"Wake" by Lisa McMann

Wake by Lisa McMann was intriguing to say at the least. It's captivating and really makes you think. What is it that you dream about?


Janie Hannagan gets sucked into people's dreams against her will. It's been happening to her since a young age. If someone near her falls asleep and starts to dream, she has to hurry and distance herself or she's going down into a dream state. Some of the dreams interest her while others she can't wait to escape. The nightmares are the worst, they physically drain all of Janie's energy and sometimes leave her unable to move even after they have ended. No one knows about her dream "curse", until she meets Cabel. They've known each other forever but have never really gotten to know each other. He may not be what he seems to be. Janie has everything on her shoulders. She has always had to take care of herself, her mom being the drunkard she is, along with working, doing school, and trying to figure out what is happening to her.The truth in and of itself may not answer all the questions she has. 


Wake was interesting and attention holding. It was a little confusing for me sometimes because they don't really have a lot of chapters, but almost every couple pages there's a date and time and you have to pay attention to those. I just kind of skipped over them at first, so I had to reread a few pages to figure out what day it was in the book. I thought the book in and of itself was well written and had a good story line. I got to the point where I actually did feel sorry for Janie, yet I admired her optimism. I ordered the Wake Trilogy Boxset and the description on the box set versus just the individual book was different so some of the dreams and things were kind of awkward simply because I wasn't expecting them. The only real issue I had with the book was that there was a lot of not needed swearing. Like some it, I guess if it were "real" life would be used, but seriously all of it was not needed. Regardless, the book was still a good read and i'm already half way through the sequel, Fade.


                                                                           Rating 3.5 out of 5.