Rebecca Ross does an amazing job of weaving readers straight into the heart of a fantastical world. Magic, love, and betrayal abound. All of the best page ingredients mixed together with the perfect dose of a fresh, new approach to a magical realm. Listeners will hold their breath until the end.

Dreamy in every way, the beginning of the book is intriguing and it made me carding about the characters and therefore wanting to know more. I love the relationship that every character had, it seems genuine. Although almost at the end of the book, in my opinion the story slowed down a little bit, for plot purposes I think I was reasonable. Had a satisfying ending and a great development of characters. This book is full of magic, treason and plot twists, Loved it!

I received this voice galley and it was the first one I’ve ever received so I did not understand what I would be listening to when I started. I did not enjoy the voice galley.

However, I do understand that it was lacking personality due to it not being an actual audiobook narration, therefore my review for the story itself is that it was okay. I tried really hard to not let the non-audiobook voice galley narration not get in the way of me listening to the story but it was hard. Overall I did not have anything against the story, but I did not love it. It’s hard for me to pinpoint what I didn’t love in the story because the voice galley made it hard to enjoy.

Therefore the voice galley is a one star for me, but the story itself is currently a 3 star, I will update this at a later date when I can listen to an actual audiobook of this book and see if that changes my rating/thoughts on the book.

Thank you NetGalley for a copy of this book. This is my honest voluntary review.

Thank you to Harper for an ALC of this in exchange for an honest review!

What if your nightmares could come to life? For as long as Clementine can remember, Azenor has been cursed. At night, nightmares plague the streets, and magicians are the only ones who can ward them off. When her father is challenged for her wardenship and loses, she and her father must pack up and leave.

Her father might be okay with it, but Clem is not. And she wanted revenge.

This was, as expected, AMAZING. I loved everything baout it. Rebecca Ross' writing is beautiful and lyrical as ever, and her ability to completely suck you in is astounding! I loved the premise, the world building, and the characters. The enemies to lovers slow burn romance is just top notch. Definitely worth a read! Cannot recommend it enough

This title has a gorgeous cover and I think that the mystery of it will suck readers in. The writing, unfortunately, is a little stunted.

I did enjoy this book overall, but did have to stop a few times and then slog through until my interest was caught again. Ross’ writing was a little long-winded and seemed to go of topic occasionally. Although I did appreciate the descriptions of people and settings, it was a bit much.

The main characters were pretty well developed and were easy to understand. I would have actually liked a little more depth to the outlying characters as they tended to fade into the background.

The magic in this book is a little confusing and I’m still not sure I fully understand what was happening. It was definitely a new take on dreams and magical powers, but I felt there was still something missing.

I think that Ross has more to come with these characters and although I am intrigued, I won’t be running to follow along. I will give this to my more devout fantasy readers and see if their interest is higher before going further.

The narration was somewhat stale with this one. Although some synthetic voices are able to project some forms of expression, this one felt very deadpan. This may have affected my enjoyment of the novel.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read and review this book.

This book is just as wonderful and fanciful as the cover suggests. The characters are all well-written and robust. The ambiance is amazing. And the plot moves along nicely. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in Azenor and its interesting folklore and legends. The magic system is perfect, not too complex, and just enough for the characters to accomplish the plot. I will definitely be ordering this book to have a paper copy on my shelves!

Dreams Lie Beneath was utterly stunning and captivating. I wish I can give it more than 5 stars. I love to read anything with a magic system and Dreams Lie Beneath did not disappoint me. I absolutely adored Clementine. She was bold and smart. There’s a curse in Clementine’s town that brings the town’s people nightmares to life. It is up to Clementine and her father a magician to help the townspeople. That’s until two strangers arrive and challenge Clementine and her father to take over the village. Clementine suffers from the loss and vengeance becomes her motivation. Phelan was also my favorite character and I absolutely adored him. I loved all the fantasy elements and it easily became my favorite novel from this year. I can’t wait to have a physical copy because the cover is stunning!! Thank you NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read an amazing book!!

I will without a doubt be buying this book for my own collection. I am an avid fantasy reader, and in my eyes this book is without flaws. I truly think that it encapsulates everything a fantasy reader would want, while adding a layer of its own originality that makes it so special and unique. This quote in particular just spoke to me, "One does not realize how powerful a dream is, in the sleeping world as well as the waking one, until it has been stolen from them." There is just something so melodic and special about the way this author tells this story. There were so many times where even though this book it thought to be fantasy, I thought a lot of the quotes or situations could be applicable to the readers real life as well. This book truly felt like it was written with a reader like me in mind. It has everything I could want from a story, it has enemies to lovers, hidden identities, one bed, revenge, a fiesty main character, pride and prejudice, cruel prince, Hazel wood, and Night Circus esque vibes that truly made this book one to look out for. Because I read a lot of fantasy, I tend to find some themes redundant. But THAT WAS NOT THE CASE with this book. I love the complexity of this multilayered magical world. This simultaneously felt like a slow burn, that also kept up a good pace throughout. I will say that as someone who has frequent nightmares, the premise of the book would be a nightmare in my own life... but also it made it that much more addicting to read. I love Clementine. I love her name, I love her character, I love who she from start to middle to finish. I loved the twists and the turns in this book and thought that they were both unexpected, but also made sense. Overall I am just obsessed with this book. I think it is absolute perfection and I am so excited to rave about it long after it is published, because I truly think that this book is a force of nature. Rebecca Ross is for sure an auto buy author for me from here on out. Utterly brilliant.

I received this complimentary ARC from the publisher, in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for this audio Arc. I loved this book even with the synthetic voice in the ARC. Magic and mystery, family drama, and friendship all in one. This is a unique story full of twists and turns. It has such an interesting premise, dreams coming to life every full moon. I think our high schoolers will enjoy this story.

An excellent YA dark fantasy, with a bit of horror! The character development and world building make sure that you "feel" the full experience of the book. I definitely like that it is a stand-alone, so I don't have to keep waiting for and wondering if/when the story will continue. A lot of books have lost my interest after the first one lately anyways. Dreams Lie Beneath is so well written that I just couldn't stop listening/reading. Thank you for a truly original storyline and plot!

I was so hopeful for this one since I have loved all of Rebecca Ross's books but this one was just not for me. I was intrigued at first but I think the way the magic system was setup and the way dreams were extracted was confusing at times and just was a little hard to always feel drawn into what was happening. I have enjoyed most of the Harpercollins audios done for early release but this narrator was not as easy to listen to. The concept for Dreams Lie Beneath is so interesting and Rebecca has such a whimsical way of writing that I am sure many will love this book. It is one I will probably try in physical format after release again.

yoooo that last line!!?!! this was really good.

Even though the last line left me wanting another 100 pages to explain wtf just happened I love a good stand a lot fantasy, that is so fresh and unexpected. I find we don’t get that enough, particularly in YA.

I haven’t read The Night Circus so I can’t really speak on how good of comp this is, but before I even read the goodreads description comparing the two I thought it reminded me of The Hazel Wood, stories layered within the stories that you don’t know what’s fact or just folklore.

also the enemies to lovers + magical disguise was such a good suspenseful combo!!

I received the audiobook from Harper Audio via Netgalley for review

Thank you NetGalley for the eARC!
I have loved Rebecca's book "Sisters of Sword And Song" and was screaming crazy when I got this ebook. With an amazing heroine, a plot unlike any other and heartwarming relationships, I couldn't help falling in love with this gorgeous book! The intriguing plot had me devouring the pages and I was so eager for more of this beautiful world Rebecca has created. The well-developed and interesting characters totally caught my attention. This book kept on coming with the twists and turns and betrayals, it had me hooked! Even though I cried a lot, I'm going to miss this world. I'd recommend it to everyone! I'm, of course, desperate for more from Rebecca.

5 beautiful stars for this wonderful miracle of a book!💖

I really enjoyed this book. It started a little slow but within no time it picked up. The author did an amazing job.

Thanks NetGalley for this advanced audiobook listen, but I gotta say, having Alexa read the audiobook was weird to say the least. She had some weird pauses, especially anytime someone was addressing Clem directly at the end of a sentence. It was very cringe. In addition to that, I couldn't spell half the names just from hearing her robot voice say them throughout the whole book (Im-o-ny? Em-er-is? I also could not even begin to guess at the Wolf's daughter's name, someone assist, please!)

Alexa aside, how was the book? Gotta say, it must be pretty darn incredible for me to have spent 12 hours listening to a robot tell me the tale. I'll admit, the first few chapters had me thinking this was going to be a DNF, but then I was so hooked. Magicians fighting literal nightmares? Backstabby court intrigue? And a slow-burn romance??? The magical land, the characters, the mystery, I loved it all, but she really got me with that romance. I really enjoyed Ross's Sisters of Sword and Song book, so I probably should dive into her Queen's Resistance series next, because her books are really quite enchanting!

Even Alexa couldn't ruin this book for me. I am crazy psyched to get a physical copy of this and read it all over again!

This was a fascinating story. I loved the concept of magicians battling people’s nightmares come to life, defending them from those dreams that haunt them. It was a really interesting idea, fleshed out beautifully by the author.

And Clementine’s struggle was real. I got caught up along with her in the pull between wanting what she truly thought to be right versus wanting to know this super-intriguing guy and the fairly opposite truths he was revealing to her. That tension was marvelously forged and brought lovely depth to both the characters and the story.

The blurb says this book is for fans of the Hazel Wood and The Night Circus, and it’s definitely true that I found some similarities. But I also have to admit that I liked Dreams Lie Beneath better than either of those stories! I want to read it again. 4.5 out of 5 stars!

Many thanks to Harper Audio and NetGalley for the digital copy of this audiobook proof for review purposes. i was not required to give a positive review. All opinions are my very own! 🙂

great book I really enjoyed the narration and how it helped me imagine the book and it settings the pace was. a little slow but I didn't mind it much because the characters and plot made up for it. in short a great book that's worth a read.

4/5 stars

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishing team for providing this audiobook-arc!

It was a fun audiobook that wasn't boring to me. It kept me hooked actually! I would've preferred a narrator and advise the publishers to invest in one immediately.

Thank you NetGalley and HarperCollins for the voicegalley in exchange for an honest review.

Clementine and her father are wardens who fight the nightmares of their town every full moon. One full moon two strangers challenge them for wardenship of their town. After losing and having to leave their home, Clem seeks revenge and gets entangled in a century old curse that must be broken.

I immensely enjoyed Dreams Lie Beneath by Rebecca Ross.
It was fast paced and filled with plot twists I didn’t see coming.

This was the first Rebecca Ross novel I’ve read, even though I own her other works. I was intrigued by the gorgeous cover and was not disappointed! Ross’ writing was so lyrical! I will definitely be moving her other books up my TBR.

Clem was a great protagonist and I was rooting for her the whole book. She was intelligent, vengeful, compassionate, willful, flawed, and independent! I relished each encounter she had with Phelan and kept wishing for more more more! I enjoyed the relationships and relatability of the characters and loved how each of their stories wove together.
The world building was wonderful and well executed. Magicians/Wardens having to fight the nightmares of their neighbors and friends every full moon? GENIUS!
The only disappointment were the “spells.” There’s no specific spell or “words” used, but it didn’t take me out of the world. Instead it showed that each magician crafted their own spells and that there wasn’t one way to do certain things. It felt very organic and natural after the first few “spells.” Looking back, the crumbs left throughout the book were subtle but not unnoticeable. It was probably harder picking up on them in the automated voiced audiobook than they will be when the book is officially released.

Dreams Lie Beneath was the perfect book to kick my reading slumped ass into gear after previously finishing a dense series.

I highly recommend this YA Fantasy stand alone if you like magic, revenge, curses, slow burn romance, enemies to lovers, or mystery!

I LOVED this book. This has been one of my favourite reads of 2021. The book was so original and I wasn't expecting any of the twists and turns this book took me on. It was very fast paced and very hard to put down once you got right into it. I absolutely adored the slowburn relationship. It was very well paced. The characters are all so loveable and relatable. I would recommend this book to anyone and everyone who likes Fantasy and magical elements.