This was okay, but I feel like the pace was quite slow. I liked the characters, but there weren’t many stand out ones, except Ollie since his and Fern’s relationship was probably the most engaging. I’m a twin myself so I was curious to see the dynamic between the two. At first I thought Ollie was just a typical, rude and annoying brother, but his reasoning made sense about his grudge with Fern and it was understandable which I liked. It’s typically a biased story anyway since it’s told only from Fern’s perspective. I think it would’ve been nice to hear from the two, but I feel like we were realising things and learning along with Fern and I guess it made certain moments more surprising to hear when it came to it.
I enjoyed the premise of a fantasy set in modern day London since I haven’t read many fantasy books that use a modern lifestyle as the backdrop for a fantasy, which makes you curious to see how it is incorporated especially since our main characters are just living their every day lives in London during the book's introduction. I thought the transition of modern and fantasy life seemed pretty seamless when it was first presented. The idea of it being a dream world was interesting, but I think it was kind of lacking a bit of atmosphere for a dream world, where I’m assuming the possibilities are endless. I was hoping it would seem more otherworldly than it seemed to in the book.
There were many moments I enjoyed and the ending left me curious to see what could happen in the next book. A good read overall, but I would’ve liked to have been slightly more tense reading it and for there to be more action, especially with a pretty intriguing opening.
I enjoyed the premise of a fantasy set in modern day London since I haven’t read many fantasy books that use a modern lifestyle as the backdrop for a fantasy, which makes you curious to see how it is incorporated especially since our main characters are just living their every day lives in London during the book's introduction. I thought the transition of modern and fantasy life seemed pretty seamless when it was first presented. The idea of it being a dream world was interesting, but I think it was kind of lacking a bit of atmosphere for a dream world, where I’m assuming the possibilities are endless. I was hoping it would seem more otherworldly than it seemed to in the book.
There were many moments I enjoyed and the ending left me curious to see what could happen in the next book. A good read overall, but I would’ve liked to have been slightly more tense reading it and for there to be more action, especially with a pretty intriguing opening.