

Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl, $12, Amazon (Pre-order) CHAPTER 1 Luckily, you don't have to wait until next week because Bustle has an exclusive excerpt you can start reading now, below: When a mysterious man knocks on the door and announces time has become stuck for them, Beatrice and her friends must race against the ticking clock in a timeless world if they ever want to find the truth, or save themselves.Ī dark and twisty tale brimming with psychological suspense, Neverworld Wakehits shelves on June 5. That is why, a year after graduation, she comes back to the estate where she her friends spent most of their time: to finally get some answers.

After that, everything changed, and Beatrice became haunted by the dark questions that surround his death. That is, until Jim, the group's creative genius and Beatrice's boyfriend, died.

The New York Times bestselling author of Special Topics in Calamity Physics is releasing her young adult debut on June 5, but you don't have to wait until next week to start reading Neverworld Wake, because Bustle has an exclusive excerpt from the absorbing psychological thriller below.Īt Darrow-Harker School, Beatrice Hartley and her five best friends were considered the cool kids, the beautiful people everyone envied. Since she published Night Film five years ago, I have been waiting for Marisha Pessl to write a new novel, and my patience has finally paid off.
