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Today’s bright place: angelo:HOME. The downtown LA...

Today’s bright place: angelo:HOME. The downtown LA storefront, the amazing home design line, the wonderful, remarkable friends behind it. Not to mention the lovely display of Mom’s books and mine. It really is like being home. #allthebrightplaces #angelohome (at angelo:HOME Store)

@allthebrightplacesofficial asks: What should Finch and...

@allthebrightplacesofficial asks: What should Finch and Violet’s ship name be? Vote or make up your own and comment! #allthebrightplaces #finchandvioletforever #fiolet #finlet #vinch #theolet #viodore #shipnames #otp

The Brazilian version of 'All the Bright Places'!

One of the best things about having multiple publishers around the world is seeing the variations in the book cover and title.  My Brazilian publisher is Companhia das Letras, and I love, love, LOVE the cover of Por Lugares Incríveis— which apparently is how All the Bright Places translates in Portuguese.

My interview with Betsy Bird for Fuse #8 TV and School...

My interview with Betsy Bird for Fuse #8 TV and School Library Journal. We talk young adult books, my mom, how to make readers cry, face blindness, and All the Bright Places.

Another starred review for 'All the Bright Places'!

All the Bright Places receives a starred review from School Library Journal (!!), which says:

"The writing in this heartrending novel is fluid, despite the difficult topics. Finch and Violet, with their emotional turmoil and insecurities, will ring true to teens. Finch in particular will linger in readers’ minds long after the last page is turned. Give this to fans of Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor & Park, John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, or Jennifer Hubbard’s The Secret Year.”

I love this little video. Give a book this holiday season, give...

I love this little video. Give a book this holiday season, give the world.

The UK finished copies of All the Bright Places have arrived on...

The UK finished copies of All the Bright Places have arrived on my editor’s desk! I can’t wait to get my little hands on one! #Allthebrightplaces #ya (at Penguin UK)

Reviews I Love -- Diva Book Nerd on 'All the Bright Places'

I LOVE this review from Kelly at Diva Book Nerd, who writes: “All The Bright Places is the most remarkable, tender and poignant young adult novel that you’ll ever have the privilege of reading. This surpasses any novel John Green or Rainbow Rowell could have created. Jennifer Niven is a phenomenal storyteller, a breathtaking author and this could quite possibly be the story of a generation.”

(Here is the UK cover, slightly different from the North American version!)

Thanks to Adult in the YA Section for this amazingly lovely...

Thanks to Adult in the YA Section for this amazingly lovely review!

(*cries happy tears*)

adultintheyasection:

I can summarize my thoughts on “All the Bright Places” by saying that this is a book that anyone in the upper middle grades and up absolutely needs to read, including adults.  It may be one of the most important books written in this decade, and I will be extremely disappointed if I don’t see it start popping up on school reading lists within a year.

The writing, complete with witty dialogue and two distinct narrator voices, is witty and solid.  You feel in the moment along with them, as opposed to reading about their own moment.  The characters are well-developed when they should be and not developed when they should not be.  That sentence makes little sense before you read it, but please keep it in mind when you get to the end.

Jennifer Niven is a brave woman with bold and risky decisions concerning the plot, and all of those decisions come together to form a masterpiece.  I can’t say much else, because the journey is the most important part of “All the Bright Places”, so I do not want to inadvertently spoil even the smallest of moments.  I will say that it is a story that will most likely stay with you for life.

In short, here are three things I know to be true about “All the Bright Places”:

There will be a movie adaptation starring Elle Fanning
There will be angry posts all over the internet no matter who is chosen to play Theodore Finch, because he will be so loved by fans, and that is the nature of fandom.
It will save lives.  Literally.

Five stars in this instance needs to be rounded up to 500.  Please read it, and please take its messages to heart.

This review is based upon a complimentary copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Content Warning:

Language, Violence, Sexual Situations, Talk of Suicide and Self-Harming

'All the Bright Places' in Cosmo!

The January ‘15 issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine features All the Bright Places as one of “50 Things to Do This Month”!