The November Girl

by Lydia Kang

Book Overview

LOCUS Magazine: A Best Book of 2017

I am Anda, and the lake is my mother. I am the November storms that terrify sailors and sink ships. With their deaths, I keep my little island on Lake Superior alive.

Hector has come here to hide from his family until he turns eighteen. Isle Royale is shut down for the winter, and there's no one here but me. And now him.

Hector is running from the violence in his life, but violence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1633758265
• ISBN13: 9781633758261
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Entangled Publishing
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Enjoyable, Mystical, Beautiful

Uhhhhhhhhh this book definitely isn't for everyone. I have many feelings about this book. I'm not sure of where to stand on whether I really liked this book or whether... this book didn't appeal to me as much as I expected. That doesn't mean that it's bad! I'm sure a lot of people will be in love with the mystical concept and atmospheric writing, but of course this book definitely won't appeal to.. a lot of people. I enjoyed this book, but also I was debating whether to give it three or four stars. (And noooo I will never use half-stars in my life.) First, I absolutely adored this writing. It was prose-like and gave wonderful descriptions of everything, and I was really transported into this story. I would love to read more of Lydia Kang's writing! However, it would be great if there was more action. However, there was hardly any plot. I feel like this is one of those slice-of-life stories where you kind of just... watch them as they go about their lives. It was interesting enough to keep me engaged, but I feel that it wasn't exactly... completely action-ridden. There really wasn't any action except for the romance, I suppose? Which I was mostly fine with! I enjoy romance, but I really like it when there are other plots involved. The concept! Anda is the daughter of a lake and a human. At the start of the book, she isn't really in touch with her emotions and her "human side" but as she meets Hector, she starts to develop romantic feelings for him. And as she starts to develop these romantic feelings, she starts "becoming more human." For example, she starts getting hunger; before, she didn't have the need to eat. The concept of this book was actually fantastically done! I just feel that the plot moved extremely slow and built everything really carefully. The romance isn't my favorite ship, but I'm fine with it. Honestly? I feel like this romance... was mediocre. I wasn't screaming at the pages for them to finally be together or anything, but the romance didn't bother me. Tbh I feel like I would've been totally content if they had only remained platonic friends. Overall I enjoyed this book! It's not my favorite, but it will definitely appeal to a certain reader and not some others.