Nothing Even Happened
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Pub Date Jan 26 2027 | Archive Date Feb 9 2027
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Description
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind meets Station Eleven in H. Lee Justine’s new novel—a trenchant and heartbreaking exploration of what love and humanity mean when life teeters at the edge of annihilation.
Elliot and Oliver’s marriage is at a breaking point. Exhausted by the animosity she feels for her husband, Elliot is nearly ready to sign the divorce papers, but Oliver isn’t willing to give up after all they’ve been through. He begs Elliott to try an experimental couples’ therapy, one that promises to clarify whether they can make their marriage work in just one session, though it means reliving the worst parts of their lives together. While reluctant, Elliot agrees, and the session begins with what should be an easy question: Where did you meet?
Elliot, now twenty-one, wakes up disoriented on a forest floor with no recollection of how she got there. A kind stranger named Oliver stumbles upon her, experiencing the same unexplained memory loss. The only thing they know for sure is that something is horribly wrong. This world is filled with unimaginable loss, and their fellow survivors have a different vision for what the future of the world should be. As they begin to search for answers, memories of their past—both alone and together—begin to resurface. Forced to confront their impending fate and reconcile with the memories that haunt their present, Elliot and Oliver must come together or risk losing each other, and everything, forever.
Nothing Even Happened is a mind-boggling, genre-bending journey that questions if love is enough in the face of life’s greatest trials.
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Also available from Blackstone Publishing: You Watched in Silence
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| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9798228506824 |
| PRICE | $29.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 400 |
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Andrea D, Reviewer
Nothing Even Happened is AMAZING. I wasn't sure what to expect and I was so drawn in, I spent the entire day reading until the end!
This novel is a strange, genre-bending mix of relationship of post-apocalyptic survival with a delightful sprinkling of reminders of feminism.
Elliot and Oliver’s marriage is falling apart when Oliver convinces Elliot to try an experimental couples’ therapy designed to determine, in a single session, whether their relationship can still be saved. The catch is that they have to relive the worst parts of their lives together. The session, they learn can take 8 hours or more. Elliot is not sold, but she will try it, for Oliver.
The session begins with a simple question: Where did you meet? Suddenly, Elliot is waking up on a forest floor with no idea how she got there. Oliver appears with the same memory loss, and together they begin to realize that something catastrophic has happened to the world around them. As they move through this new dystopia, fragments of their memories begin returning, forcing them to confront both what happened to humanity and what happened between them.
I just loved this structure. I never turn down a dystopian adventure, and Elliot was my kind of hero. I realy hesitate to say more until the book is published. Then I will chime in again. It's safe to say that it is all that you want in your end-of-the-world story and much much more! Follow Elliot and Oliver as they try to remember while they survive the new world they are living in!
Five Stars!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Publication date: January 26, 2027
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