Genre: Urban
Fantasy/Young Adult/Native American Myths
Description:
“When seventeen-year-old Jory Pike cannot shake the hellish nightmares
of her parent’s deaths, she turns to an old family heirloom, a dream catcher.
Even though she’s half-blood Chippewa, Jory thinks old Indian lore is so
yesterday, but she’s willing to give it a try. However, the dream catcher has
had its fill of nightmares from an ancient and violent past. After a sleepover
party, and during one of Jory’s most horrific dream episodes, the dream catcher
implodes, sucking Jory and her three friends into its own world of trapped
nightmares. They’re in an alternate universe—locked inside of an insane web
world. How can they find the center of the web, where all good things are
allowed to pass?”
Author:
Christy J. Breedlove: “I became a story teller. I'm a diehard frantic
creator of Young Adult fiction, whether it's paranormal, science fiction,
suspense or fantasy. I believe in pure escapism with unceasing action adventure
and discovery. If you want a moral message or cultural statement, you're apt to
get a small one. But let me tell you something, reader, I want to make you
laugh until you gag, cry until you're dry and tear out tufts of your hair.”
To learn more check out the author’s website or follow on Facebook.
Appraisal:
Jorlene “Jory” Pike’s parents were killed in a horrific car wreck one
month ago. She is suffering from horrific nightmares of losing her parents. Her
only relative is her grandfather, Albert Pike. Albert owns and runs White
Feather Novelty Store. He sells Native American artifacts and novelty items to
tourists visiting the Black Hills. Albert has been giving Jory tea blends to
help her sleep, but they aren’t working. So he offers her a dream catcher,
which she refuses, and Albert laments the passing of native ways. Jory has
heard all the old stories, she is just an unbeliever.
A constant friend for the last three years is Choice Daniels. He longs
to be considered a boyfriend, however, Jory clearly has him in the friend zone.
Since Jory’s parents have passed her friends have made sure that Jory isn’t
home alone at night, so someone always stays the night with her. Tonight is
Darcy’s night. She’s a couple of years younger than Jory and a pampered rich
kid. Darcy brings along Lander Cunningham since Choice was there as well. This
way they could couple up playing board games and watching movies.
Oh, and while they were at White Feather Novelty Store, Choice buys
Jory a late graduation present. A huge and very old dream catcher, so Jory has
to accept it. Albert taught Choice the legend of the dream catcher and he
agreed with Albert that Jory should give it a try. That night a huge
thunderstorm moves through the area and the boys stay the night. Jory’s
nightmares added to all the other nightmares this dream catcher has is too
much, and it implodes. Sending these four teenagers into a dystopian web world.
The small group must work together as they are faced with nightmare
challenges. They must work their way through the web of the dream catcher to
find the center which they are hoping will lead them out of this hell. Jory
must rely on her Native American history to unravel the web bits at a time.
Choice is right there by her side to help whenever he can. Darcy is a mess,
Jory does all she can to help her dig deep and find the strength to carry on.
Lander is a mystery.
The story is unique and has a nice pace. The dialogue seems authentic
as things spin out of control. Some of the twists I did not see coming. The
ending is emotional and bittersweet.
Format/Typo
Issues:
Nothing to note.
Rating:
**** Four Stars
Reviewed
by: ?wazithinkin
Approximate
word count: 65-70,000 words
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