📆 Publication Date: 30th October 2025
⭐️5/5 stars
📖 Length: 320 pages
📱 Format: ePUB
⏳ Read Time: 3 days
Synopsis
A lady-knight whose legend built a nation meets a retiring historian in awe of her fame. He’s sent back through time to make sure she plays her part . . . even if it breaks his heart.
Sir Una Everlasting was Dominion’s greatest hero: the orphaned girl who became a knight, who died for queen and country. Her legend lives on in songs and stories, in children’s books and recruiting posters – but her life as it truly happened has been forgotten. Centuries later, Owen Mallory – failed soldier, struggling scholar – falls in love with the tale of Una Everlasting. Her story takes him to war, to the archives, and then into the past itself. Una and Owen are tangled together in time, bound to retell the same story over and over again, no matter what it costs. But that story always ends the same way.
If they want to rewrite Una’s legend, and finally tell a different story, they’ll have to rewrite history itself – and change their lives in the process.
What I thought
Wow. Just… wow. The Everlasting completely blew me away. From the first page, I was hooked, and I dished out 5 stars within a couple of pages… and that rating never wavered. This is hands-down a top contender for my favourites of 2025. Without. A. Doubt.
I loved The Everlasting for so many reasons. Think Sliding Doors meets The Truman Show meets Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, all with a Medieval balance. A brilliant mix of historical fiction, fantasy, and romantasy that hits all my literary sweet spots. I laughed, I cried, I sobbed, I winced, I cringed, I gasped. The emotional range in this book is staggering, and it kept me completely invested from start to finish.
Harrow’s writing is nothing short of magical here, which makes the book deliver and then some. The way she weaves history and legend together, creating a story that feels both epic and deeply intimate, is masterful. Una and Owen’s journey is heartbreaking, beautiful, and utterly unforgettable. I loved that it’s a standalone, though I will admit I selfishly wish the story never ended.
In my head and my heart, Una and Owen’s story is infinite.
I’ve never read anything by Alix E. Harrow before, but after this, you can bet her other books are firmly on my wishlist. Santa, take note!
If you love historical fiction with a sprinkle of fantasy and romantasy, The Everlasting is your dream book. I read it in three days, unable to put it down, and it’s a story that will take pride of place on the bookshelf. Honestly, truly amazing.
They say it ends where it began; beneath the yew tree.
If you’re curious to check it out yourself, you can grab a copy here.
Thanks to NetGalley, Pan Macmillan and the author for this ARC in return for an honest review.
Until next time… ✨
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