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Waiting for Dusk Kindle Edition

by Nancy Pennick (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
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Read a book.
Fall asleep.
Meet a boy.
Is it real or just a dream?
Katie's everyday life suddenly turns exciting when she travels back in time and meets the boy of her dreams. Thinking of nothing else, willing to leave the real world behind, she's determined to find out if it's all a dream…or not. Returning again and again, Katie almost has her answers until one day her precious book goes missing.

Don't miss the sequel Call of the Canyon available from http://www.fireandiceya.com September 1, 2013
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  1. Book 1 of 4
    Waiting For Dusk
  2. Print length
    244 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  5. Publication date
    November 27, 2012
  6. File size
    2144 KB
  7. Page Flip
    Enabled
  8. Word Wise
    Enabled
  9. Enhanced typesetting
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This is a delightful story, beautifully-written, with an unusual and intriguing plot. Ms Pennick handles the two time frames with aplomb.
 - Jenny Twist, Author

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00AF47ELO
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fire and Ice Young Adult Books (November 27, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 27, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2144 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 244 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1612355234
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 18 ratings

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Nancy Pennick

Nancy Pennick

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Nancy Pennick grew up and still lives in Northeast Ohio. After a career in teaching, she began writing young adult and romance books. The Waiting for Dusk series includes a historical fiction prequel, Broken Dreams. The sci-fi romance series about time travel has three books-Waiting for Dusk, Call of the Canyon and Stealing Time. The Swedish influences in the series come from her mother whose parents emigrated from Sweden.

Her second YA series-Twenty Nine-had slowly developed over time. One Leap Year, an idea came to her and she created the characters and story based on that special day, February 29.

Nancy has branched out into historical romance with her Clan MacLaren series and romantic suspense, The Secret Billionaire Society and Billionaire's Bride series.

Nancy is married and has one son who helps her when she's challenged by tech, which may be more often than he likes!

Visit her at www.nancypennick.com

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booklover
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Story
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2012
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Waiting for Dusk is a captivating story of a young girl who falls in love with the boy of her dreams--the problem is, he may really be a dream. The story of Katie and Drew adds the element of time travel to a story of young love. The problems they face are real and the characters are believable and varied. The author captures the confusion that can come with growing up and falling in love. This book was a delight to read and a story for all ages.
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C. Pauls
4.0 out of 5 stars Engaging plot
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2014
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I thoroughly enjoyed Katie and Drew's journey between the past and the present. I don't usually read novels with time travel themes, and the fact that this author pulled it off for me, says a lot. The plot was engaging, and the characters easy to identify with. This is a wonderful young adult novel, and I'm looking forward to the sequel.
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Kathy L. Sutton
5.0 out of 5 stars What a wonderful story!
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2012
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What a wonderful story! This is truly a book I could not put down until I finished it! The author captures the essence of romance and friendship for all ages. I have told all my friends what a great book this is. I can't wait for Nancy's next book. Her characters are so real.
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G. Read
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Story!
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2013
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I truly enjoyed this story. It reminded me of dreams I had when I was young. I loved that the dreams came to life and created a wonderful story that I hope will continue in the next novel.
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Justine
4.0 out of 5 stars Good start to the series
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2014
I received this book free from the author in exchange for an honest review.
When I started reading this book I wasn't feeling it. We were introduced to 8 characters in the first 3 pages and those characters all had about 3 nicknames. I found that annoying having to figure out who was who. After that fiasco I actually really enjoyed this book. I enjoyed the concept and I liked when we finally start getting the truth about everything. I did find all of the romance entertaining despite the insta- love that occurred. I do wish that the author would have went a little darker with Ty's character, I think that would have made his villain persona pop. Katie was an okay character but I wish she would have ballsed up. She knew her relationship wasn't healthy but still fed the monster.
The end left me wanting more of this story and mostly more of Andrew. I would like to see a second book. I would recommend this to time travel fans.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent start to a series!
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2013
I liked Katie right off, maybe because I also felt a little bored doing website maintenance on my own sites and also had turned to a book to escape my doldrums. I'm happy to report Waiting For Dusk didn't disappoint, though all the talk of western skies and riding did make me long for a horseback ride.

What I liked: Katie/Kathryn/Kate was very realistic and no-nonsense, but also came off exactly as a young adult with all good points and flaws, not as a false young adult that is too perfectly mature or too wildly immature to be realistic. I was already hoping for her to have a happy ending with her dream boy Drew by the 3rd chapter. Other characters like Kate's mother and her friends Lindsey, Ty from her real life, and fellow serving girls Lucinda, Anna and Ruthie from her dream world were well drawn and believable. Drew was perfectly romantic and I savored all the scenes with him in them.

This book was easy to read, something you want to see in a YA book. Scenes and characters were described well and concisely. Chapters were a little shorter than average, but not too short. While the book is not like the suspense I usually read, I was eager to see where the story was going enough that the few chapters I meant to read to begin the book turned into the first 12 chapters before I tore myself away. By page 92, I was hoping Katie would burn the book in her dream, as that seems to be how she'd be allowed to stay in her dreamworld. And then I finished the book the same day I began it because I couldn't stand now knowing what was going to happen.

Not to my liking:

It is emphasized in this book that the girls chosen to work in the resort in 1920s had to be "of good moral character." Yet the couple overseeing them think that it's fine for Kate to go off unchaperoned with Drew for several hours only a few days after she met him. That seemed a little unlikely for 1920-something.

There is a certified stalker in the book in the form of a love interest for Katie. At first her actions--or non-action--regarding him is understandable, as she's busy with her dream life and not thinking clearly about her actions in the real world. But even after multiple serious events with this person, Katie keeps putting herself right back in new dangerous situations with him. While it's certainly possible a teen of today would do this for the various reasons Katie does, it bothers me for personal reasons that she is so oblivious that she's in real jeopardy.

Katie's parents seem to be clueless about what their role is regarding protecting their daughter, as they seem much more worried about her desire for her dreams than about her stalker in real life, though its true Katie keeps covering the truth of how this boy is obsessed with her, another point I didn't quite understand

The ending was wonderful, but I wanted to wallow in the sheer joy of the moment, and it was over too quickly for me. ARGH!

Overall opinion:

An excellent start to a series I will be sticking with to its conclusion...and I need an ARC of book #2 NOW, please.
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Momma Says Read
3.0 out of 5 stars Can be enjoyed by all ages
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2014
Waiting for Dusk was a pretty good read for me. The pacing of the plot was good and I felt the transitions between the two times were solid. I really enjoyed the dream world.

It’s set in the past. I found the characters delightful and the description beautiful. The time spent in the dream world was sweet so sweet in fact you did not want to leave it.
The main character Katie was at times very annoying and immature. While she was in the real world she was altogether a different person.

This story was intended for young adults but I feel like any age could enjoy it.

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Jenny Twist
5.0 out of 5 stars A Delightful Story
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2013
When Katie begins to read the historical novel her mother has lent her she has no idea what she is letting herself in for. For that night she has a dream. A dream so realistic that she can hardly believe it wasn’t real. She returns to the same dream the next night, and the night after…
Soon Katie is living half her life in the present and the other half in the past. There’s no harm in that, is there? Well, not until she falls in love with a boy in the wrong time frame.

This is a delightful story, beautifully-written, with an unusual and intriguing plot. Ms Pennick handles the two time frames with aplomb.
It is intended for young adults, but I think readers of all ages will enjoy it.
An impressive first novel and, I hope, only the first of many.
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Louise
5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn,t put it down.
Reviewed in Australia on February 14, 2020
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Joanne Mcentee
4.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 24, 2014
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Waiting for Dusk has a great story that flows across time in which Katie has a tough decision to make. I found myself hoping she could get everything she wanted. Good read!
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