Neverfall

Neverfall by Brodi Ashton
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is a short story giving us some background of the villain from Everneath and Everbound, Cole.

I like this character - Cole - and loved this look into his background. For a short story, it is well done because we don't just get his back story. We see him grow, begin to be honest with himself, come to some conclusions about his feelings and goals. That's a pretty good trick for a novella. The dialogue between Cole and Maxwell is full of wit and sarcasm, adding to the fun of the read.

The plot takes place in the time between the end of the first book in the series, Everneath, and the second book, Everbound. Yet another strength of this story is the backstory it offers about other supernatural beings connected to the Everneath world. The story was well-paced and vibrant. Although the ending was a foregone conclusion because of the circumstances of the second book, there was still a thrilling climax to the action. This story was anything but boring and even a tiny bit gruesome.

Currently this story is only available as an ebook. Hopefully there will be more novellas to accompany the series and they will be available as a bind-up.

Overall I loved it. The story really enhances the series and makes it all the more difficult to figure out just who the bad guy really is. That unpredictability alone speaks to the strength of the series.


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