Can’t Wait Wednesday: Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward
14 May 2025
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Tags: Book Reviews, Books, Can't wait Wednesday, Catriona Ward, Fantasy, fiction, Nowhere Burning, Wishful Endings

“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme that was originally created by Breaking the Spine. Unfortunately Breaking the Spine are no longer hosting so I’m now linking my posts up to Wishful Endings Can’t Wait Wednesday. Don’t forget to stop over, link up and check out what books everyone else is waiting for. If you want to take part, basically, every Wednesday, we highlight a book that we’re really looking forward to. This week my book is: Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward. Check out the cover and description below:
Set in the unforgiving maw of the Rocky Mountains, Nowhere Burning is the latest harrowing novel from bestselling author Catriona Ward, perfect for fans of The Last House on Needless Street and the series Yellowjackets.
Secrets in the flames. Answers in the ashes.
In the middle of the night, Riley pulls her younger brother Oliver out of bed, and the two run away from home. Riley is intent on joining a group of teenagers squatting in the abandoned ruins of an infamous movie star’s ranch, Nowhere. For actor Leaf Winham, Nowhere was a place to hide from his fame, and to hide his crimes—until a fire ravaged his home and exposed him as a murderer.
It is rumored that the ranch nestled in the peaks of the Rocky Mountains is now home to group of feral children, a place where adults cannot enter, and Riley hopes to find a new family there. But the Nowhere Kids are fierce in defending their turf and their clan, and Riley quickly realizes that while she and Oliver may have left the devil they knew, this group is a new type of diabolical.
For something dark lives in the burned shell of Nowhere, something which asks a terrible price for sanctuary…
Expected publication: October 2025

I can’t wait, great choice. It seems like a long time since her last book came out.
Yes, I’m very excited for this one.
Lynn 😀
YES! Had to make sure I had this one added to my watchlist.
Yes, I cant wait – and not too long a wait either.
Lynn 😀