There are very few books that are of a similar concept that I’ve read before and I absolutely loved the adventure this one took me on. The trials of friendships, secrets and no consequences lead to some interesting choices that the characters face but all the while leaving you wondering if this could actually happen. Are there moments in time that are trapped until the key is found/accepted? I love that the Neverwake was created using the personalities of each of the 5 characters. There are some many layers if this book and it all ties in together, Fabulous book!

I loved this book. Once I started reading I couldn't put it down.

High school is often the place where you forge new friendships. Some will be passing and others will last a lifetime. And then there will be the ones that change your life, forever.

Just one year earlier, Bee, Whitley, Martha, Cannon, Kipling and Jim had been friends in high school. Jim was now dead and Bee hadn't seen the others since going away to college. She suspects that the remaining four friends know more about Jim's death than they are letting one. She need to know the truth so she can move on with her life, in fact, her life depends on her learning the truth.

How well can you truly know another person. We all have secrets that we are unwilling to share. Some are embarrassing and others might be criminal, but they are our secrets to tell or not. What if you are keeping a secret to spare anther person from pain or anguish, does that make it all right. Bee has her own secrets and she is determined to find out those of her former friends no matter what.

This tale spins out in a totally unique manner that I could not have imagined. I am still pondering how I would have handled these events. Would I have been like Martha and taken an academic approach or a more hedonistic one similar to Whitley.

I am being cryptic as I don't want to give away anything. There are so many varied actions that the characters take that I loved and hated them at different points. It makes me wonder why the truth can be so hard to tell.

If you enjoyed Ashley Bell by Dean Koontz, you'll love Neverworld Wake.

The intro of the story was rather dull and hard to get through, but as soon as you’re introduced to the elements of the Neverworld Wake, the book is hard to put down.

This novel falls somewhere between No Exit by Sartre and Groundhog Day, while traversing all the darkest parts of what it is to be human. It reminds you of the power of friendships, but also of their fragility and the darkness that sometimes lies within them.

“We swear we see each other, but all we are ever able to make out is a tiny porthole view of an ocean. We think we remember the past as it was, but our memories are as fantastic and flimsy as dreams.”