When a mysterious blog called Solitaire starts triggering pranks at her school, Tori isn't too interested, even if strange new boy Michael Holden tries to make her be.
About the only thing she cares about is her brother Charlie, who's recovering from an eating disorder. Tori Spring is a disaffected teenager: She can almost never finish a film in one sitting, she's smart but can't care about school anymore, and she dislikes her friends but is unwilling to forgo their company. This debut novel evokes a classic to present a girl searching for something true.
There’s not much plot here, but readers will relish the opportunity to climb inside Autumn’s head. Even secondary characters are well-rounded, with their own histories and motivations. Autumn’s coming-of-age is sensitively chronicled, with a wide range of experiences and events shaping her character. But on August 8, everything changes, and Autumn has to rely on all her strength to move on. In the summer after graduation, Autumn and Finny reconnect and are finally ready to be more than friends. Growing up, Autumn and Finny were like peas in a pod despite their differences: Autumn is “quirky and odd,” while Finny is “sweet and shy and everyone like him.” But in eighth grade, Autumn and Finny stop being friends due to an unexpected kiss. They drift apart and find new friends, but their friendship keeps asserting itself at parties, shared holiday gatherings and random encounters. The finely drawn characters capture readers’ attention in this debut.Īutumn and Phineas, nicknamed Finny, were born a week apart their mothers are still best friends. The beautifully orchestrated obstacles and rising tension position the characters so that they must succeed or die.Īlthough the denouement passes very quickly, the ending satisfies and will break some hearts. As in previous installments, the prose is sprinkled with references to Greek mythology. Nikki and Jack capitalize on his memory loss to convince him that he was working with them to destroy the Everneath for good (which would prevent Nikki from dying or having to feed), but they can’t be sure how much to trust him, as his memories may return. After Cole and his band are attacked by followers of the Everneath’s queen (hoping to thwart their plot to depose her and put Nikki in her place), only Cole escapes, but he does so with amnesia. She doesn’t want to damn an innocent to the Tunnels-the fate she narrowly avoided in Everneath (2012)-but Jack and Cole will do anything to keep her alive.
Worse, Nikki has limited time before she will need to feed on a Forfeit. A transitioning Everliving can only feed on the Everliving who holds her Surface heart-in Nikki’s case, and to boyfriend Jack’s ire, Cole. Nikki’s health starts to fail immediately as she transitions into an Everliving. Nikki and Jack’s relief at escaping the Everneath at the end of Everbound (2013) is short-lived, as they face the highest stakes yet.
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