Reread: August 10th, 2016 
 Rating: 1.5/5 
 ***Minor spoilers*** 
 After something not-yet-to-be-revealed happened between Nikki and her boyfriend Jack, Nikki descends to the Everneath with a new friend named Cole. Cole is an Everliving, and every 100 surface years he must bring someone to the Everneath, feeding on their emotions and memories for 100 Everneath years, which amounts to about 6 months on the surface. While Nikki loses her emotions and memories, one face remains in her memory - Jack. After the Feed is over, Nikki decides to return to the surface so she can say goodbye properly, because after going through the feed, a person is forever tied to the Everneath. In 6 months, Nikki will either go there forever, or she can go with Cole and overthrow the queen - but to do so she must become an Everliving. While the idea is appealing, she doesn't think she could ever choose to Feed on someone. 
 First of all, I have no idea why I rated this book 5 stars in 2012. Looking at my old Goodreads account there are a lot of 5 star ratings there, but since I forgot almost everything about this book except the ending, I can't remember what made it such a good book to me 4 years ago. Probably because I didn't have that much else to compare it to? This second time around, though, I didn't enjoy it very much at all. A lot of reviewers say they didn't like it much because neither love interest was a good one, but that wasn't my main issue. I liked Jack, but I hated Cole with every fibre of my being. He was cold, manipulative, pushy, and stalkerish. I couldn't see why Nikki could even stand to be around him. 
 The only thing I found relatively interesting about this book was the ending when things actually started to happen. It was disappointing that all the action had to happen in only the last 30 pages though. The rest of the book was just a whole lot of running around trying to piece things together and failing most of the time. There was also a lot of Cole being an ass and trying to manipulate Nikki into going down into the Everneath and being his queen. And apparently Cole is meant to have feelings for Nikki, but last time I checked when you have feelings for someone, you don't try to sabotage their relationships with everyone they know in an effort to make sure they use you as their crutch. 
 Overall, I didn't find this book too enjoyable. I liked the ending and may decide to pick up the next book if I hear enough good things about it, but I won't be rushing to get my hands on it. However I'm hesitant about the next book because from the summary it seems to be a lot about Cole and I don't know if I can tolerate that. I wouldn't exactly recommend this book if you're looking for a good mythology book, specifically the Persephone/Hades element. If you're looking for a good Persephone/Hades type series definitely go for A Court of Thorns and Roses. 
 Original Date Read: July 2012 
 Rating: 5/5