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Lifeblood (The Everlife Novels Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Gena Showalter (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 2 of 3: Everlife

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From a New York Times bestseller, a “gripping” sequel that “will captivate fantasy readers, especially fans of Sarah J. Maas . . . and Susan Dennard” (School Library Journal).

“My Firstlife is over, but my Everlife is only now beginning.”

With her last living breath, Tenley “Ten” Lockwood made her choice and picked her realm in the Everlife. Now, as the war between Troika and Myriad rages, she must face the consequences.

Because Ten possesses a rare supernatural ability to absorb and share light, the Powers That Be have the highest expectations for her future—and the enemy wants her neutralized. Fighting to save her Secondlife, she must learn about her realm from the ground up while launching her first mission: convincing a select group of humans to join her side before they die. No pressure, right?

But Ten’s competition is Killian, the boy she can’t forget—the one who gave up everything for her happiness. He has only one shot at redemption: beating Ten at a game she’s never even played. As their throw-downs heat up, so do their undeniable feelings, and soon, Ten will have to make another choice. Love . . . or victory.

“Tense, philosophical, and enthralling.” —Kirkus Reviews

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Gr 10 Up—In this sequel to Firstlife, Tenley "Ten" Lockwood has chosen her allegiance to the otherworld realm Troika, much to the dismay of the Myriad realm. When the book opens, Ten is training to be a Conduit for Troika, an important position responsible for the light that powers the souls in the kingdom. Ten's ultimate goal, however, is to end the war between Troika and Myriad—a complicated task, considering that her love, Killian, is aligned with Myriad, and neither side wants to concede. When a plot goes awry and uncovers a mole in Troika, Ten stops at nothing to rescue her friends from the Myriad clutches and convince both sides to cease their fire. Her heart says Killian is loyal to her and not to Myriad, but her head says differently. Interspersed between the chapters are emails between various officials of the realms, again hinting at possible betrayals and setups. At the end, readers are left with a semblance of hope and an extensive list of work to be done, setting up the third book in this trilogy nicely. The otherworld realms contain numerous intricate politics and rules; a new rule or policy is introduced in almost every chapter. Still, this is a fast-paced fantasy, and familiarity with Firstlife isn't necessary to get caught up with all the happenings in each of the various worlds. Told in Ten's stream-of-consciousness voice, the narrative includes quite a few graphic descriptions of violent deaths and some hot-and-heavy scenes between Killian and Ten. VERDICT This gripping, stand-alone entry in the series will captivate fantasy readers, especially fans of Sarah J. Maas's A Court of Thorns and Roses and Susan Dennard's Truthwitch.—Amanda C. Buschmann, Carroll Elementary School, Houston

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Stunning...Those who loved navigating Ten's world in Firstlife should get ready to experience a brand-new setting that's full of surprises.

-- "RT Book Reviews (4 1/2 stars, Top Pick!)"

Tense, philosophical, and enthralling.

-- "Kirkus Reviews"

A fast-paced fantasy and familiarity with Firstlife isn't necessary to get caught up with all the happenings in each of the various worlds.

-- "School Library Journal"

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01HB97HVC
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harlequin Teen; Original edition (February 28, 2017)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 28, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2977 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 460 pages

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Mandy Layt

Very entertaining

Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2024

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A good series to read. A bit different than the usual stuff out there

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Njmanga

First life multiplied by 10

Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2018

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This was the book that clinched it for the series, if your a fan of first life than you will enjoy lifeblood. This volume changed everything when it came to the battles that we left off on in first life and took them to the next level and our two MC killian and Ten locked right in the middle of these epic battles. This volume will show you battles, sub plots within the main plots and have your emotions going from happy to sad to distraught on those who live and those who die. This volume just took first life multiplied it by 10 and said ok where to next. It was very enjoyable; the story flow was great, there were no slow moments or filler it was pure story arcs leading to the conclusion of this volume which will leave you wanting more. I don't want to spoil the story for people so I keep my remarks general but if you want to invest in a series invest in this one because it takes you on a fun roller coaster of emotion and a story that keeps your heart pumping.

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Gloriamarie Amalfitano

I really loved it

Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2017

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This book is hard to tag. Please read the plot description. What a complex world Showalter has built. While I am positive I don't want to live there, I am hooked and even have been so rash and pre-ordered volume three which is not available until well into 2018 but I do not want to take a chance on missing it, I am that hooked.

Must confess, I found the first 5%, according to my Paperwhite, hard to read. It was a series of communiques between two people and I had no idea who they were or what they were writing about. Although tempted to quit there was an indiscernible something that kept me reading and I am so glad I did. WOW.

Talk about living with pressure in one's life. It's bad enough and hard enough to make one's life worthwhile and can you imagine living it knowing it wasn't this life that counts as much as one's next life which is definitely real.

Reading this as a Christian, I can't help but think in terms of the popularist view within Christianity that claims that heaven and hell are in our futures. And yet it would be much too simplistic to equate Troika with heaven and Myriad with hell. That would be a mistake. Neither realm is purely good or purely evil, but a mixture. Then, of course, there is Many End where those who failed to commit to wither Myriad and Troika end up and what a mistake it is to fail to commit.

Complex plot, complex story, complex people, some things are just not as they seem and my gosh is this a page turner.

I really loved it.

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Heather M

Better than the first

Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2017

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I didn’t have high hopes for this book. To be honest, the first book of the Everlife series was a little boring. I felt like I was pushing myself through at some points, while others had me sitting on the edge of my seat. It was full of ups and downs for me. But Lifeblood was so different. We knew the world so there was less world building, less filler. This book was chock full of Ten and and the boy now on the wrong side of the tracks. It was so much more than the first book. I flew through this book, unable to put it down, unable to even see where the book was headed. O
Okay, so maybe I could see kind of where things were going, but not everything. There were so many surprises in this book, so many things that upset me, and so many more things that made me smile. I stayed up too late reading this book and I wouldn’t have changed that for anything.
The writing was still fantastic, because I love Gena Showalter. But the characters really grew in this book. Ten started off as a girl so unsure of herself, tossed into a whole new world and doubting her choice in her afterlife. And she became someone stronger, maybe a little more broken as well, but she is stronger and confident in her role in the afterlife now. I feel like she can still be a little annoying with her indecisiveness, but she has the weight of the world on her shoulders, I would be just as bad.
There were a few things that bothered me, but honestly, it was needed to move the story forward. I am so used to pretty little stories where everyone survives and everyone has a happy ending, that when an author actually grows a pair of balls and crushes their main character, I am a little thrown off. I guess, in a way, Lifeblood reminded me a little of Harry Potter. It’s heartbreaking as Ten finds family and friends in Trokia to only have them taken away.
I thought the book was fantastic and better than the first book. I can’t wait to read the next book in the series.

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Amanda

Ugh that ending

Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2017

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I first want to say that Gena Showalter is amazing. I'm not going to lie though, there are a lot of slow parts in this book. It wasn't boring by any means and I was entranced the whole way, and about sixty percent through it finally picks up and things get crazy intense! I understand that it probably needed to be slow because we had to see Troika and understand everything and learn with Ten. I enjoyed it a lot, I wished it had a little more action, but the last forty percent makes up for the whole book. I love how much Ten grows in this book, she's smarter, braver, and her heart is good. It's such a good series and I cannot wait for the next one!

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Gabbyaboutbooks

Great escape from reality!

Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2017

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I really enoyed this book. There were some things I saw coming and there were others that really shocked me. A lot of times books can be predictable and while this book has some of that, it also had some unforseen actions and events throughout the story.

One of the aspects of the story I really enjoy is the relationship between Ten and Killian. It seems to me they strength each other rather than bring each other down. I loved Archer coming out of Firstlife and I still do but Killian is swoon worthy too. And what's so great is the opinion isn't based on who's better for Ten, because that discussion never comes up, but who they are as people outside of their relationship with Ten. There aren't two boys fighting for a girl and a girl in deep angst over what boy to choose. No, Ten is clear on her feelings as far as boys go and gets on with her purpose in life. That by itself is unique for YA series.

Gems Showalter has created such a unique world and story with the Everlife series. I'm really enjoying it!

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Allyssia

Childish writing, lots of prejudices, not very interesting

Reviewed in Brazil on April 15, 2023

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I only read it because I paid for it.

Amazon Customer

Fantastic!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 6, 2023

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Definitely one for existing right on the edge of your seat! Can't wait to read the next instalment, so that is what I'm off to do now.

Johanne

Nice Sequel

Reviewed in Canada on November 30, 2018

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I was a little worried that once firstlife was over, the everlife would be a little boring as the action is no longer in the land of the harvest. Was I wrong ! This next chapter of Ten journeyis every bit as good as the first one.

Cristian Nava Arcos

Amazing Reading!!

Reviewed in Mexico on June 18, 2018

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Esperando leer la tercera y última parte de ésta trilogía, la cual me encantó desde el principio. Una historia totalmente diferente y con un mundo intrigante e increíble.

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Alex

Great book, dying to read more

Reviewed in Australia on March 5, 2017

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I really enjoy the world in this book. I like how it makes me think on forgiveness and the importance of choice. It made me sad and mad at times with what was happening and I can't wait to find out what happens next

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