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Everafter #2
nevermore
A coup. A plague. A falling soul.
In this sequel to everafter, Valentine Darrow and Alexa Newland are separated when Alexa is caught in the middle of a Wereshifter civil war halfway around the world. Meanwhile, a mysterious disease begins to ravage the shifter population of New York City. Unable to reach Alexa to warn her, Val must penetrate the darkest secrets of the Consortium in a race against time to save her lover and friends.
Will Alexa be able to avoid the clutches of a renegade Were who wants to use her as bait? And in Alexa’s absence, will Valentine be able to resist the powerful temptation of her growing thirst?
In this sequel to everafter, Valentine Darrow and Alexa Newland are separated when Alexa is caught in the middle of a Wereshifter civil war halfway around the world. Meanwhile, a mysterious disease begins to ravage the shifter population of New York City. Unable to reach Alexa to warn her, Val must penetrate the darkest secrets of the Consortium in a race against time to save her lover and friends.
Will Alexa be able to avoid the clutches of a renegade Were who wants to use her as bait? And in Alexa’s absence, will Valentine be able to resist the powerful temptation of her growing thirst?
264 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 1, 2010
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About the author
Nell Stark
24 books290 followersAuthor of the following lesbian romance novels:
1) Running With the Wind (Bold Strokes Books, 2007)
2) Homecoming (Bold Strokes Books, 2008)
Co-author (with Trinity Tam) of the EVERAFTER paranormal romance series:
1) everafter (2009)
2) nevermore (2010)
3) nightrise (2011)
1) Running With the Wind (Bold Strokes Books, 2007)
2) Homecoming (Bold Strokes Books, 2008)
Co-author (with Trinity Tam) of the EVERAFTER paranormal romance series:
1) everafter (2009)
2) nevermore (2010)
3) nightrise (2011)
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March 29, 2020
Much better than the first one. 3,4 stars. On to the third.
April 14, 2025
the story was fast-paced, action packed and romance took a back seat.
Not much of Alexa was seen in this one and it was focused more on Valentine.
Valentine we saw embracing her true form and using her powers for the first time.
I, however prefer Alexa's pov over Valentine's as Valentine's personality was to blame herself for everything that happens to Alexa, making it about herself, it gets annoying and she also tends to not be fully honest to Alexa sometimes whereas Alexa was calm, patient and rational.
In the writing I have noticed that there are some complex words used excessively that are uncommon in normal vocabulary which seems pretentious and overemphasized.
there was a lot going on in the story like an epidemic of werevirus, pureblood(born)/transformed weres conflict.
the romance is becoming monotone and it seems as it has not much left to give.
Hope the sequel would be more focused on romance and the romance had to have something new in it.
Not much of Alexa was seen in this one and it was focused more on Valentine.
Valentine we saw embracing her true form and using her powers for the first time.
I, however prefer Alexa's pov over Valentine's as Valentine's personality was to blame herself for everything that happens to Alexa, making it about herself, it gets annoying and she also tends to not be fully honest to Alexa sometimes whereas Alexa was calm, patient and rational.
In the writing I have noticed that there are some complex words used excessively that are uncommon in normal vocabulary which seems pretentious and overemphasized.
there was a lot going on in the story like an epidemic of werevirus, pureblood(born)/transformed weres conflict.
the romance is becoming monotone and it seems as it has not much left to give.
Hope the sequel would be more focused on romance and the romance had to have something new in it.
April 18, 2021
4.4 star ratings
Again nothing new in the world of Vampires and Werelikes but this showed considerable plot compared to its predecessor.
More action packed and an awesome cliffhanger. I certainly can't wait to get my hands on the next book if available and at this stage I'd like to think my recent cravings for this genre is being appreciatively satiated at the moment.
Again nothing new in the world of Vampires and Werelikes but this showed considerable plot compared to its predecessor.
More action packed and an awesome cliffhanger. I certainly can't wait to get my hands on the next book if available and at this stage I'd like to think my recent cravings for this genre is being appreciatively satiated at the moment.
October 7, 2010
I liked "Everafter" but "Nevermore" is twice as good. The plot is tight, the writing more mature than the first installment. I think what I liked better in "Nevermore" is that Valentine finds her power and uses it. If she seemed a little wimpy to you, too, in "Everafter," don't worry about it in this book. These authors make an excellent team and this vamp/were series is definitely unique enough in a sea of vamp/were stories to merit reading. Don't open it until you have time. It will be hard to put down.
January 10, 2018
I really enjoyed reading this book, even more so than the first book of the series! I'm so looking forward to reading the next book!
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July 7, 2011
The only thing holding me back from rating this book a five is the ending. It was too quick and I have some unanswered questions that should have been answered. Overall I loved it and can't wait for the next book!
August 5, 2024
The first book was a nice sapphic vampire romance, this one is just annoying.
Separating the couple in book two is always a hard sell to me. And I honestly couldn't suspend my disbelief enough to accept that here.
Book one characterized Valentine and Alexis both as quite possessive of each other, they seemed unable to let go of each other for longer than 10 seconds. Alexis solely became a wereshifter, so she could give her blood to Valentine regularly, without the need for anyone else's and she needs that blood regularly (book one: "a pint a week"). Regardless this book starts with a time skip of a few months, in which they have been mostly separated for weeks, because Alexis is in Africa without cellphone access. It completely eludes me how the characters from the first book would've agreed to that. And the authors probably didn't know how they would've either, so they conveniently left that part to be resolved via time skip.
Sadly Valentine and Alexis relationship was the only intriguing thing in book one. The whole story around secret societies, politics and strange diseases is cookie cutter at best and trite at worst.
Separating the couple in book two is always a hard sell to me. And I honestly couldn't suspend my disbelief enough to accept that here.
Book one characterized Valentine and Alexis both as quite possessive of each other, they seemed unable to let go of each other for longer than 10 seconds. Alexis solely became a wereshifter, so she could give her blood to Valentine regularly, without the need for anyone else's and she needs that blood regularly (book one: "a pint a week"). Regardless this book starts with a time skip of a few months, in which they have been mostly separated for weeks, because Alexis is in Africa without cellphone access. It completely eludes me how the characters from the first book would've agreed to that. And the authors probably didn't know how they would've either, so they conveniently left that part to be resolved via time skip.
Sadly Valentine and Alexis relationship was the only intriguing thing in book one. The whole story around secret societies, politics and strange diseases is cookie cutter at best and trite at worst.
November 15, 2023
➬➱➫➩➪【3.5 Stars】
This is my second book from Nell Stark and the second in the series Everafter. I really liked the couple and was wondering where Stark would take us with this journey. I was a bit frustrated by the time jump in the beginning. I wish there had been a more seamless transition to the second book either from the end of the first or the beginning of this one.
I thought the storyline was a bit hard to follow because you are just thrust into the plot. It was a bit of a let down after the praise for the first. Still a decent plot that will grab your attention throughout.
➢Happy reading!
This is my second book from Nell Stark and the second in the series Everafter. I really liked the couple and was wondering where Stark would take us with this journey. I was a bit frustrated by the time jump in the beginning. I wish there had been a more seamless transition to the second book either from the end of the first or the beginning of this one.
I thought the storyline was a bit hard to follow because you are just thrust into the plot. It was a bit of a let down after the praise for the first. Still a decent plot that will grab your attention throughout.
➢Happy reading!
August 9, 2021
I enjoyed this read, but I would recommend not starting at this one because I had to go back and re-read the first one to just catch up. A lot has happened between the first two books and a lot happened in the first book "Everafter" that leads into "Nevermore". I actually, unlike many, preferred the first over this one, but only because that gave a great introduction to the world and to the characters. I like it when an author can just drop me into a different world, explain it in a simple way, and then take off from there. I liked this, Not bad, but not great.
November 1, 2023
Even better than the first book. I still love Valentine and Alexa and their relationship and I really liked seeing them developing and better understanding their supernatural selves. Ready for book three.
February 23, 2024
I can't wait for the next episode in this series. This was tough, in the beginning, but it got better. This was great to have a surprise ending.
June 6, 2016
My second book by these two authors working together, and second in this series.
The story of the vampire and her werecat lover continues . . . mostly separately. Well, for the first half of the story at least. Apparently Alexa wanted to get better control over her panther, and so headed off to a vaguely mythical were-city. Meanwhile Val, the vampire, continues to do stuff in New York.
The first half of the book follows things from Val's point of view. I might be mixing up how much room each pov takes, since I also recall that the second half of the book has the pov switch more often than it did in the last book. Though still, like in the last book, very long sections are followed by one point of view before switching to the other lead character.
Val is struggling with her place in the world, attempting to continue her school studies, missing Alexa both physically and mentally, and, eventually, struggling with the idea that there is some kind of pathogen spreading through the were-community which causes 'issues' with them shifting, and could lead to death. Struggling, there, with trying to investigate while being cut off from exploring what is going on from the Consortium side of things, and struggling with the both the need to have Alexa by her side, and with the fear that if she returned she might be infected and die.
Alexa, meanwhile, is off being a panther. Well, and human but lots of running around as a panther, and getting in touch with her panther self. That is until the city she's in is attacked and she has to flee. As the book description notes, a '[w]ereshifter civil war' has broken out. Lead by the father of Sebastian Brenner (may or may not have that last name wrong). The father desires to live more naturally, and despises vampires.
Eventually the story-lines flow together and Val and Alexa are reunited. Only to then be nearish but still apart 'for reasons'.
A good solid continuation of the series. The nature of the alternating POV was vaguely annoying in certain aspects (like how the book opens with Val, advances the storyline a certain distance, then switches to Alexa . . . only to have the storyline fall back a certain way and follow Alexa up to where Val's part had ended off, then flow past that point). I liked the book well enough. Back in the days of me giving ratings like 3.891, or 4.421, I might play around with where I'd rate this book, probably some rating below four stars, but because I'm 'stuck' using GoodReads full star rating system, this book, like the first, ended up being a four star book. Though I liked the first book more than I did this one. Alas, both end having four stars, so how will anyone know I liked the first more? By reading this paragraph, I suppose.
April 4 2016
The story of the vampire and her werecat lover continues . . . mostly separately. Well, for the first half of the story at least. Apparently Alexa wanted to get better control over her panther, and so headed off to a vaguely mythical were-city. Meanwhile Val, the vampire, continues to do stuff in New York.
The first half of the book follows things from Val's point of view. I might be mixing up how much room each pov takes, since I also recall that the second half of the book has the pov switch more often than it did in the last book. Though still, like in the last book, very long sections are followed by one point of view before switching to the other lead character.
Val is struggling with her place in the world, attempting to continue her school studies, missing Alexa both physically and mentally, and, eventually, struggling with the idea that there is some kind of pathogen spreading through the were-community which causes 'issues' with them shifting, and could lead to death. Struggling, there, with trying to investigate while being cut off from exploring what is going on from the Consortium side of things, and struggling with the both the need to have Alexa by her side, and with the fear that if she returned she might be infected and die.
Alexa, meanwhile, is off being a panther. Well, and human but lots of running around as a panther, and getting in touch with her panther self. That is until the city she's in is attacked and she has to flee. As the book description notes, a '[w]ereshifter civil war' has broken out. Lead by the father of Sebastian Brenner (may or may not have that last name wrong). The father desires to live more naturally, and despises vampires.
Eventually the story-lines flow together and Val and Alexa are reunited. Only to then be nearish but still apart 'for reasons'.
A good solid continuation of the series. The nature of the alternating POV was vaguely annoying in certain aspects (like how the book opens with Val, advances the storyline a certain distance, then switches to Alexa . . . only to have the storyline fall back a certain way and follow Alexa up to where Val's part had ended off, then flow past that point). I liked the book well enough. Back in the days of me giving ratings like 3.891, or 4.421, I might play around with where I'd rate this book, probably some rating below four stars, but because I'm 'stuck' using GoodReads full star rating system, this book, like the first, ended up being a four star book. Though I liked the first book more than I did this one. Alas, both end having four stars, so how will anyone know I liked the first more? By reading this paragraph, I suppose.
April 4 2016
August 10, 2016
If you enjoyed the first book you'll like the second. This one doesn't start off immediately after the first book, which confused me momentarily. After I realized a little time had past and they were vacationing in Africa I settled right in.
In this book we get to see how Val and Alexa deal with being separated from each other. I know how difficult a long distance relationship can be and thought that this angle of the story was told rather well. Along the way we get to learn a little bit more about the were's history.
The problem I had with this book was near the end. There was a very elaborately detailed depiction of blood transfusion that I thought got a bit long in the tooth. I found myself skimming ahead to find out what happens next. I mean after all a blood transfusion can only build so much tension.
The vampire and were society in this series seems different that usually but we have only been catching glimpses of it. The politics and such are alluded to constantly and now with Val in the position she's in I seriously hope we get some more substance.
Anyway I enjoyed and will read the next one. Now that I know how much Val and Alexa love each other I am hoping for more world building. I am a bit anxious to see what this could go.
In this book we get to see how Val and Alexa deal with being separated from each other. I know how difficult a long distance relationship can be and thought that this angle of the story was told rather well. Along the way we get to learn a little bit more about the were's history.
The problem I had with this book was near the end. There was a very elaborately detailed depiction of blood transfusion that I thought got a bit long in the tooth. I found myself skimming ahead to find out what happens next. I mean after all a blood transfusion can only build so much tension.
The vampire and were society in this series seems different that usually but we have only been catching glimpses of it. The politics and such are alluded to constantly and now with Val in the position she's in I seriously hope we get some more substance.
Anyway I enjoyed and will read the next one. Now that I know how much Val and Alexa love each other I am hoping for more world building. I am a bit anxious to see what this could go.
May 21, 2014
I felt like the authors had time to develop a decent story with the characters they introduced in the previous book. While it felt a little rushed at first, the pace worked well overall.
Definitely an enjoyable read, and I'm looking forward to the next book in this series!
Definitely an enjoyable read, and I'm looking forward to the next book in this series!
September 7, 2014
After reading the first book in this series, I couldn't wait to read this one. The authors Nell Stark & Trinity Tam did an excellent job of building this story & i's characters. The story held together well & left you wanting to keep reading. I look forward to continuing this series.
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