Wake by Lisa McMann (Book Review)

Book: Wake

Author: Lisa McMann

Pages: 225

Published: March 4, 2008

Publisher: Simon Pulse

Obtained: Checked out of library (audio book)

Started: July 25, 2013

Finished: July 27, 2013


Summary (Courtesy of Goodreads):
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1661957.Wake

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.

Cover: To be frankly honest, I hate this cover. There's nothing original about it. At. All.

Plot: I checked out the audio book from my library. After listening to The Prince of Mist I found myself loving audio books all the more. The plot at first is confusing. There's a lot of lapsing into the past and discovering when Janie's dream participation began. Finally when we hit present day on a steady basis, things begin picking up. There's not really a lot of action. It's mostly Janie falling in love with Cabel, and their trials with that. There's a little bit of action at the end but not really. I still liked it though. There was.... something.. about it. I liked her relationship with Cabel. ALOT. That's probably definitely what it was.

This is for a mature audience. There's is a lot of sex and a lot of cursing.

Characters: To me, the character development stops at Janie, Cabel, and Carrie.

Janie at points frustrated and annoyed me. At other times, I was totally sympathetic for her. She has an amazing ability/curse that she is trying to learn to control. Her relationship with her friend, Carrie, is a comic relief on the situation. I applaud Carrie for not dropping Janie because she's poor. Everyone else deserted Janie except Carrie. And of course, Cabel. I love Cabel. He seems to be mixed in a shady business, and Janie isn't sure she can handle that. But as much as she tries, she just can't let go of the only boy who knows her secret and brings a smile to her face. Cabel is honestly my favorite character. He's sweet, caring, and independent.

Series: This is the first book in a trilogy.

The second book, Fade, was published on February 10, 2009

The third book, Gone, was published on February 9, 2010.

Rating: 3.4 out of 5 stars.

Next Review: TBA

Happy Reading!

VF, xoxo