Review: Another great YA read by Samantha Combs!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 21, 2012
Everspell is the sequel to Spellbound.  I absolutely adored Spellbound and was super excited to receive the arc for Everspell.  This book continues the story from Spellbound, but is complete in and of itself, so you could read it as a stand alone book.  I think, however, that it is much enriched with the complete background. Since it is a sequel, I need to warn you than my review will most likely contain spoilers from the Spellbound. This story brings all of the characters from the first novel back and adds a few new ones as the families once again need to battle evil.I'll tell you what I liked about it:*With the exception of the "evil" characters, the characters are very likable.  Their sense of family (including extended family and almost family) is so refreshing.*You really were able to see many of the characters mature from their first introduction to the end of this book.  It was fun to watch them as they went from being kids to being young adults.*As a YA book, it was so refreshing to not have it filled with the sexual content so many YA books have been including lately.  There was definitely a lot of romance, but without pushing the envelop on how they expressed it physically.*While there was a battle of good vs evil it was not a gory nor inappropriate for younger readers.  In fact, (spoiler alert) their successes throughout the book are because they work together.  This is a common theme throughout both books in the series.*The multiple points of view added depth to the story arc and the characters.  I enjoyed her writing style immensely.*It had the "I can not put it down" factor.*The ending was complete, but there is so much possibility left open for another book.In all honesty, I did not like this book as much as the first.  That did not mean I could put it down hehehe.  I think that if it took place two years into the future, I would have liked it more.  I had a difficult time with one of the story arcs because of the one character's age.  That is completely my bias.  I am kind of weird, so take it with that in mind.  That being said, I really, really, really hope there will be another book in this series.  There is so much potential there.  I would love to see things from Gypsy's perspective as well as the male character that returned (trying to not spoil your read) and possibly even the perspective of the new male character.[...]