"Reverie" is a hugely imaginative #OwnVoices YA fantasy that I really wanted to love but am instead filing under "wasn't quite right for me, but I'm glad I read it."⁣
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Kane is the only openly gay high school student in a small town and he is trying to puzzle through the aftermath of his mysterious car crash because he can't remember the details. And it's not just the details of the crash that are a problem — things, people, and, well, reality, just don't seem to fit. Who are the Others? What's a Reverie? What kind of power does he have in these Reveries? Does Poesy, the powerfully fabulous case-worker who shows up to smooth his way through a police situation have the answers? Will the answers, uh, break reality? Because that seems like it might kinda be a thing.⁣
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Reverie is full of mystery and imagination and pain and healing and friendship and adventure. It's the mystery-adventure that lets me down — we only know as much as Kane and it takes a bit too long before things start to make sense. And then, after they do, well … you know how listening to other people tell you about their dreams is never quite as interesting as they think it's going to be? That. Even when the dreams are significant and exquisitely detailed and beautifully described, it can be wearisome to be locked in a world of dream logic.⁣
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But the writing is good and the world is fascinating and the characters who populate it are interesting, so — I'm glad I read it. Also, the book cover is cool.⁣
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