The Everlasting by Alix E. HarrowMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Wasn't quite the 'epic love story across time' that I wanted, to be honest.
The down side to a time travel story that revolves around the same chunk of time being done slightly different each time is that you get a lot of repetition.
I got bored. *shrugs*
We've got a nerdy lil guy from the present day, and a giant, Amazon-esque knight lady from Ye Olde Days. It's their 'love story across time' that we're witnessing, and it really just did nothing for me.
It's a unique pairing - not really the aesthetic duo you'd normally get, which I kinda appreciated to be honest. But the love never felt natural to me - it felt forced for the sake of the story. Like the moment they meet, there's a 'spark' or whatever, but there's actually no signs of them ever falling in love? It's essentially talked about more than shown (view spoiler).
Added to that, she's a knight that supposedly had all these grand adventures but we never witness any of them?? This book essentially TALKS about fun things and then delivers NOTHING.
The writing style bothered me - it's written as though the lovers are telling the story to each other, so it's all, 'you did this, you did that'. Did not work for me. Clever? Sure. Entertaining? No.
Also, time travel. It does my fkn head in and this was no exception. This felt flimsy at best.
I just found the whole thing to be quite bland, unfortunately. I was hoping to be drawn into an epic, 'our love transcends all boundaries' kind of story (I guess something along the lines of The Time Traveller's Wife) but this didn't even come close.
Maybe romance fans will get more out of this - I feel it's probably a little too weak for fantasy fans to get any real kick out of it.
With thanks to NetGalley for an e-ARC
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