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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
A vivid and swirling tale of magic, history, and fate that is every bit as delightful as it sounds. I did lose the narrative thread a few times, but the plot moves along at a quick pace and it was fun seeing where Nix would end up next. The main highlight is the way Heilig expertly weaves the historical and magical elements to create a fascinating world that is rich and textured in more ways than one. Overall, this is a must-read!
This is such a fun, fresh, fantastical adventure tale. Highly recommended for middle grade & up.
FCC disclosure: I received an eARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review on my blog.
FCC disclosure: I received an eARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review on my blog.
Let me tell you something, i absolutely loved this book. But sydney you rated it 3.5 stars. Yes i know and i'm going to tell you why. THis book has great things, it has diversity, time traveling, Mythical beings, ghost wives it has it all. But let me tell you what it also has, a very very very pointless and annoying love trianlge with what my friend and I akin to the Jane the VIrgin love triangle where one of the guys is pathetic and boring and just needs to go the Eff away.
Plot: So the plot was actually really interesting and I totally click with Nix on her continuous self struggle about helping her father with his jobs because how do you make that kind of decision at 16. I loved all the time periods that were referenced or actually visited which was really cool.
Setting: this was the coolest thing ever. It was mainly focused on late 1800's Hawaii but we were in china & new york for some time and it all is because of a time traveling pirate ship called The Temptation. The author paints the pictures beautifully that i felt like i was really there.
Characters: Most of the charactesr were actually really interesting and cool. I loved all the diffrent crew members and their stories. Also there's a sea dragon named Swag, you can't much cooler than that.
Romance: Okay, here's what has caused this story to go from a solid 4+ to a 3 - 3.5. Once NIx and crew are in Hawaii we meet a character named Blake Hart and omg he becomes the most pathetic and obnoxious character
I had actually hoped Blake died but alas we can't all get what we want.
It's one of those love triangles that is there purely for the sake off having a love triangle and it hasn't been solved. it will drag on to the next book or so and honestly it makes me very just UGH. I dont read these books to deal with pathetic characters and love triangles that are pain in the ass. I read books for the adventure and fantasy and beautiful setting.
Overall: This book was really quite enjoyable as it began but with the addition of Blake and continuous appearences of him, it bumped it down to a 3.5.
I would recommend this to fans of Time travelling stories & The Abyss Surrounds Us.
Plot: So the plot was actually really interesting and I totally click with Nix on her continuous self struggle about helping her father with his jobs because how do you make that kind of decision at 16. I loved all the time periods that were referenced or actually visited which was really cool.
Setting: this was the coolest thing ever. It was mainly focused on late 1800's Hawaii but we were in china & new york for some time and it all is because of a time traveling pirate ship called The Temptation. The author paints the pictures beautifully that i felt like i was really there.
Characters: Most of the charactesr were actually really interesting and cool. I loved all the diffrent crew members and their stories. Also there's a sea dragon named Swag, you can't much cooler than that.
Romance: Okay, here's what has caused this story to go from a solid 4+ to a 3 - 3.5. Once NIx and crew are in Hawaii we meet a character named Blake Hart and omg he becomes the most pathetic and obnoxious character
Spoiler
I had actually hoped Blake died but alas we can't all get what we want.
It's one of those love triangles that is there purely for the sake off having a love triangle and it hasn't been solved. it will drag on to the next book or so and honestly it makes me very just UGH. I dont read these books to deal with pathetic characters and love triangles that are pain in the ass. I read books for the adventure and fantasy and beautiful setting.
Overall: This book was really quite enjoyable as it began but with the addition of Blake and continuous appearences of him, it bumped it down to a 3.5.
I would recommend this to fans of Time travelling stories & The Abyss Surrounds Us.
3.5 stars.
The descriptions of what was happening could definitely have been better. I like that this ends nicely so you don't have to read the second book if you don't want to.
The descriptions of what was happening could definitely have been better. I like that this ends nicely so you don't have to read the second book if you don't want to.
3.75 stars.
First things first: this cover is horrrrrrrrrrible and the US cover is much, MUCH better.
Okay. So. This is a book about time travelling pirates. Uh, YES PLEASE. And the method of time travel is super awesome - a hand drawn and dated map with a specific level of detail to a time and place they haven't previously been to. I mean, they can visit the same place using maps from different years. But they can't use a different map to visit the same place in the same year.
So all of that was super awesome. I also love the fact that Nix is half Chinese, and that the crew includes a Persian character, and a Sudanese lesbian.
But ultimately, there was only a limited amount of time travel, and a limited amount of places visited. Instead, it ended up being more of a heist novel. Which, don't get me wrong, was fine. But it wasn't time travelling pirates. So it was pretty fun, and I did enjoy it. But it wasn't quite what it was billed as.
Still, I'm intrigued to see where the second book in the series goes. Hopefully there's more time travel and less heists...
First things first: this cover is horrrrrrrrrrible and the US cover is much, MUCH better.
Okay. So. This is a book about time travelling pirates. Uh, YES PLEASE. And the method of time travel is super awesome - a hand drawn and dated map with a specific level of detail to a time and place they haven't previously been to. I mean, they can visit the same place using maps from different years. But they can't use a different map to visit the same place in the same year.
So all of that was super awesome. I also love the fact that Nix is half Chinese, and that the crew includes a Persian character, and a Sudanese lesbian.
But ultimately, there was only a limited amount of time travel, and a limited amount of places visited. Instead, it ended up being more of a heist novel. Which, don't get me wrong, was fine. But it wasn't time travelling pirates. So it was pretty fun, and I did enjoy it. But it wasn't quite what it was billed as.
Still, I'm intrigued to see where the second book in the series goes. Hopefully there's more time travel and less heists...
A good casual read, but some of the characterization choices felt very off, and I didn't enjoy the love triangle one bit. The historical and mythological touches were interesting. Honestly, I just couldn't get past the fact that the dragon is named *Swag* for long enough to actually get into the plot.
Real rating: 4-4.5.
Review originally posted on tamaraniac.com: http://tamaraniac.com/2016/02/the-girl-from-everywhere/
I was entranced by the magic of this book from the very beginning. It is just such a cool premise: a ship that can travel anywhere, anytime, as long as they have a map of that place. And the execution of the premise was so well done. The writing was beautiful and the imagery was so lovely and rich.
I really enjoyed all the characters. I can’t say that I entirely fell in love with any particular one of them, but I really liked all of them. They were varied, their differing backgrounds were interesting, and they all had very interesting relationships with each other.
The romance element in this book was alright. I didn’t love it, but I didn’t dislike it either. While there was a slight love triangle situation going on, the main character’s romantic situation wasn’t actually a huge part of the book, which I liked.
When it comes to the actual plot of the book, it ends up being as a whole rather straightforward, in a very good way. There are cool details that are more complicated (because, time travel) but they weren’t overly confusing, and everything wrapped together really well in the end. The ending itself was open (there is going to be a sequel!) but also final and very satisfying.
Overall, The Girl From Everywhere is a very imaginative historical fantasy/time travel book that you should totally pick up once it’s released!
Review originally posted on tamaraniac.com: http://tamaraniac.com/2016/02/the-girl-from-everywhere/
I was entranced by the magic of this book from the very beginning. It is just such a cool premise: a ship that can travel anywhere, anytime, as long as they have a map of that place. And the execution of the premise was so well done. The writing was beautiful and the imagery was so lovely and rich.
I really enjoyed all the characters. I can’t say that I entirely fell in love with any particular one of them, but I really liked all of them. They were varied, their differing backgrounds were interesting, and they all had very interesting relationships with each other.
The romance element in this book was alright. I didn’t love it, but I didn’t dislike it either. While there was a slight love triangle situation going on, the main character’s romantic situation wasn’t actually a huge part of the book, which I liked.
When it comes to the actual plot of the book, it ends up being as a whole rather straightforward, in a very good way. There are cool details that are more complicated (because, time travel) but they weren’t overly confusing, and everything wrapped together really well in the end. The ending itself was open (there is going to be a sequel!) but also final and very satisfying.
Overall, The Girl From Everywhere is a very imaginative historical fantasy/time travel book that you should totally pick up once it’s released!
This was obviously a very well researched book, which gave it a star, but the writing and characters didn't really appeal to me. First of all - the love triangle. I hate love triangles and once again, this was your run-of-the-mill typical love triangle. Nothing special, still annoying.
I did like the fact that the protagonist was half-Chinese and that it was important in the story. But other than that, there really was nothing special about the characters.
The book could have been quite a bit shorter and it would be more exciting - less time spent on the love triangle, I guess.
I did like the fact that the protagonist was half-Chinese and that it was important in the story. But other than that, there really was nothing special about the characters.
The book could have been quite a bit shorter and it would be more exciting - less time spent on the love triangle, I guess.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am diving immediately into the second one. Nix and her father have the power to travel through time and space, as long as they have a hand-drawn map of their destination. They can even visit places of myths and legends where magic is real. They navigate their ship, The Temptation, from ancient Persia, to modern day New York City, to 19th century Honolulu. Captain Slate, Nix's father, is on a quest to go back to the time and place of his wife's death and cure her. Nix fears that this may erase her own life, but she nevertheless helps Slate, having as many adventures as she can on the way.
I am absolutely in love with Kashmir, the cocky thief who makes up part of The Temptation's crew, and I don't know why Nix wastes her time on anyone else. I accidentally read the first few paragraphs of Book 2, thinking it was the start of the series, so I knew how Book 1 was going to end, but I found it compelling anyway.
I'm normally not a big time travel fan, but Heidi Heilig does it well.
I am absolutely in love with Kashmir, the cocky thief who makes up part of The Temptation's crew, and I don't know why Nix wastes her time on anyone else. I accidentally read the first few paragraphs of Book 2, thinking it was the start of the series, so I knew how Book 1 was going to end, but I found it compelling anyway.
I'm normally not a big time travel fan, but Heidi Heilig does it well.