Wake by Lisa McMann

Hiya my pulchritudinous readers. I know it has been a while but things are pretty busy with school so do bear with me. Holidays are coming soon so that would probably mean more books and more reviews YAY. Enjoy!

Synopsis from Lisa McMann's website 

Rating: 2.5/5 stars 

For seventeen-year-old Janie, getting sucked into other people's dreams is getting old. Especially the falling dreams, the naked-but-nobody-notices dreams, and the sex-crazed dreams. Janie's seen enough fantasy booty to last her a lifetime.

She can't tell anybody about what she does -- they'd never believe her, or worse, they'd think she's a freak. So Janie lives on the fringe, cursed with an ability she doesn't want and can't control.

Then she falls into a gruesome nightmare, one that chills her to the bone. For the first time, Janie is more than a witness to someone else's twisted psyche. She is a participant....

So, as mentioned in the synopsis, this book revolves around Janie and her very special 'talent', shall we call it? She gets sucked into peoples dream -- and not by will! She realised her little 'talent' when she as a child. While other children her age are having fun at sleepovers -- she can't do that -- unless, of course she doesn't mind being sucked into and invading others dream while she is there. She can never dream a dream that belongs to herself, so what happens when she starts being a participant in them? Read the book to find out.

What I liked about this book:

Obviously one of the main things I look for in a book would be the concept of the story. I liked how in the story, instead of just plain text and paragraphs, she groups them in time, sorta like a chronological timeline, if you may. That was one of the first books I have ever read that have done that and I found that it was fun to have a change like that for once. It was refreshing. Like most of my favourite books, this one has a dash of romance in between that I really like. 

What I felt needed some improvement:

Although it had a great concept, I can't help but feel that at some points of the book I felt a little bored. The story base has so much potential and expansion opportunity that I felt rather disappointed. 

So there ya have it, short and sweet ;) 

I might consider reading the next book, but that is not definite. 

xx,

Khatie