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Nowever
High school misfit Stevie juggles secrets—her haunting visions, her uncanny gift, a confusing relationship that might be love—and searches halfway around the world for her lost dad. Two shocking deaths lead her with unlikely allies deep into crocodile-ridden Australian bush, where she uncovers alarming truths about her family and herself. Back home in Seattle she’s rocked by new revelations.
279 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 17, 2019
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June 1, 2020
Nowever, by Kristina Bak is a story that was easy to fall in love with. The main character, Stevie, is an intriguing young woman with a complex inner life. In Stevie's character, Bak nails what it feels like to be a teenager; Stevie is both confused and certain, sexy and unsure, ethical and irritable.
The settings in the book were fresh and vivid with detail. They were enjoyable places to escape to. It was creative that Nowever was set in the not-too-distant future--it allowed for a realistic world with intensified problems in which the characters could express themselves a little more freely.
Bak's writing style is clever and imaginative, clear, and full of momentum that made me want to keep reading.
As in life, there is just a hint of magic in this book--enough to make you wonder, but not so much that it makes things too easy for the heroine.
I really like the plot; it was well-crafted, with so many interwoven stories that it's amazing how much was packed in to relatively short book. Many times I found myself fanning the remaining pages thinking, how is she going to wrap all this up in time before it ends? And when you can get your reader to do that on the last page as I did, and still have a satisfying ending, you know you've got a good story.
I loved Stevie's inner courage and hope this book finds its way onto many bedside tables. I don't know if there's a sequel in the works, but I certainly wouldn't mind running into these characters again someday. A lovely book.
The settings in the book were fresh and vivid with detail. They were enjoyable places to escape to. It was creative that Nowever was set in the not-too-distant future--it allowed for a realistic world with intensified problems in which the characters could express themselves a little more freely.
Bak's writing style is clever and imaginative, clear, and full of momentum that made me want to keep reading.
As in life, there is just a hint of magic in this book--enough to make you wonder, but not so much that it makes things too easy for the heroine.
I really like the plot; it was well-crafted, with so many interwoven stories that it's amazing how much was packed in to relatively short book. Many times I found myself fanning the remaining pages thinking, how is she going to wrap all this up in time before it ends? And when you can get your reader to do that on the last page as I did, and still have a satisfying ending, you know you've got a good story.
I loved Stevie's inner courage and hope this book finds its way onto many bedside tables. I don't know if there's a sequel in the works, but I certainly wouldn't mind running into these characters again someday. A lovely book.
July 23, 2020
Lots of intriguing ideas and plots that seem to have no connection to each other. There was the romance, the supernatural story, the childhood trauma, the murder mystery, and the lost-parent problem all stuck together with no clearer connection than that they happened to the same person. Each one seemed like its own story and I'm not sure what they had to do with each other. I think they would have benefited by focusing in on one of them and fleshing it out more. As is, none of them seemed fully resolved and we are only left with a bunch of questions. Maybe that's what life is like...a bunch of distinct plots that seem to have no obvious connection aside from all of them happening to you.
October 4, 2021
You'll get lost in this arresting story. Sheer fun and delightful at a satisfying pace.
April 13, 2024
Intriguing, surprising, engaging. The positive adjectives could go on and on for this novel. You'll like it!
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