It’s like they are some weird time-thirsty vampires. This so-called time extraction (directly from the blood) comes, however, with a trick of itself: the rich can feed with the time of the poor (until they run out at some point) and become nearly immortal (but not quite). Quite an interesting concept, I might say I declare myself a fan. People are born with time in their veins, time that can be extracted, materialized into blood-iron and then ingurcitated like it is effervescent vitamin C. It is an interesting concept of a timeless world in which the most valuable thing is, you guessed it, time. But I would try to avoid them anyway, I don’t want to make a fool out of myself!įirst things first, this world that Sara Holland has created is kind of untouchable. So, if I get some words wrong, signal me, I might’ve got lost in translation. I might have a problem with some words that sound completely weird in Romanian and I might refer wrongly to them as to how I imagine they are in English. And I actually should’ve grasp it better because I kind of liked it. Like ever in my life.Įven though it seems like I read faster in my mother tongue (which is weird because I don’t really read that much in it), I constantly have the feeling that I don’t quite grasp the story as I should. Hmm…I think this might be the first fantasy book I’ve read in Romanian. Page count: 344 (Romanian Version), 384 (English Paperback Version) I’ve read the Romanian version of the book Her decisions have the power to change her fate-and the fate of time itself. Soon she’s caught in a tangle of violent secrets and finds her heart torn between two people she thought she’d never see again. When Jules discovers that her father is dying, she knows that she must return to Everless to earn more time for him before she loses him forever.īut going back to Everless brings more danger-and temptation-than Jules could have ever imagined. A decade ago, she and her father were servants at Everless, the Gerlings’ palatial estate, until a fateful accident forced them to flee in the dead of night. No one resents the Gerlings more than Jules Ember.

The rich aristocracy, like the Gerlings, tax the poor to the hilt, extending their own lives by centuries.

In the kingdom of Sempera, time is currency-extracted from blood, bound to iron, and consumed to add time to one’s own lifespan.

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