In Dreams Begin by Skyler White
Released: November 2nd 2010
Published by: Berkley Trade
Series: Harrowing
Page Amount: 375
“Close your eyes tightly—tightly—and keep them closed . . .”
From a Victorian Ireland of magic, poetry and rebellion, Ida Jameson, an amateur occultist, reaches out for power, but captures Laura Armstrong, a modern-day graphic artist instead. Now, for the man or demon she loves, each woman must span a bridge through Hell and across history . . . or destroy it.
“Every passionate man is linked with another age, historical or imaginary, where alone he finds images that rouse his energy.” W. B. Yeats
Anchored in fact on both sides of history, Laura and Ida, modern rationalist and fin de siècle occultist, are linked from the moment Ida channels Laura into the body of celebrated beauty and Irish freedom-fighter Maud Gonne. When Laura falls—from an ocean and a hundred years away—passionately, Victorianly in love with the young poet W. B. Yeats, their love affair entwines with Irish history and weaves through Yeats’s poetry until Ida discovers something she wants more than magic in the subterranean spaces in between.
With her Irish past threatening her orderly present and the man she loves in it, Laura and Yeats—the practical materialist and the poet magus—must find a way to make love last over time, in changing bodies, through modern damnation, and into the mythic past to link their pilgrim souls . . . or lose them forever."
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Overall Thoughts:
I received In Dreams Begin for review from Skyler White. I was totally excited and looking forward to reading this novel. However I wasn't expecting to not like the book and not understanding what was going on. I had to force myself to pick it up just to read a few pages and i had to put it down. I got to page 148 and decided I just could not finish it. My reasoning for not liking In Dreams Begin are as followed, 1. I could not figure out what was going on 2. The chapters were too long for my liking and 3. The wording was hard to understand.
I'm disappointed that I did not like or could finish In Dreams Begin. Maybe Dark Urban Fantasy isn't my reading genre. If you want to check out this book and see if its for you do so. Maybe you'll understand for more better than me.
Hope you enjoyed my review, Ashley
Great Review! Ashley do you take book requests? Because if you do could you read Jekel Loves Hyde by Beth Fantaskey,I didn't really understand the ending and I figured if anyone could explain it, it would be you ! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you liked my review. I haven't done a book request yet, but I would love to. I just have to get the book from the library if its in,lol. I'm sure I could try to figure out the end to help you understand it. I sent you a message not sure if it was sent or not. But if you should have anymore questions or anything you can email me at ashrose872001@hotmail.com.
ReplyDeleteThank you soo soo much Ashley! :)
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