The Bookworm says... Yes! Places No One Knows by Brenna Yovanoff is a super unique, captivating piece of YA fiction. Waverly Camdenmar is a text-book definition perfect student. She takes AP classes, has the best GPA, runs cross-country (and wins most meets!), is part of student council, and has popular friends. Since she is such a perfect student, it's surprising that she falls for Marcus Holt. Marcus Holt is a text-book definition slacker. He parties all the time, smokes between classes, skips school, and almost never does homework. Waverly has one flaw that draws them together- she doesn't sleep for days at a time. One night when she finally hypnotizes herself into a deep sleep, she dreams herself into Marshall's bedroom. From that night on, she must decide if she can risk everything she stands for for a a boy she knows only in her dreams.
I really, truly loved Places No One Knows. I picked up an advance reader's copy at ALA Midwinter back in January, and I'm so happy I finally had a chance to read it. I think the main reason I enjoyed it so much is that I see myself in Waverly. Not in the sense that I stay up all night and dream my way into the bedrooms of mysterious boys, but more in the sense that I understand the pressure Waverly puts herself under. Whether or not you consider that a bias is up to you, but I really love this book.
"The effectiveness of your persona is inversely proportional to what people know about you."