Nix has spent her entire life aboard her father’s ship, sailing across the centuries, 
across the world, across myth and imagination.
As long as her father has a map for it, he can sail to any time, any place, real or imagined: nineteenth-century China, the land from One Thousand and One Nights, a mythic version of Africa. Along the way they have found crewmates and friends, and even a disarming thief who could come to mean much more to Nix.
But the end to it all looms closer every day.
Her father is obsessed with obtaining the one map, 1868 Honolulu, that could take him back to his lost love, Nix’s mother. Even though getting it—and going there—could erase Nix’s very existence.
For the first time, Nix is entering unknown waters.
She could find herself, find her family, find her own fantastical ability, her own epic love.
Or she could disappear.
I was happy to read this for one of my book clubs. It was on my list when first released, but I was never able to get around to it.
Mention time travel, and I’m immediately on board. Throw in some sort-of-pirates? Just icing on the cake. The crew on this ship immediately won me over – especially Kash. He may be a thief, but he’s also charming, clever, and the biggest highlight of the book for me. I loved how the characters were just as comfortable in modern day New York City as in 1868 Honolulu, and had items like contemporary clothing and cell phones stashed below deck. The complex relationship between Nix and her father is unusual and intriguing. His obsession to find Nix’s mother is certainly understandable, but could also result in Nix disappearing – yet, she still helps her father search.
The story was moving right along for me and held my interest – until the crew arrived in Hawaii, and soon after the pace came to a grinding halt. It picked up again after a while, but there was a definite lull that I skimmed through. The introduction of a love triangle surprised me – it didn’t seem to fit in with the plot, and got in the way of the real story.
This was an interesting read, but a lengthy one at over 450 pages. If you’re a fan of history, time travel, and love triangles, I’d recommend The Girl from Everywhere.
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I thought I wrote long; 450 is a lot. Too bad about the part that dragged. Sounded like the author was onto something special.
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I was really enjoying the story until that point – and that seemed to be the consensus in the book club. There’s a sequel, and one person went on to read that one and loved it.
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I love lengthy books! this one sounds …. interesting isn’t the word. Even with the lull, I still think it sounds great. Well, maybe the love triangle pulls it down a peg, but if it’s done right, I wouldn’t mind it either.
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It hit the right spot with another person in my book club, Jina. This is one of her fav YA books, and she loved the sequel. It just comes back to not all books are for everyone.
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It is quite long, Teri. I usually read books with between 250 and 300 pages except for Stephen King who writes pages and pages but they are all so good. The story does sound interesting.
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There aren’t many YA books out there that length, but occasionally you’ll find one. I agree about the King books – his unabbreviated edition of The Stand is my favorite at well over 1K pages.
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Mm. I wondered about the title, but it soon began to make sense. Your review is interesting. It’s not going to be my cup of tea though, especially if things grind to a halt for so long.
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It’s an outstanding premise, Kev, but that jarring halt didn’t work so well for me.
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It’s what can make or break a story unfortunately.
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Good review, Teri. Sounds way too long.
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Thanks, John! Sometimes with the world-building, they tend to run a bit long.
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I’m not fan of time travel but i like history. great review!
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Thanks, Yesha! I’m kind of the opposite – I love time travel, but when it comes to history, it really depends on the time period for me.
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A lot of authors seem to feel the love triangle is just required, don’t they?
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I see it a lot in YA books, and I’m not against them, but this one seemed out of place and didn’t seem to fit with the story.
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