Hey there darlings! I just finished this romantasy book yesterday, and I just had to upload a post because I can’t stop thinking about it!!! Anything the Twisted Sisters write, I know I’m going to devour. Enjoy my little review 🙂
What Is Never Keep About?
Synopsis: The dragons are lost.
The elements are at war. Enlisting isn’t optional.
And I’m falling for a man who wants me dead.
I’m a wielder of hearts and summoner of corruption. Heir to nothing and born to a fool in the wrong damn month.
But I’m also one of only two Fae in this divided land of hellions who might be starting to see through the lies we’ve swallowed for so long.
In the year we turn twenty-one, conscripts from across the warring nations of air, fire, earth and water are sent to Never Keep – the only place in our besieged continent where our magic can be Awakened.
But something is wrong inside Never Keep. Something which might extend far beyond the reaches of this desolate fortress. Within the gothic walls of this frigid castle in the snow, we’re left to hold our own against the brutal Fae from the opposing lands.
The Reapers are merciless. The Royals are lying. The Werewolves run rampant and Vampires roam the wastelands in bloodthirsty covens. But even though death lurks in every shadow of the Keep, it’s the least of my worries.
I’m delving into secrets the stars don’t want me uncovering, making alliances with Fae born to be my enemy, falling for a sinner while promising my heart to a different heathen and somewhere amid it all, I’m supposed to win a war.
I thought the only thing I had to do was survive my magical instruction.
Turns out, fate doesn’t favour the wicked.
Tropes & Spice
TROPES:
- True Enemies To Lovers
- Academy Setting
- Fae/Vampires/Werewolves
- Secrets
- Revenge
- Dual POV
SPICE:
3/5 – Mild
My Review
Okayyyy, so I tried reading this book last year, I got to chapter 9 and had to put it down, I really wasn’t feeling it… but I knew this was one of those right book wrong time moments, so I gave it another go, and I’m pretty freaking glad I did cause DAMN.
So the first 20% I was a lil bored, it was a bit of a slow start, but by 50% through I was HOOKED.
Through out the book we have two POV’s (Everest and Vesper). We see both their separate lives intertwine as they join Never Keep, an academy where fae go to awaken and practice their magic.
But they both soon realise that Never Keep isn’t what they thought it was, with lies and secrets creeping around every corner, they end up relying on each others trust and power to uncover the hidden truths around them…
PSA: that last 10% WAS WILD. Now that’s how you do a cliffhanger. And don’t get me started and that BETRAYAL… shooketh.
I’m so excited to read book 2!!!!!!
I’m sorry but I also can’t get over her being tossed out of a window by her hair lolllll
My Rating: 4.5/5 ⭐
My Favourite Quotes:
Some quotes I highlighted:
“My mama said my hair was only second in its wild nature to my heart, neither tameable, both beasts of their own free will”
“Now, now, play nice, sweetheart,”
“So I’d refused to cut out pieces of myself to please someone who opinion I didn’t value anyway.”
“Blue means you, small dragon”
“You are precisely what I’ve been looking for, Vesper”
“The darkest pieces of our souls will unite as one, silka la vin”
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