I love a good time loop story, and The Everlasting is one of the best I’ve read. Written in an alternating second person and featuring gorgeous illustrations both within the story and on and inside the cover, this book is a thoughtful experience that will linger in your bones as if you are in your very own time loop.
Historian Owen Mallory has been obsessed with the legendary knight Una Everlasting his whole life. When he is sent back in time to aid her in her quest for the grail to save the ailing queen, he discovers that the great Una is not just a powerful warrior, but a whole fascinating, familiar person. As he begins to fall in love with her bits of memory arise. They have done this journey before, many, many times, and it always ends in tragedy. What is the real story behind this endless tale? How many more times must Una Everlasting die in his arms before their story can be complete?
A beautifully written story of love, war, power, and the stories we tell. Author Alix E. Harrow takes some familiar elements of myth and heroism and presents a story both familiar and fresh, absolutely stunning in its complexity and grace.
-Hannah, Programs and Outreach
