WOW....WOW...WOW!!!!! That's a total understatement for Everlost. Although I am sad the series is over, I have to say what a way to finish it. I was fortunate enough to work with Brenda on Everlost so I got an early read of the story. Brenda once again amazed me with her weaving of this tale. I was literally on the edge of my seat. The plot twists were abundant as well as the love and hate for the individual characters. I actually screamed out loud "NO WAY!" at certain points in this book. I will not go into any details because I don't want to spoil it for anyone, but hang onto your fins everyone, Brenda did amazing as usual! If you haven't read Evergreen and Everblue I highly suggest you do so prior to reading Everlost. It's a story for all ages. Congratulation Brenda on another fin-tastic book! I do believe it is by far your best book to date. ( )

Good wrapup to the series. I was a little jarred at first when this book started in 3rd person (the first 2 were alternating 1st person narratives between Ash and Fin). After a while, it wasn't a problem. *Spoiler alert* I was wondering why Ash and Fin didn't show up until about page 300. It would have been nice to find out what happened with Ash's drug test. Azor wants power all for himself, no matter what happens. All in all, a good book. ( )

*Originally Reviewed at Witchmag's Boekenplank*

As usual I did not read the back of the book before I started reading (too glad I finally got my hands on it ^^). This resulted in a little lost me. Whut? Why has the point of view changed to Tatiana? What am I reading? It feels more like we continue after book 1, while I’m sure there was a book 2… Oh please don’t let this be a book full of swooning about Azor *barf*! This and other not so reassuring thoughts went through my head. Fortunately, everything fell into place and I got introduced to an amazing new character: Jacob. From that moment on I was reassured, everything would be fine and I knew that, once again, I had a great book in my hands.

My predictions came true. In this final installment you’re once again swept up in a whirlpool of events. There are some pretty fantastic twists and turns, which will throw you totally of course. Thus making it an even greater read, with more excitement and fun. I also liked that in this story the focus lies on Tatiana and Jacob, since Ash and Fin already had their “happy ending.”

Tatiana is a lovely character. She’s energetic, not shy at all AND capable of fabricating very funny descriptions, like “Ms. Sea Urchin and her tatas.” Therefore it was even harder for me to see what the promise did to her. It changed her into a dependent, possessive bimbo. No longer capable of thinking for herself and the only thing she wanted to do was to be near her “darling” Azor. Don’t be afraid, though, you won’t have to read a whole book filled with the most nauseating “lovesick” couple. Nope, you also have the opportunity to read the story through the eyes of Jacob. Tatiana’s personal guard and rebel. Who’s always there to help her out and has the nicest blue-green eyes she’s ever seen…

There’s also more information about the wondrous world of the merpeople. Did you know, for example, that the gestation period is way shorter than human’s (Only a couple of weeks! I mean which woman wouldn’t want that?)? Or that mermaids have super powerful voices which even merman can’t withstand? Oh, don’t forget about the mating ritual, that was fascinating too! Besides the rather dangerous Promise, it really is a world I’d love to visit myself one day ^^

Conclusion

4 HEARTS. A beautiful ending for a great series. It’s a book that will carry you, once again, away to an amazing world beneath the surface, full of mermaids and mermen. With fantastic twists and two “new” characters to get to know. Who have a whole adventure ahead of them. As reader you can’t do anything but root for them and hope that for them, too, a happy ending is possible. I can wholeheartedly recommend this book and series to everyone who likes mermaids (and romance ^^). ( )

I enjoyed this series as a whole, but this book was definitely my least favorite of the three. I think my major complaint was that there was so little of Ash and Fin in this one. This book focused on Tati, whom I loved, but the first two focused so much more on Ash and Fin that it seemed abrupt to have them so much a lesser presence. The change in voices and in how the story was told was also different, not bad, but different. The first two were told in alternating first person POVs between Ash and Fin. This installment was written as a third person narrative and felt older than the other two, far less YA than the others.

Aside from that, Tati''s story was an engaging one. Azor was as likable in this book as in the previous ones. That is to say... not at all likable. There were times when I want to reach into the book and just slap the stupid out of him. There was a whole lot of mystery and intrigue in this book, a lot of action. That part of story was pretty engaging. I think I just really connected with Ash and Fin as characters and missed their strong presence.

My only other complaint is a little one, that there were parts of it that came off as a little preachy. This may be a personal taste thing, however, as I am not generally a fan of religious fiction.

Things to love about Everlost...

-The mystery. I love suspense and twists and turns and there was a bunch of that.

Things I wanted more of...

--Ash and Fin. I really loved their story.

My recommendation: Still a good book and a must read for the end of this fun series. I gave it 3.5 mugs. ( )