Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Me on Waiting on Wednesday (231)

Waiting on Wednesday is a bunch of weekly fun hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. :)

Title: Dreamstrider
Author: Lindsay Smith
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press (Macmillan imprint)

From Goodreads:

A high-concept, fantastical espionage novel set in a world where dreams are the ultimate form of political intelligence.

Livia is a dreamstrider. She can inhabit a subject's body while they are sleeping and, for a short time, move around in their skin. She uses her talent to work as a spy for the Barstadt Empire. But her partner, Brandt, has lately become distant, and when Marez comes to join their team from a neighborhing kingdom, he offers Livia the option of a life she had never dared to imagine. Livia knows of no other dreamstriders who have survived the pull of Nightmare. So only she understands the stakes when a plot against the Empire emerges that threatens to consume both the dreaming world and the waking one with misery and rage.

A richly conceived world full of political intrigue and fantastical dream sequences, at its heart Dreamstrider is about a girl who is struggling to live up to the potential before her.

Fantasy plus espionage? Sign me up.

This sounds really interesting. I like the idea of Livia's ability, parts of it make me think if Inception, like the entering someone's dreams/mind parts. I'm really interested in what happens, what secrets are uncovered and discovered, and as always, how it ends.

4 comments:

  1. This book sounds AMAZING and that cover is beyond gorgeous! I can't wait to read this! Great pick!

    Michelle @ Michelle's Minions

    My WoW

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  2. This is interesting, and I too am curious about the dream sequences. that could be really cool.

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  3. Whoa, look at that cover! It's gorgeous-- and it sounds fantastic too! I'm excited for this one! Thanks for sharing!

    Happy reading!

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  4. Oh, interesting! I hadn't seen this before! Kind of reminds me of Dreamfire, but with more politics! Thanks so much for putting it on my radar! :)

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