It
seems like forever since I got to review an ARC which makes this even more
exciting for me. Plus I have some thrilling
stuff in store for my blog but more on that once I get it settled. In the mean time back to that ARC I
mentioned. Thanks to NetGalley and the
published Month9Books I got to read Pretty
Dark Nothing a debut novel by Heather Reid.
It's been 3 days since Quinn has slept for
more than a few minutes here and there because demons have invaded her dreams,
stalking her and whispering about her death.
Lack of sleep and fear are ruining her life. When Quinn doses off in the hallway at
school, Aaron an amnesiac with a psychic
ability and a major crush on her enters her dream and feels something unknown
and familiar at the same time. The
demons are set on destroying her life in every way, to take away everything she
wants most. Does the past he can't
remember hold the key to Quinn's demons and can they both figure it out before
the demons do more than tease of her death?
The
premises sounded interesting, sort of like Freddy Krueger with dreams/sleep but
with a YA twist. The story is told from
both Quinn and Aarons prospective which helps round out the book. It also can be horribly frustrating at times
if you get invested in the characters like I do, then you obviously know more
than each character does so when they do something that clearly goes against what
you know you think, 'No no no, come on….'.
Then again that is what makes reading so much fun, when you feel
personally responsible for the characters you read about and that was difficult
in this book because I was conflicted about Quinn. Inside her head I understood why she did the
things she did and how she thought, fear, uncertainty, and love, but when you
see the effect from the outside that her actions have on others I wanted to
strangle her. I like hoe the main female
character is screwed up, royally, she has issues she screws things up and even
when it made me yell at my kindle I still liked that. The same thing goes for Aaron, he's brave and
stoic and harboring a major crush always wanting to save her but at the same
time he is a guy and he has mixed feelings and he doesn't know what to do with
them.
The
creep factor was also turned up to a 9 (in a good spooky way) with the demons
slipping from just her dreams to her reality.
Talk about a living nightmare.
Demons voices telling you all your painful and horrid fears are true
while slowly torturing you is enough to make anyone question their sanity. Add to that high school drama and a not so
perfect family life. I can imagine the
shrinks face to meet someone like Quinn.
I
won't give anymore away just that if any of this caught your attention you
should check it out of course. I give it 4 Energy Drinks. Pretty Dark Nothing comes out tomorrow
April 23rd. As usual leave any comments,
thoughts, concerns below.
Coming Soon:
The Raven Boys by Maggie
Stiefvater
