Lisa McMann- Wake

I was drawn to Lisa McMann's book Wake because of the haunting cover.  Honestly, that's why I picked it up.  I was having a bad day, and I wanted a murky novel.  One that would let me watch someone else whose life was worse than mine overcome something (as is expected in any good story).  As I read, I thought the main character, Janie, was a bit odd.  It wasn't just her ability to enter other people's dreams that made me think that, either.  It was her whole line of thinking.  Definitely not a girl who is like me.  Yet, that was what was intriguing about her.  She came from a rough background, a mom that didn't care about her, and an absent father.  She doesn't sleep well, because if she's in the same room as another sleeping person, she gets sucked into their dreams.  She suffers through nightmares that aren't hers all the time.  Cabel, an outcast-turned-hottie, starts to notice her strange behavior.  In the process, they fall in love.  How sweet.  But he's hiding some secrets of his own.  The language in this one is easy to read, and made me want to keep reading.  I'd recommend this to anyone who feels like they just don't belong.

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