Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend

Nevermoor (Nevermoor, #1)

by Jessica Townsend

Enter the Wundrous world of Morrigan Crow and Nevermoor - the most fantastical children's release of the year.

Morrigan Crow is cursed. Having been born on Eventide, the unluckiest day for any child to be born, she's blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks - and, worst of all, the curse means that Morrigan is doomed to die at midnight on her eleventh birthday.

But as Morrigan awaits her fate, a strange and remarkable man named Jupiter North appears. Chased by black-smoke hounds and shadowy hunters on horseback, he whisks her away into the safety of a secret, magical city called Nevermoor.

It's then that Morrigan discovers Jupiter has chosen her to contend for a place in the city's most prestigious organisation: the Wundrous Society. In order to join, she must compete in four difficult and dangerous trials against hundreds of other children, each boasting an extraordinary talent that sets them apart - an extraordinary talent that Morrigan insists she does not have. To stay in the safety of Nevermoor for good, Morrigan will need to find a way to pass the tests - or she'll have to leave the city and confront her deadly fate once and for all.

Perfect for fans of the Harry Potter series and His Dark Materials, this series takes readers into an extraordinary world, setting hope and imagination alive.

Reviewed by alindstadtcorbeax on

5 of 5 stars

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Star Rating: 5 Stars

Holy freakin’ MOLY! This was absolutely incredible. I’m dumbfounded.
A middle grade book has to be truly special to keep my attention. I’ve had kind of bad luck with them lately. This had my undivided, complete attention, all the way through. More than that, I was enchanted.

Jessica Townsend you are a genius. I haven’t read something so magical in so long!

Amazing, brilliant ending.
Amazing, brilliant world building.
Amazing, brilliant character development!

I LOVE MORRIGAN CROW!

She is a BRILLIANT, heart warming, firecracker of a girl that you can’t help but fall in love with. She starts out knowing exactly “who she is-” one of the cursed children that cause bad things to happen to certain people in her vicinity. She also knows that she will die at midnight on the last day of Eventide, as all cursed children do. She gets blamed for the most ridiculous things, and must apologize constantly, which she often does with sharp wit that is barely noticeable- I love her!

That is, until a mysterious man, named Jupiter North, whisks her away to escape certain death, & brings her back to a place called Nevermoor. If she wishes to stay there, she must compete in 3 trials & pass each to become part of the Wundrous Society.

When she is brought to Nevermoor and told that she, is, in fact, NOT cursed... she loses her identity for she has NO clue who she actually is, now that’s she’s being told she isn’t cursed. She finds her true self within each new trial and every day at the Hotel Deucalion, and with her new friend, Hawthorne (the very first friend she’s ever had. He rides dragons. Sounds like a cool BFF to me

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  • 10 September, 2019: Finished reading
  • 10 September, 2019: Reviewed