Dream On

 Dream On

      Did you know that on the back of every book, there is a little summary of what the books are about?

Do you know what that's called? It's called a blurb, yes you read that right a blurb. Who would have known that with the extensive process and very intelligent words that things are titled throughout a book, a blurb is something used to describe it? 

    I feel like with all the historical, non-fiction, narrative, and other major book genres, there has to be light-weighted, fun, fictional books. Don't get me wrong, I feel like all types of book genres are okay, to each their own, but personally, I need something to grab my attention if I want to read. Dream on; Kerstin Gier so happens to be one of those books. The cover art and interesting topic choice definitely reel readers in. To give a general understanding of the book here's the blurb:

Things seem to be going well for Liv Silver; she's adjusting to her new home in London; she has a burgeoning romance with Henry Harper, one of the cutest boys in school; and the girl whose been turning her dreams into nightmares, Anabel, is now locked up. But serenity doesn't last for long.  It seems that Liv's troubles are far from over - in fact, suddenly they are piling up. School gossip blogger Secrecy knows all of Liv's most intimate secrets. Henry might be hiding something from her, and at night Liv senses a dark presence following her through the corridors of the dream world. does someone have a score to settle with Liv?

Now there are two ways you can go from there. You can either put the book down or start reading. Before I put the book down I always flip to a random page in the book and start reading. Some people read the first paragraph or the last page, but without boring introductions and spoilers, I want to see if the book can peek my attention. So that's what I did and clearly, from you reading this you can tell that it caught my eye. At first, I wanted to THROW the book down. I am not the type of girl who reads romance and drama books, but I stuck to my word, flipped to a random page, and read. I landed on a page talking about getting sucked into the dream world and the consequences of that. I was intrigued and read more 

        Again trying to avoid spoilers here, so instead of talking about the book, let's talk about the concept itself. At the very end of the book, there's a little section that reads The rule-book of dreams. A section that only if you read further beyond the end uncovers the secrets of how to visit your friends in their dreams. Now take that thought, hold on tight because we're going to run with it. Imagine if in some world this were true. That there was another universe where you are vulnerable, where everything can be accessed by anyone. In the actual book, they have "passcodes" for their dream world. You have to somehow think rigorously to make sure others can't guess it. It's like the movie Monsters Inc., where each door leads to the Child's room, but in this case, each door leads to that person's dream. Instead of trying to scare them, you're trying to spy on them. 

        You can also talk to people in the dream world. Now I don't mean talk to them in their dreams. If someone were to visit the dream world at the same time as you, you would be talking to them just like in the real world, and yes they do remember it.  It doesn't matter where you are, what you're doing, and how you are doing it, you can access the dream world at any given time as long as you are asleep. To visit specific people you must have something of theirs and have it touching you while you are asleep. 

    To me, this is a crazy concept. One that for sure has my interest. You can use this power for good and for evil. I'm excited to continue on with reading the entire series. Hopefully, I've convinced you to read it as well.