Lady Danielle

I love the little family I have - quite content with them. I remember when my mom, little sister, one of my older brothers (a year older than me) and I went through one of the toughest time in our lives. I remember the four of us were staying in a small room; everything felt gloomy. Then my aunt and her husband, my other aunt and her two kids, and my three older brothers came to visit us. The room was crowded, but the atmosphere felt calm, happy even.

I remember the smell of tacos and sour cream floating around the room; and the sound of laughter and voices as we reminisced about the past and blabbered absolute nonsense about random things. I looked around the room, taking in the sight of taco wrappers, napkins, and drinks left on the table; the smiles on my family's face.... I'd do anything to keep them safe. I'd honestly would give my life just save them. Or fight just to stay alive so I can still be with them.

The same cannot be said for Nikki Beckett. 

Nikki Beckett disappeared months ago. No goodbyes, no letters, nothing. She went to the Everneath also known as the underworld. A place between earth and hell. A place where a person can live forever - immortality. A place where one can never feel hurt or pain... even happiness. But now she's back to the Surface, but she only has six months to live it. Six months to makes things right and give her proper goodbyes then it's back to the underworld forever. You would think Nikki'd Surface again for the father and ten-year-old brother she left. But no. She's back for Jack (view spoiler).

What Nikki Beckett was doing throughout Everneath was beyond selfish and totally messed up. She doesn't apologise profusely to her father and little brother as she does to Jack. She doesn't spend time with her father and little brother as she does with Jack. Hell, she barely mentions her father and brother in Everneath; the only time she did was because Jack wasn't around. I hated her. I hated how she would fight to stay in the Surface for Jack but would quickly give up and leave her life when it came to her father and brother. Never mind the fact that her father and brother went through tough times without her around. It's all about Jack, it's always been about Jack. And she even says this to the manipulative, creepy douchebag Cole, the Everliving who took her to the underworld. 

Not only that, but for three entire months she's been hurting Jack, claiming she didn't remember him when she did. The bitch couldn't have - at least - went straight to him and told him everything. Nope, she'd rather waste the time she has to make things right only to make things all wrong. She never stopped to think about the pain Jack would be going through. Did I also mention her best friend, Jules? We read almost nothing about her. Nikki doesn't makes things with right with her as I would have hoped. It's all. About. Jack. I don't know whether I pity Nikki, or just feel contemptuous toward her.... Maybe both. I think my face is permanently stuck all contorted because throughout the book my face was like this while reading



But aside from the selfish scum bag Nikki Beckett, things were a bit too predictable(view spoiler); some of you know how much I hate when I can predict what's supposed to have been the show stopper. It makes the story all the more uninteresting as well as less dramatic. 

You know how I sad in my review of this from last year that the storyline kept jumping all over the place 80% of the time? Welp, I was wrong. The plot was never jumping around -- whoopty-effing-do, one thing I was wrong about! Everneath had the potential of being an amazing paranormal romance about mythology and true love if Nikki would have appreciated her father, little brother, and Jules. If she would have cared about the value of family and friendship. I'm not going to even bother with the sequel, Everbound even though that cover is to die for (stares at it longingly).Everneath's cover is simply gorgeous, too. The saying 'never judge a book by its cover' is too damn true it scares me.

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My review from last year when it was a DNF:

I enter Everneath with high expectations. I was absolutely excited to read this. Unfortunately, I was left, after reading 173 pages, being disappointed. Everneathwasn't what I expected. When I see the tags under Greek Mythology, I think Loki, Zues, Nike, etc., but all I received was a remake of the Persephone story. Now they did talk about some Greek myths, but it wasn't what I wanted. This book wasn't based on Greek mythology. This book had so much potential, it started off great; Everneath sounds like a badass place. 

Nikki is unbelievably selfish, and was a complete angst who couldn't make up her mind. One minute she only came for Jack, the guy who broke her heart -- never mind that she had a little brother and father who went through hell; to thinking maybe she should go back to Everneath with Cole so she wouldn't hurt anybody. I honestly hate feeling that the protagonists is a replica of Bella from Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, but sadly I have to place Nikki into the category. Jack was a boring character despite the fact he was labelled as 'the hot jock everyone loves', Nikki's best friend was annoying and Cole was just a creepy; manipulative immortal. I had zero feelings for the characters. 

A lot of things in Everneath was left unexplained, it kept jumping off point 80 per cent of the time, the romance was just sad, and this book just held a vague plot. I'm sorry I don't have strong feelings for this like most of you, but I hope to never read this again.