I honestly was about to give up on it simply because the writing was very choppy. However, after sticking it out, it was really interesting. The author doesn't put too much detail into setting or even appearance of characters. McMann's main concern is to give the reader enough information to draw their own conclusions because the dreams and their impact are the heart of the story. It was refreshing to read a book that did not involve forbidden love and had a completely different concept. Janie's gift for falling into people's dreams turns out to be a nightmare. It affects her physically, and it begins to affect her personal relationships with people because these people see her in their dreams. She discovers a way to help people, and she discovers secrets into this paranormal power that could lead to a horrible future.
Janie's family life: her alcoholic mother, her socio-economic status, and her inability to fit in at school are all aspects that play perfectly into all three novels.
I have to say the third book was a little disappointing. The series is a trilogy, so (after reading The Hunger Games, the Darkest Powers trilogy, and others of the sort) I assumed the third would be the best. However, the ending left me flat. It didn't seem to add up with the intensity of the other two stories. I felt that this wasn't the ending the series deserved, and I also felt the author could have taken another route with this. No, I don't think her taking over the world with her new found power would have been entertaining or realistic, which is what the author was going for, but I felt the story could have been concluded in a better way. The author just tied up all the loose ends leaving it very 'happily ever after' and not in the cute fairy tale way. It seemed as if the author built up this intense story only to 'give up' at the end.Did I like the series? Yea. Would I consider reading it again? Maybe the first two. The third one just fell apart for me.
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