Forevermore by Kristan Callihan

Posted June 28, 2016 by Literati Lovers in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

Forevermore by Kristan CallihanForevermore by Kristen Callihan
Also by this author: Winterblaze, Entwined, Shadowdance, Evernight, Soulbound, The Friend Zone
Series: Darkest London #7
Also in this series: Winterblaze, Entwined, Shadowdance, Evernight, Soulbound
Published by Grand Central Publishing on June 28th 2016
Genres: Fiction, Romance, Historical, Victorian, Paranormal, General, Fantasy, Urban, Science Fiction, Steampunk
Pages: 336
ISBN: 9781455581702
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Isolated and alone, Sin Evernight is one of the most powerful supernatural creatures in heaven and on earth. As an angel of vengeance, he hunts down the darkest evil, but when his long-lost friend, Layla Starling, needs him, he vows to become her protector. Even though she will be horrified by the man he has become.
Now a famous singer and the toast of London, Layla believes that Sin is only here to guard her from rabid fans and ardent suitors. However, the truth is far more sinister. Desperate to avoid losing Layla a second time, Sin will face a test of all his powers to defeat an unstoppable foe - and win an eternity with the woman he loves.

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Review by Karen

The last threads of the mesmerizing steampunk historical urban fantasy series Darkest London have been wrapped up in Forevermore. I don’t know if this is the last book in The Darkest London series, but it felt like it was the end of this series story arc which centered around the Ellis sisters and their extended family.  Author Kristen Callihan built a world of enthralling delight in which she wove together alternate history, magic, Angels, Demons and technology.  Forevermore is not where a reader should start the series, as I think a new reader would be lost in the world and not get the full benefit of Callihan’s unique authorship. New readers need to start with Firelight, to really enjoy the series. The world that Callihan built is inhabited by a myriad of other natural beings which gave Darkest London a rich and varied tapestry, that I highly recommend.  If you aren’t reading this series then you are missing out on one fabulous urban fantasy series.  Callihan has always captured my attention from the very first pages of her stories and Forevermore started out with a mystery, and a chase. The main romantic couple of this tale is Saint John Evernight and Layla Starling. St. John (sinjin) has been a minor character in a few of the previous books as he is the Ellis’ sisters long lost brother; whom they met as a young adult. Layla is the ward of Augustus, Father of the SOS, which Poppy Ellis is the one of the leaders.    Neither of these characters have had easy lives and unknown to them they are the lynch pins to the future of the world that they inhabit.   In this book there is “no will they”  or “won’t they” fall in love; because they have been in love since childhood.  Surmounting the obstacles that have come after their childhoods is what puts the love of these two lovers in jeopardy.

I pray to the book gods that this is not the last in Callihan’s Darkest London series, as I can actually see this world being set in modern times.  I would adore if Callihan and her publisher brought the Ellis clan into the twenty first century.  I hope the publisher Forever Romance knows what a gem they have in Callihan.

I don’t want this to be the end!!! <Tears trickle down cheek>

Read an Excerpt

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One might think being an immortal was a blessing, never grow old, never grow sick, never die. At one time in St. John Evernight’s life, he considered it a blessing too. He would be around long after the simple humans who surrounded him were nothing but dust. They could stare all they liked at his “strange” hair and frosty green eyes. They could gossip and speculate about him until they lost their voices. It didn’t matter. He was untouchable, and they were but fragile sacks of blood and bone.

How naive he’d been. Because living forever merely meant a lack of escape from the desolation of regret and loneliness. He knew now that he could walk down Jermyn Street endlessly, see the sands of time shift and rearrange before him, and never be a part of life.

“Brooding, Mr. Evernight?”

Sin almost jumped at the sudden sound of Augustus’s voice by his side. Damn, the blasted man loved to startle him. He gave Augustus a passing glance. Dressed in conservative brown tweed and a bowler hat, the angel appeared every inch the English gentlemen, save for his dark coloring that marked him to be from Southern climes.

“It’s really quite the trick, popping up like a soap bubble whenever you choose, Augustus. You must teach me how one day.”

The man’s mouth twitched. “With your luck, you’d pop up in the middle of a parliamentary session.”

Yes, Sin had abominable luck. Or perhaps it was more a matter of making abominable choices.

“You’re brooding again,” Augustus remarked.

“I’m not brooding. This is simply my face.”

Augustus snorted but remained silent as they walked along, past Trafalgar Square and down Whitehall.

“Care to tell me why you called me here?” Sin asked, when they came upon the grounds of Westminster. For the past year, Sin had been in Rome, soaking in the warmer temperatures, drinking espresso in cafes along the Piazza della Rotunda, under the shade of the ancient Pantheon. He’d eaten simple but delicious food, and listened to the rapid fire of Italian, and felt…well, not peace, but a measure of contentment.

Until Augustus had sent for him. Returning to England sat like a stone in his gut. But he would obey. Augustus was his mentor, and the man who’d given him salvation. The price was a lifetime of servitude. To be fair, his role was for justice, not evil, which was a nice change of pace.

A massive dray rattled past, kicking up dust and sending a fug of stale manure into the air. They hurried past the cloud and headed for Westminster Abbey. Sin hadn’t planned on visiting today, but here they were all the same. He wondered if Augustus somehow had led him to their usual meeting place or if Sin had merely headed that way because of the man’s sudden arrival.

He’d like to think the latter. It did not sit well with him having another control his actions. Not since a certain evil fae had kept Sin as a blood slave for years. Even now, the memory made his stomach turn.

Not a soul acknowledged them as they walked through the abbey and into the cloisters. Here, a rare bit of sunlight peeked through the constant cloud cover and cast lacy shadows along the walkway. The sound of their boot heels clacked out a steady rhythm as they strolled along.

“Layla returns to London tonight.”

At the mention of her name, Sin’s heart stilled within his breast. He’d tried his best to ward off all finer feelings, to remain numb, detached from life. And yet he could not, for the life of him, remain immune to Layla Starling. His childhood friend. The one woman who could take his breath, his reason, simply by laying eyes upon her.

Stuffing his shaking hands into his trouser pockets, Sin forced himself to keep an even tone. “So then I am to begin watching over her?”

God, but he did not want to. It would be agony, staying so close to her and never being allowed to show his true feelings. And yet a thrum of anticipation went through him at the mere prospect of seeing Layla once more.

“Are you ready?” Augustus asked, though his expression told Sin he fully expected an affirmative answer.

So Sin told him the only truth left to him. “I will not fail her.”

 

 

 

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Darkest London Series

THE FULL DARKEST LONDON SERIES

 

Firelight, #1

Moonglow, #2

Winterblaze, #3

Shadowdance, #4

Evernight, #5

Soulbound, #6

Forevermore, #7

 

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About Kristen Callihan

Kristen Callihan is an author because there is nothing else she’d rather be. She is a three-time RITA nominee and winner of two RT Reviewer’s Choice awards. Her novels have garnered starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly and the Library Journal, as well as being awarded top picks by many reviewers. Her debut book FIRELIGHT received RT Magazine’s Seal of Excellence, was named a best book of the year by Library Journal, best book of Spring 2012 by Publisher’s Weekly, and was named the best romance book of 2012 by ALA RUSA. When she is not writing, she is reading.

Rating Report
Plot
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Characters
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Writing
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Pacing
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Cover
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Overall: four-stars

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