Waiting on Wednesday #176: The Ship Beyond Time by Heidi Heilig

"Waiting on Wednesday" is a weekly event which had been hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine where we spotlight upcoming releases we are eagerly anticipating. I'm now linking up with "Can't Wait Wednesday" hosted over at Wishful Endings.

The Ship Beyond Time by Heidi Heilig is the sequel to The Girl from Everywhere. It's due out February 28, 2017 from Greenwillow Books.

Synopsis from Goodreads:

Nix has spent her whole life journeying to places both real and imagined aboard her time-traveling father’s ship. And now it’s finally time for her to take the helm. Her father has given up his obsession to save her mother—and possibly erase Nix’s existence—and Nix’s future lies bright before her. Until she learns that she is destined to lose the one she loves. But her relationship with Kash—best friend, thief, charmer extraordinaire—is only just beginning. How can she bear to lose him? How can she bear to become as adrift and alone as her father? 

Desperate to change her fate, Nix takes her crew to a mythical utopia to meet another Navigator who promises to teach her how to manipulate time. But everything in this utopia is constantly changing, and nothing is what it seems—not even her relationship with Kash. Nix must grapple with whether anyone can escape her destiny, her history, her choices. Heidi Heilig weaves fantasy, history, and romance together to tackle questions of free will, fate, and what it means to love another person. But at the center of this adventure are the extraordinary, multifaceted, and multicultural characters that leap off the page, and an intricate, recognizable world that has no bounds. The sequel—and conclusion—to the indie darling The Girl from Everywhere will be devoured by fans of Rachel Hartman and Maggie Stiefvater. Includes black-and-white maps.

Why am I waiting on this one? I enjoyed the first book. I liked the characters and the way they interacted with each other. I also liked the settings and how the time travel worked. I'm looking forward to finding out what happens next.

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Review: The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig

Sixteen-year-old Nix has been to many places and times, real and mythological, as part of the crew of her father's ship. This time, they are seeking to return to Hawaii in 1868, the time before her mother died. Nix is worried that if they get there and prevent her mother's death that it will affect her very existence. She is torn between helping her father and self-preservation.

Her father, Slate, comes across the necessary hand drawn map at a Christie's auction. When they use it to plot their course, it delivers them to the right place, but the wrong year. Slate is contacted by a group of men who would like to exchange the real map he needs for a task. It's up to Nix to help her father figure out how to do it with the help of the crew, especially her best friend and possible love interest Kashmir.

As the plot progresses, Heilig introduces a second possible love interest and a sort of love triangle develops. Nix seemingly has to decide which boy she is more interested in and whether she wants to stay land-bound or go back to traveling with her father.

It's an interesting book. I liked the history of Hawaii that was thrown into the mix. It was accurate and is explained in an afterword. I wasn't crazy about the introduction of a love triangle of sorts, but it works. It's a little slow towards the middle, but the action picks up especially towards the end. Slate makes for a good tortured captain. He leads a small, but diverse crew. And Kashmir gets some good lines. This is aimed at the YA audience, but I still enjoyed it and I am long past being a young adult.

Overall, this is a good book. I gave it 4 stars out of 5.

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

Teaser Tuesday: The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by Miz B of A Daily Rhythm. 

Anyone can participate, just do the following:

• Grab your current read and open to a random page
• Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page.
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title and the author so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers.

Expected publication:
February 16th 2016 by Greenwillow Books

"Kashmir was right about the captain; when he wanted something he did not stop until he had it. No matter what it cost. No matter who it hurt."
~ 2% on my Kindle

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