While she is able to convince her, however, the village is burned down during the night.

That she is the real villain of the story, not the Alchemist. Jules, who now knows the truth about herself - that she is the Alchemist - returns to her village to convince her friend that the Sorcerer, Caro, killed the Queen. If you haven’t read it yet, check out my spoiler-free review here.) ( The next section contains spoilers for Everless. To sum it up, Evermore stole my heart, and it was wonderful. For example, Jules is much fiercer and more determined in book two. There is a real change, but the growth is steady.

I also really liked how we saw the characters grow and develop from the first book to the second. I appreciated how the catch-up of book one was handled effortlessly and naturally. I got lost in the words and could imagine myself in the world. Let me just say here in this non-spoilery section, though: My favorite aspects were the prose and worldbuilding. (The rest of the review contains spoilers for the first book, Everless, but it does not contain spoilers for the second book.) Now, in Evermore, the story is concluded. There, Jules learns more about the Everless estate and herself than she ever bargained for. She again becomes a servant girl, helping to prepare the place for Ina Gold - the woman who will marry Roan, the son of the Queen. But what if they are both still alive somehow? In Everless, Jules Ember moves back to her childhood home of the palace. The Alchemist, the trickster, has stolen the Sorcerer’s heart. The snake and the fox chase each other - each trying to harm the other.

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