, this series deals with demons in the underworld and of course the "bad boy" with demonic powers is in a rock band. He's a guitarist, rather than a drummer. But unlike the other trilogy, this one has a clear romantic triangle between the bad boy and the good guy - Jack. Yes, our heroine (Nikki) is torn between her love for her human boyfriend and her attraction to Cole, the immortal who has tempted her toward a life in the underworld. She's made a deal with Cole that puts her own future, and the future of those she loves, in danger. So there's a lot of romance as well as action and adventure and a modern-day re-imagining of the underworld. I read both books back-to-back and even though each contain cliffhangers, they do stand on their own. I'm looking forward to the third book but I don't feel like there was insufficient closure in the second - just some questions left to be resolved later. The first book focuses on Jack's attempts to save Nikki from her fate and the second reverses this dynamic. And Cole is always around to throw a wrench into the works. There's also a pretty cool short story that comes in between the two books called Neverfall which focuses on Cole and gives a little more insight into his character. Generally I'm skeptical of these short stories in between books in trilogies, but I quite enjoyed this one. So, yes this trilogy is a guilty pleasure but it's also a lot of fun and a good summer read.
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