3.5 Stars
The cover art on this book is really appealing and had I
seen it in a book shop I would be instantly drawn to it, after scanning the
blurb I would have bought it, and after reading the book I wouldn’t have been
disappointed.
The Dream Slayer is an interesting story, Natalie Johnson
has two lives. Her real life is quite depressing she is bullied by the
‘popular’ girl Sarah, she lives with a drunken, verbally abusive father and a
mother who is too tolerant of his brutish behaviour. Her other life is in the
dream world where she is strong and confident, the slayer of all things evil
and the protector of her town. When Sarah turns up at the pep rally cut bruised
and dying, Natalie has a sense of de ja vu and remembers Sarah died in her
dream too. It soon becomes clear that both her lives are blending into one and
she has to find a way to save her family and the town for real.
I couldn’t help but think of ‘Buffy the vampire Slayer’
while I was reading this, obviously there were differences, the dream world and
the real world etc but once the picture of Sarah Michele Gellar was planted in
my head it was the only image I had for Natalie and the story played out for me
like an episode of that show. There were a few places once the dream world
seeped over that I got a little confused and wasn’t sure which dimension I was
in but it kind of sorted itself out in my brain with a little mind juggle and
deep thoughtsy!
I enjoyed the writing style it wasn’t heavily laden with big
words and unnatural dialogue, the teenagers sounded like teenagers and the
adults sounded like adults so it was a comfortable read. The ‘dream’ slayer
part of the book was new to me but like I said the actual slayer didn’t feel so
unique. I enjoyed the read and was able to escape for a few hours while I read
it, it left me satisfied but not overly excited about the book. I would
definitely read more work by this author and more tales about Natalie and her
friends should there be a sequel.
Copy supplied for review
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