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In Nowhere Near You, Ollie and Moritz - two boys who are both living with strange disabilities meaning they can never meet - continue on with the journey they started in Because You’ll Never Meet Me.

I don’t want to say too much about this book as I wouldn’t want to spoil the wonderfulness that is the first book Because You’ll Never Meet Me but I can say this book was just as fantastic as the first. I actually think Nowhere Near You will appeal to people who like Ransom Rigg’s Miss Peregrine’s trilogy as the reader gets to meet more children like Moritz and Ollie with all sorts of strange and wonderful oddities and/or disabilities.

Ollie and Moritz’s connection continued in this book and even got stronger at times with the two of them continuing to talk about personal things and even broaching tough topics with each other but all the time respecting each other which I loved. They are the bromance to covet, while at the same time you kind of ship them at the same time.

They both went through some incredible character development in this book, particularly Moritz. He was always so sombre and collected and he really came out of his shell in this book. I mean he did acting classes! I also loved the way his echolocation began to mature and transformed into “emolocation” as well. I think if there’s a next book it would be great to see how he controls this. One of the things I disliked about this book was Moritz’s friendship with Fieke and Owen. I always found it odd, even in the first book, the way they would regularly drop off the fact of the planet - normally when Moritz needed them. And while I understand Moritz didn’t treat Owen the best, there was a lot of confusion going around about the whole thing and I just felt they weren’t really ‘friends’ to him (and of course, they reappeared at the end so are back in the good books). I loved Klaus and Molly though, particularly Klaus.

Ollie’s own journey was both difficult and wonderful to follow as he literally entered a whole new world - adventuring into the world of electricity and power for the first time. I thought his time at real school was endearing and hilarious and of course, he’s Ollie so everyone loved hm.

I wanted to cry near the end when everyone called to the house to see if he was okay

The ending made me want to weep with a mixture of happiness and sadness. It was bittersweet and I just hope Leah Thomas gives us a third book as I am so not done with Ollie and Moritz right now.