Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti: Never Keep

In the first in a new series Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti show the lengths that two women will go to in order to prove their worth:

Now this book may be set in the same world or type of world as Zodiac Academy but it is completely different in all ways except for the ability based system. This one has more of an us or them feel to them based upon one's Zodiac Sign and Powers than ZA does. This also has a cult like feel to it at times not just within the power signs but all the aspects that surround the Reapers.

This book did not have me hooked from the beginning, I found it slow and especially Everest's POV. However, once they enter Never Keep the plot and intrigue really pick up that I found things flipped I preferred Everest's POV. 

Everest is resourceful, cunning, naive at times with her main goal in life just wanting to get her father's attention, love praise. You really feel for her in the moments when she interacts with her father. Vesper is basically the complete opposite of Everest except in one aspect. Vesper is strong, confident in who she is and where she wants to go in life. She has immense power and is willing to do anything to get and keep this power. The one thing that Vesper is looking for is love, she has her friends, but she wants more than that, even if she tries to hide it.

The world in this book is interesting, borders on confusing at the beginning of the book. We are really rushed into the world with not a lot of explanation. Why are all the different factions at war? What is the true reason for Never Keep? (maybe this one is answered in the later books), why is this profecy that they all speak of? The plot of this book is really based around the world, so that is why it can be confusing at times. I think once you look past the world as a whole and just focus on Never Keep things around the world become more manageable.

This book is Dark at times and let me say prepare yourself there are time when Peckham and Valenti do not pull their punches and I am here for it. The cliffhanger at the end of the book was amazing and will have you wanting to pick up the second book right away. 

This book exceeded my expectations and once I was able to get invested in both Characters and the plot picked up I did not want to put this book down. Peckham and Valenti truly know how to draw readers in and I look forward to seeing where they take this story and Everest and Vesper.

Enjoy!!!

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