Review: Reverie by Ryan La Sala [YA Fantasy]

 

Rating: 3/5 stars

Ryan La Sala puts a lot of good ideas forward in his debut novel, such as the eponymous concept of a “reverie”, a dream-like state that can pull people into it and have devastating consequences. Unfortunately, however, I think the book failed to deliver on its promise.

Kane made some stupid, illogical decisions such as trusting/not trusting certain people that made absolutely no sense and were clearly there only for the furthering of the plot. The plot itself was very slow-going at first, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but even when it picked up it felt oddly disjointed, like an inexperienced knitter dropping stitches all the time and not having the skill to fix it. 

The romance was same gender (m/m) which was nice, but the trajectory was very predictable. The characters were also not particularly interesting.

Basically, a classic 3 star book: interesting premise, failed execution.