Courtesy of Simon & SchusterHow much do I love this cover!!
Wake is a childrens book and I probably should have passed it to one of the younger reviewers on Young & Un:Bound, and I may at some point. Thing is, I read the back and knew I had to read it first. Having read it, I suspect it will be a regular re read when I need something short and satisfying.
Janie is a seventeen year old girl who gets sucked into other peoples dreams if they fall asleep near her. Janie has been struggling with this problem since she was eight years old, witnessing other people's dreams, unable to help, unable to leave, but when she gets caught in a particularly terrifying dream she starts to try and take some control.
There is some romance, some adventure and the problems of a seventeen year old girl, in addition to her more unusual issue.
Wake is brilliantly written, the first few chapters moving in time to give you the back story in a quick and interesting way, then it settles into mostly normal chapters, starting with the date and time. Some of the main events are emphasized by short chapters revisiting Janie every couple of hours in a sleepless night for instance, for just a line or two.
Utterly absorbing with delightful characters, I cannot say enough good things about this one. Really, it's aimed at 12+ and that "+" definitely goes as far as 32.
5 comments:
This sounds really good! And I agree about the cover- excellent :-)
I loved it so much that having read it Sunday I pushed it on a friend today.
well i'm 33 and think i'm gonna have to check this out - sounds right up my street - thanks!! i'll buy it for my daughters (aged 12 and 15) and have a sneaky read! lol
white sides in the graphic kept gnawing away at my anal tendencies, so I went in and removed them.
NOW I love the cover!
Thanks Chris, I don't like it either but when you steal the image whereever you can find it.....
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