Firstlife

Gena Showalter

Feb 2016 · The Everlife Novels Book 1 · Harlequin

About this ebook

The New York Times–bestselling novel with “an inventive premise and easy-to-root-for characters . . . a series opener [young adult fantasy] fans will enjoy” (Kirkus Reviews).

From the author of the New York Times–bestselling White Rabbit Chronicles series comes the first book of a new series.

Tenley “Ten” Lockwood is an average seventeen-year-old girl . . . who has spent the past thirteen months locked inside the Prynne Asylum. The reason? Not her obsession with numbers, but her refusal to let her parents choose where she’ll live—after she dies.

There is an eternal truth most of the world has come to accept: Firstlife is merely a dress rehearsal, and real life begins after death.

In the Everlife, two realms are in power: Troika and Myriad, longtime enemies and deadly rivals. Both will do anything to recruit Ten, including sending their top Laborers to lure her to their side. Soon, Ten finds herself on the run, caught in a wild tug-of-war between the two realms who will do anything to win the right to her soul. Who can she trust? And what if the realm she’s drawn to isn’t where the boy she’s falling for lives? She just has to stay alive long enough to make a decision . . .

“Utterly unique and absolutely riveting—I couldn’t put it down! What a marvelously cool world.” —Sarah J. Maas, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Crescent City series

“The story’s use of religion as a framework is fresh and layered, giving the novel an epic sweep.” —Publishers Weekly

“A creative mash-up of dystopian science fiction and otherworldly fantasy.” —School Library Journal

Ratings and reviews

This book had so much potential. The idea and the cover where amazing and the first few pages made me buy the book but that's it. Like a bad relationship, there weren't enough good moments to trug through the bad and by the end I was completely over it and couldn't believe I'd wasted my life in those four hundred pages. If you need something to put you to sleep this is the book for you but if you want interesting, with developed characters...you'll be disappointed

Couldn't put this one down. From start to finish it was amazing. Action, war, love, tragedy, adventure. Firstlife has everything you need to capture and hold your attention.

I have read many many Showalter book and this book is unlike any of her other books in the greatest way. Could not put it down. Fantastic story! Can't wait to read the next 2 books. If you are looking for a book that will take you away for a little while give this book a read. 😙

About the author

Gena Showalter is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of over seventy books, including the acclaimed Lords of the Underworld series, the Gods of War series, the White Rabbit Chronicles, and the Forest of Good and Evil series. She writes sizzling paranormal romance, heartwarming contemporary romance, and unputdownable young adult novels, and lives in Oklahoma City with her family and menagerie of dogs. Visit her at GenaShowalter.com.