Review: Cabel's Story (Dream Catchers #1.1) by Lisa McMann

Title: Cabel's Story

Series: Dream Catchers #1.1

Books in this series: Wake (#1) | Fade (#2) | Gone (#3)

Author: Lisa McMann

Genre: YA, paranormal

Publication date: 2010

Published by: Simon and Schuster Publishing

Source: own e-book

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Synopsis:

A free online story by Lisa McMann. A companion to the first Dream Catcher novel, Wake, this is Cabel's perspective of the field trip that Janie and he took with their English class.

My rating: ★★★★★
It took me like 20 minutes to read this :P But it was interesting. I liked getting inside Cabel's head and knowing what was going through it.

Review: Gone (Dream Catchers #3) by Lisa McMann

Title: Gone

Series: Dream Catchers #3

Previous books in this series: Wake (#1) | Fade (#2)

Author: Lisa McMann

Genre: YA, paranormal

Publication date: February 2010

Published by: Simon Pulse

Source: Borrowed from library

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Synopsis:

Janie thought she knew what her future held. And she thought she’d made her peace with it. But she can’t handle dragging Cabel down with her. She knows he will stay with her, despite what she sees in his dreams. He’s amazing. And she’s a train wreck. Janie sees only one way to give him the life he deserves—she has to disappear. And it’s going to kill them both.

Then a stranger enters her life--and everything unravels. The future Janie once faced now has an ominous twist, and her choices are more dire than she’d ever thought possible. She alone must decide between the lesser of two evils. And time is running out....

My rating: ★★★★☆
Through out the book, this is what was on my mind most of the time: WHAT DESCISION IS SHE TALKING ABOUT?! AHHHHHHH! That and: WHAT THE F**K ARE YOU THINKING?!?!?!? YOU ARE GOING TO LEAVE CABEL? WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?!?
*Takes deep breath*

Review: Fade (Dream Catchers #2) by Lisa McMann

Title: Fade

Series: Dream Catchers #2

Previous book in this series: Wake

Author: Lisa McMann

Genre: YA, paranormal

Publication date: February 2009

Published by: Simon Pulse

Source: Borrowed from library

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Synopsis:

SOME NIGHTMARES NEVER END.

For Janie and Cabel, real life is getting tougher than the dreams. They're just trying to carve out a little (secret) time together, but no such luck.

Disturbing things are happening at Fieldridge High, yet nobody's talking. When Janie taps into a classmate's violent nightmares, the case finally breaks open -- but nothing goes as planned. Not even close. Janie's in way over her head, and Cabe's shocking behavior has grave consequences for them both.

Worse yet, Janie learns the truth about herself and her ability -- and it's bleak. Seriously, brutally bleak. Not only is her fate as a dream catcher sealed, but what's to come is way darker than she'd feared....

My rating: ★★★★★
Wow... I loved this book! Man, I don't know what else to say besides that. Oh wait: I read this book in one day... 5 hours to be exact :D It was just great! Plus, its an easy read.

Review: Wake (Dream Catchers #1) by Lisa McMann

Title: Wake

Series: Dream Catchers #1

Companion short story: Cabel's Story

Author: Lisa McMann

Genre: YA, paranormal

Publication date: March 2008

Published by: Simon Pulse

Source: Borrowed from the library

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Synopsis:

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.

My rating: ★★★★☆
Overall I thought this was a very good book. However, the style of writing, I thought, was a little weird....