The Here and Now - Hardcover

"This gripping story is set in a world unlike any other and inhabited by beautifully imagined characters that stay with you long after the last page." - Sara Shepard, bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars

"[A]n appealing romantic thriller, 'The Here and Now' also serves as a potent reminder that we inherit the future we buy with our actions today." --Cassandra Clare for The New York Times Book Review

"The Here and Now could just as easily sit among the time-travel sci-fi, coming-of-age, or romantic thrillers of YA. Honestly, even though I really don't know how to categorize it, I loved it -- and the ending made me hope (really, really hope!) for a sequel."--Happily Ever After/USA Today

"From the author who brought us The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants come the gripping page-turner about a girl who's willing to risk it all for love and the fate of the world." --Teen Vogue

"Lightning-paced . . . like a cinematic blockbuster."--Kirkus Reviews

"Compelling."--School Library Journal

"Best known for her Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants books, Brashares forays into science fiction in this fast-paced, gripping, and romantic novel about a girl from a future that seems eerily possible. . . her fans will be happy to find that her prose is as resonant and realistic as ever." --Publishers Weekly

"Brashares . . . builds on her adroit adolescent characterization and ear for teen dialogue and transports them into an exciting time-travel adventure complete with murderers to thwart and mysteries to solve."--Booklist

"Skillfully weaving together time travel, planetary devastation, climate change, plague and young love, the author creates an engaging, adventurous tale." --Shelf-Awareness

"Brashares' era-hopping race against time is fast paced and heady...perfect for fans of Brasahres' earlier work, as well as Veronica Roth's Divergent." --RT Book Reviews

"Fantasy and science fiction fans will enjoy the intricate cause-and-effect Brashares defines in her story. Filled with suspense and spiced with romance, the story will satisfy any reader who appreciates a well told story. [Brashares] is at the top of her game." --Examiner.com

"A satisfying mix of science fiction and romance." --Children's Literature

Thrilling, exhilarating, haunting and heartbreaking, The Here and Now is a twenty-first-century take on an impossible romance, from the author of the phenomenally successful The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants series.