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I have to say this is the worst book I have read so far this year.
I could not make up my mind whether it had been written for YA or for very young children.
Now I like a good Fantasy but the story was in some places very Alice in Wonderland and in others definitely for YA.
I really struggled to finish it.
Not for me.

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I was provided an ARC by Netgalley for an honest review. I tried but I couldn't finish this book. A long foreword by the author indicated a relationship to an entire book series or game world by another author with which I'm not familiar. I don't think, with a few exceptions, that this book required that familiarity, which is good. This is an adventure book that appears to use the concept of a role-playing scenario. The two heroines, romantic partners as well as adventuring partners, descend into the world of dreams to rescue a friend. The friend's relationship to them isn't explained in this book (I think this is an expectation that the reader would know the other history/story). The writer does a good job of world building in the Dream World. The areas are well described and can easily be visualized. There are minimal/few editing issues, so that wasn't a problem. My problem lay with the heroines. For two women, one in her early twenties and one around thirty, why would they, voluntarily, call themselves 'Team Girl' and act like they are both in their teens? There are several instances where, when speaking with others, they revert to slang, 'yeah; uh-huh.'' Perhaps the adults I know are educated differently but, when speaking with strangers who are either guiding or commanding them, that's not how they speak. The older woman makes love with her partner and, by the next day, mentally decides that her long-term partner's 'perkiness' makes her annoyed. Argh! I want to say good things - the best I can offer is the writer builds a good environment. If the two females had been less annoying, I would have finished the book to offer a complete review (I got through 19%, according to my e-reader). I'm sorry I couldn't provide more positive feedback.

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