Everless - Sara Holland

This dazzling, New York Times-bestselling debut--the first in a thrilling, high-stakes new fantasy duology--stars a fierce heroine and rife with adventure, engrossing mysteries, star-crossed romance, and captivating magic all set in a richly built world. \n \nNew York Times bestseller!\n \nSara Holland is a fierce storyteller. Everless gives new and terrifying meaning to the phrase running out of time. --Stephanie Garber, New York Times bestselling author of Caraval\n \nHolland's lush, intricately drawn world hides an undercurrent of darkness underneath a veneer of beauty and finery.--Publishers Weekly\n \nIn the kingdom of Sempera, time is currency--extracted from blood, bound to iron, and consumed to add time to one's own lifespan. The rich aristocracy, like the Gerlings, tax the poor to the hilt, extending their own lives by centuries. \n \nJules and her father were servants at Everless, the Gerlings' palatial estate, until a fateful accident a forced them to flee in the dead of night. When Jules discovers that her father is dying, she knows that she must return to Everless to earn more time for him before she loses him forever.\n \nBut going back to Everless brings more danger--and temptation--than Jules could have ever imagined. Caught in a tangle of violent secrets, Jules must find the power to change her fate--and the fate of time itself.\n \nPraised by Kirkus as a heady, addicting page-turner and utterly absorbing! Fans of Victoria Aveyard, Kendare Blake, and Stephanie Garber will devour the action and romance of Holland's debut novel--now available in paperback. Plus don't miss the thrilling sequel, Evermore!\n