Places No One Knows

Waverly is a girl in total control, because she feels she has to be. All her life she has carefully and painstakingly worked to appear normal, all the while sickeningly aware on the inside that she is clueless when it comes to reading and understanding people’s emotions and reactions. On the outside she is perfect, in control, a success. On the inside she is a girl with a secret: the conviction that she is abnormal, a monster. At night she has trouble sleeping and sneaks out of the house to run herself to exhaustion.

Marshall is a boy whose world and family is falling apart. He has stopped trying and by now is just drifting through high school waiting for it all to end. To him, Waverly is someone unreachable, a girl from another world. Waverly and Marshall are seemingly polar opposites, but then something happens: they start meeting in their sleep. Is it real or imagined? Are they there or are they dreaming? Neither of them knows, but in their sleep they start letting their defenses down and slowly become the most real person in each other’s lives. But can it last? What reality can they wake up to?

Brenna Yovanoff has written an intriguing novel about two young people struggling with themselves, understanding the world and coping with reality. Told in alternate chapters between Marshall and Waverly, it is a fierce and tender book, about hurt, love, longing and belonging, and a fascinating look into life through the eyes of someone experiencing a painful disconnection with the world. Read it if you want to be challenged, intrigued, feel your heart clench in your chest and be able to breathe again. Read it to remember the searing longing to belong and yearning to be loved of your teenage years, and feel uplifted that there are books in the world that understand you. Which hopefully means one day you will find your people, who understand you, too.

Amazing book with the most REAL characters I’ve seen in a long time. Girls can be analytical and brilliant. Boys can be empathetic and open-hearted. The magic in this book feels as natural as the high-school setting, which is no easy feat. Yovanoff portrays relationships between girls (both positive and negative) authentically yet with compassion. The family dynamics in the book were also some of my favorites: imperfect and often painful, but still with a chance for future redemption. PLACES NO ONE KNOWS is one of the best reads of my year so far. What are you waiting for??? Go buy it!

The character development is incredible…I loved getting to know Waverly and Marshall! Such a sweet and very true story about how we all have someone on the inside that is dying to come out without judgment, and its great when you can fall in love with someone that sees you fully and loves you from the inside out 🙂

Arrived on time in good condition.

I had a hard time relating to the female main character throughout the whole book. However at the end, i found her more likeable. Ending was written nicely

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