Synopsis: In this modern twist on the Persephone myth, Seventeen-year-old Nikki Beckett has just returned from the underworld, having spent the last six months in a place called Everneath. She has been given only six months to spend with her family, friends, and her boyfriend Jack before she has to return to Everneath forever. Her heart aches for Jack, and now that she is back, she longs to spend as much time with him as possible. However, Cole, the one responsible for taking her to Everneath, has other plans. He is certain she is the one who can help him take over the throne and has followed her back home. Using all of his power he tries to convince her to come back with him to Everneath and become his queen.
Genre: fantasy, romance, mythology
Pages: 370
Level: intermediate, advanced/mature
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Opening paragraph:
The Everneath.
History books call it the Underworld. Or even hell.
But I know it's neither. It is really call the Everneath,
and it's not a place for the dead. It's a place for the
Everliving--beings who have discovered the secret to
eternal life. It's a place for their Forfeits--the humans
who give up everything to nourish the Everliving. It's
the world caught between this one and the next, a layer
between Earth and hell. I know because I was a Forfeit.
I would give anything to change this.
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