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My rating: 4 of 5 stars



“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”





Kerstin Gier, a German bestselling author's Silver trilogy is being translated into English by the popular English translator, Anthea Bell. So the translated version of the first book in this series, Dream a Little Dream has been released this month, that centers around the life of an unconventional teenager who is admitted to a new English school in London and so as her dreams take a new turn, exciting adventures are waiting for her that will change her life.




Synopsis:

Mysterious doors with lizard-head knobs. Talking stone statues. A crazy girl with a hatchet. Yes, Liv’s dreams have been pretty weird lately. Especially this one where she’s in a graveyard at night, watching four boys conduct dark magic rituals.

The strangest part is that Liv recognizes the boys in her dream. They’re classmates from her new school in London, the school where she’s starting over because her mom has moved them to a new country (again). But what’s really scaring Liv is that the dream boys seem to know things about her in real life, things they couldn’t possibly know—unless they actually are in her dreams? Luckily, Liv could never resist a good mystery, and all four of those boys are pretty cute.


Liv Silver, a 15 year old teenager leads a pretty unconventional life compare to her age, mainly because of her mom's constantly changing jobs, she has got to live and see a lot of new places and this time her mom's new job and her mom's new boyfriend, leads her straight to London along with her Mia and the au pair named, Lottie. Liv is enrolled into one of the poshest school in London, Frognal Academy, where girls have stupid names and boys are terribly hot with great hair and everybody is subjected to their school's very own blog, Tittle-Tattle Blog, with an anonymous author. Following her entry to this new school, her dreams started to get weirder and weirder, where no doubt she could see her number one crush from her school, Henry and in someone she feels her dreams her actually real. And eventually Liv started investigating those dreams and what she finds out is not at all nice and friendly.


Having never read any of the previous books by this author, I had no idea what to expect from her writing style, but from the very first page, itself, I was drawn into the story, mainly because of Liv's sense of humor and her witty demeanor of cracking up jokes with her sarcastic comments. Yes, I can vouch for Liv and say that she is the life of this book, without her the journey would be very dull.

The pacing of the book is good, but I believe that the translation is not much polished compared to the original book. Liv's fun-filled adventures certainly kept me going through the book, well since it falls under middle-grade genre, the mystery felt bit predictable layered with childish drama.

The characters apart from Liv are not that impressionable, especially those four boys, except that hot, sultry looks! Yes, there is romance between Henry and Liv which is sweet and innocent, but the author never shifts her focus from the main theme of the book which is the mystery surrounding Liv's dream.

So if you want to delve deeper into the worlds of dreams and wants to float in them, then do read this cute and funny book that is filled with thrilling adventures.

Verdict: Drams worlds with strange door knobs, fantasy world, Gossip Girl kinda feel with some hot dudes- if these are things that you love to read about, then definitely go for this book.

Courtesy: Thanks to the author's publicist, for giving me an opportunity to read and review this book.
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Author Info:
Kerstin Gier is the bestselling author of the Ruby Red trilogy, as well as several popular novels for adults. 
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Book Purchase Links:

• Amazon US 
• Amazon India