Places No One Knows

Places No One Knows
Age Range
12+
Release Date
May 17, 2016
ISBN
9780553522631
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Waverly Camdenmar spends her nights running until she can’t even think. Then the sun comes up, life goes on, and Waverly goes back to her perfectly hateful best friend, her perfectly dull classes, and the tiny, nagging suspicion that there’s more to life than student council and GPAs.

Marshall Holt is a loser. He drinks on school nights and gets stoned in the park. He is at risk of not graduating, he does not care, he is no one. He is not even close to being in Waverly’s world.

But then one night Waverly falls asleep and dreams herself into Marshall’s bedroom—and when the sun comes up, nothing in her life can ever be the same. In Waverly’s dreams, the rules have changed. But in her days, she’ll have to decide if it’s worth losing everything for a boy who barely exists.

Waverly Camdenmar spends her nights running until she can’t even think. Then the sun comes up, life goes on, and Waverly goes back to her perfectly hateful best friend, her perfectly dull classes, and the tiny, nagging suspicion that there’s more to life than student council and GPAs.

Marshall Holt is a loser. He drinks on school nights and gets stoned in the park. He is at risk of not graduating, he does not care, he is no one. He is not even close to being in Waverly’s world.

But then one night Waverly falls asleep and dreams herself into Marshall’s bedroom—and when the sun comes up, nothing in her life can ever be the same. In Waverly’s dreams, the rules have changed. But in her days, she’ll have to decide if it’s worth losing everything for a boy who barely exists.

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Waverly Camdenmar is 'perfect' or so everyone thinks. Problem is she has a secret--she an insomniac and can't sleep. Her way of coping is by running at night until she can't think. Then one night she falls asleep and finds herself in Marshall Holt's bedroom. Marshall is the opposite of Waverly as he's the school's loser. He's an underachiever and finds an escape in drinking and smoking pot. But when Waverly stumbles into his life, nothing will be the same ever again for either of them.

What worked: Loved how Yovanoff is able to build the chemistry/heat between two very unlikely romantic characters. Waverly is almost so perfect with all her accomplishments to the point that she comes across to others, including her so-called BFF Maribeth, as being robot-like. I like how readers are able to see past her image especially after she 'jumps' into Marshall's room. It's almost as if her 'perfect' shield is shattered and readers see and feel her vulnerabilities and weaknesses.

I loved Marshall. He has the reputation of being the stoner. The beauty of Yovanoff's writing is she's able to chip away that illusion and show his vulnerabilities too. At first Waverly and Marshall are polar opposites and repeal each other. Marshall though has a crush on her but never feels he's good enough for her attention. Little by little their shields come down and you can't help but want them to be a couple.

The whole Mean girl theme has a twist. In this case it's Maribeth who doesn't fling nasty comments at others but is more passive-aggressive. Ollie is the BFF of Marshall and stays by his side even when Marshall is self-destructing. Plus, I love the glimpses into both families. Nothing over the top but the family dynamics are very revealing.

Addictive forbidden love story where opposites do attract with the help of an almost paranormal element. Readers will cheer for Waverly and Marshall even when society and others do everything to pull them apart.
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