The Dream Keeper by Mikey Brooks
Book Reviews , eBook reviews / December 4, 2013

The Dream Keeper by Mikey Brooks tells the story of Parker and Kaelyn, two teenagers who must work with Dream Keeper Gladamyr in order to defeat Fyren and save Dreams.  it is aimed at middle grade readers and to be perfectly honest I struggled to finish the book.  Harry Potter or Percy Jackson this is definitely not.  It is the first in a series, but I doubt I will be reading the next one. What I liked The concept.  I thought the concept was interesting and well thought out – sleeping humans being sent to either Mares or Favor and the impact an imbalance in those two realms could have.  I would have liked to have seen more of the impact of dream deprivation on the human population to show just how devastating that could be.  I did feel though that the author had the magic system well thought out and planned. Gladamyr.  I felt this character was interesting and intriguing.  I liked his history and that it was his choices that made him what he is in the story.   What I didn’t like The writing style.  In fairness, I received an advanced readers copy of this book via…

The Dream Keeper by Mikey Brooks
Book Reviews , eBook reviews / December 4, 2013

The Dream Keeper by Mikey Brooks tells the story of Parker and Kaelyn, two teenagers who must work with Dream Keeper Gladamyr in order to defeat Fyren and save Dreams.  it is aimed at middle grade readers and to be perfectly honest I struggled to finish the book.  Harry Potter or Percy Jackson this is definitely not.  It is the first in a series, but I doubt I will be reading the next one. What I liked The concept.  I thought the concept was interesting and well thought out – sleeping humans being sent to either Mares or Favor and the impact an imbalance in those two realms could have.  I would have liked to have seen more of the impact of dream deprivation on the human population to show just how devastating that could be.  I did feel though that the author had the magic system well thought out and planned. Gladamyr.  I felt this character was interesting and intriguing.  I liked his history and that it was his choices that made him what he is in the story.   What I didn’t like The writing style.  In fairness, I received an advanced readers copy of this book via…