So often first books will feel like their only purpose is to set up the rest of the series. However, this book definitely can stand on its own two feet. There’s a pretty big cliffhanger at the end. The rich get richer, and the poor get poorer.

Other than that? Holland uses the concept of time is money in a fantastic way. It was a neat touch, but it still felt like something we’ve seen before. She used a gun instead of a bow-and-arrow. One small issue I had was the use of the girl-hunting-in-the-forest trope. Once she’s there, Jules realizes that things in Everless aren’t what they seem. So Jules has to sneak out to find work there. Except she and her father used to live in Everless he was the blacksmith. Working as a servant to prepare for the wedding of Lord Roan Gerling and Ina Gold, she would be paid a year’s time for one month of work. Jules’s friend tells her of work in Everless. He has to pay the rent by giving his own time, and he doesn’t have much left. It is the wintertime, and they are barely scraping by to make ends meet. We follow Jules, a girl of 17, who lives with her father in a small village called Crofton. Blood-iron can be made from both humans and animals. They do this by giving their blood which is then stamped onto iron - thus making blood-iron. Specifically, people can spend their own time in exchange for goods/services. What a wonderful book!Įverless is a YA fantasy novel set in a kingdom called Sempera where time is currency. This has a cool cover and a neat title, I thought.

Everless series