I have to say, from the bottom of my heart, Evertrue was the most disappointing book I have ever had the displeasure of reading. It wasn't just that it was a bad book. I could have dealt with that. It was the sheer letdown, after absolutely loving Everneath and Everbound, to be presented with this awful mess of a book. I loved this series. It blew my mind. I am a sucker for Greek mythology, and the Persephone/Hades myths is one of my favorites (real original, right?). Also, Brodi Ashton took the series and made it more of an homage to the original stories than a retelling. There were hints of Hades/Persephone here and there, but it was really as if that story was just the tiny spark of inspiration, from which Ashton created this rich and vibrant world. I mean, come on. Talk about original. And I loved these books, I absolutely did. Even when I was at a time that I was kinda shying away from love-triangles, I appreciated this one. It didn't felt like it was thrown in for the sake of having a love-triangle. It made sense. So yes, of course I squealed with joy at every update on this book, from mere confirmation of its existence, to title to synopsis to cover. Of course I preordered it on Amazon, and gleefully awaited it's arrival. I was so excited for the thrilling conclusion to the series I loved so much. 
 And then, I got this. And I could barely even get 100 pages in. The repetition, over and over about the heart and the locket. The horrible dialogue, the awkward reasoning. It was like someone swooped in and replaced Ashton with some horrible impostor who only bothered reading the blurbs on the first two books and then decided to write a third. And I just couldn't deal with the disappointment. The let down. I couldn't read this book. And it was like one of those betrayals (c'mon, we've all experienced this), where you love a series so much, and you love an author so much and they just let you down. 
 PS: Oh, and when I tried to return this to Amazon, it turns out I had had it for over a month and so I couldn't. Just salt in the wound. 
 Side note: I tried to read this book two years ago, when I didn't have a "dnf" bookshelf bc I didn't want these things cluttering my Goodreads shelves. But now, I've created one. And I am still livid about this. I am still upset. That is how much this disappointed me.