Neverworld Wake

By: Marisha Pessl

Narrated by: Phoebe Strole

Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins

Publisher's summary

Five friends - the beautiful elite at their exclusive prep school - reunite a year after graduation. After a night out, they narrowly avoid a collision with a car on a deserted road. Back at the mansion belonging to one of the girls, a storm rages, and a mysterious man knocks on the door, announcing something world-shattering. The friends must make a choice: one of them will live, and the rest will die. And the decision must be unanimous. So begins the Neverworld Wake. The nightmare. The nothingness. Time backbends, and they are fated to repeat that day, but fears are now physical, and memories come alive in horrifying ways. How will they vote? And will they be able to escape the Neverworld?

©2018 Marisha Pessl (P)2018 Listening Library

Mysterious & Atmospheric

I absolutely loved this book from start to finish. I found myself totally immersed in this story. It's been a long time since I was this into a book. Neverworld Wake really does transport you into another world and take you on a spellbinding journey. I have absolutely no criticisms. The writing was superb, the characters were well developed, the pacing was just right, the narration was fabulous, and the plot was unpredictable. The setting deserves a special mention for being spooky, mysterious, stunningly beautiful, and powerfully described. It would be amazing to go into this book knowing nothing, and for that reason I feel it would make a great gift. Neverworld Wake is an extraordinary work of art.