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Dream Again
by Mona Kasten
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOREVER TO BE ABLE TO READ THIS BOOK AND OMG I FINALLY DID!!!!!
It has been a year since one of my bestest friends has read Dream Again, and kept telling me to pick up the books, read them, and fangirl with her. It has been a year, since she gifted me the first three books of this series for my birthday, and I decided the first lockdown might be the perfect opportunity to indulge in them. And it has been a year since this one kept sitting on my shelf, telling me to finally pick it up. If you want to know why it took so long, I would recommend you to read my review of [b:Hope Again|41037123|Hope Again (Again, #4)|Mona Kasten|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1533322366l/41037123._SY75_.jpg|64059911] because that book was the reason. But now I tackled both, and don't know how I should say goodbye to Woodshill for good.
Blake has been my favorite secondary character of the whole Again series! I loved his unconditional support, his stupid advices, how open he was, and if there wasn't a book dedicated to him, I might have ended up being the one spamming Mona Kasten to write it. But luckily, here is the book, and it was amazing.
In the beginning, I didn't know how to feel about the fact that the story is told through Jude's POV. Jude is a character we haven't met before unlike with the previous books where we got to know the characters as side characters first. After her dreams to be an actress in Hollywood got shattered, she packs up her things and finds herself in front of her brother's house who lives in Woodshill. Ready to start over, she now has to live in the house with her brother - and his three roommates. Among them is Blake. Who not only is her brother's best friend, but also her ex-boyfriend. Whose heart she broke in order to pursue her dreams in L.A. Now these two have to live under the same roof, and if you're a fan of the "there's only one bed in the cabin" trope, you can guess that this situation is just *chef's kiss*. Blake hates Jude, and there's not one opportunity he misses to show her how unwelcome she is. In the meantime, Jude tries everything to forget her terrible past in Hollywood, and start anew in Woodshill, while also not upsetting Blake more than she already does with her presence.
Let me tell you, there's lots of hate, there are a lot of unspoken words between them, and there's LOTS OF TENSION. I'm a sucker for the hate-to-love trope, but when the two characters have been in a relationship before? Man, it takes it to a whole different level. Both of them know each other quite well despite that both have also change. So whenever they can, they will expose each other, and this just builds up the tension more. Be it moments of "You remembered that?", "You still do that when ...", or just very familiar ways of touching.
Honestly, I have loved reading their love story, and it was hard to put down the book, and do something else. All I could think of was what might happen next, and I was too eager to find out.
In the end, I loved that Jude was a character who wasn't familiar with Woodshill and the people there. Just as we got to meet everyone and get to know everything through Allie's eyes in [b:Begin Again|35996274|Begin Again (Again, #1)|Mona Kasten|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1502379529l/35996274._SY75_.jpg|50115686], we now were able to meet everyone anew, and see Woodshill again as newcomers. It was a wonderful conclusion to a wonderful New Adult series, and Dream Again has easily become my favorite.
And what now? I feel like rereading Begin Again. I'm somehow not ready to say goodbye to Woodshill and all these characters yet.
Actual Rating: 4.5/5 stars
It has been a year since one of my bestest friends has read Dream Again, and kept telling me to pick up the books, read them, and fangirl with her. It has been a year, since she gifted me the first three books of this series for my birthday, and I decided the first lockdown might be the perfect opportunity to indulge in them. And it has been a year since this one kept sitting on my shelf, telling me to finally pick it up. If you want to know why it took so long, I would recommend you to read my review of [b:Hope Again|41037123|Hope Again (Again, #4)|Mona Kasten|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1533322366l/41037123._SY75_.jpg|64059911] because that book was the reason. But now I tackled both, and don't know how I should say goodbye to Woodshill for good.
Blake has been my favorite secondary character of the whole Again series! I loved his unconditional support, his stupid advices, how open he was, and if there wasn't a book dedicated to him, I might have ended up being the one spamming Mona Kasten to write it. But luckily, here is the book, and it was amazing.
In the beginning, I didn't know how to feel about the fact that the story is told through Jude's POV. Jude is a character we haven't met before unlike with the previous books where we got to know the characters as side characters first. After her dreams to be an actress in Hollywood got shattered, she packs up her things and finds herself in front of her brother's house who lives in Woodshill. Ready to start over, she now has to live in the house with her brother - and his three roommates. Among them is Blake. Who not only is her brother's best friend, but also her ex-boyfriend. Whose heart she broke in order to pursue her dreams in L.A. Now these two have to live under the same roof, and if you're a fan of the "there's only one bed in the cabin" trope, you can guess that this situation is just *chef's kiss*. Blake hates Jude, and there's not one opportunity he misses to show her how unwelcome she is. In the meantime, Jude tries everything to forget her terrible past in Hollywood, and start anew in Woodshill, while also not upsetting Blake more than she already does with her presence.
Let me tell you, there's lots of hate, there are a lot of unspoken words between them, and there's LOTS OF TENSION. I'm a sucker for the hate-to-love trope, but when the two characters have been in a relationship before? Man, it takes it to a whole different level. Both of them know each other quite well despite that both have also change. So whenever they can, they will expose each other, and this just builds up the tension more. Be it moments of "You remembered that?", "You still do that when ...", or just very familiar ways of touching.
Honestly, I have loved reading their love story, and it was hard to put down the book, and do something else. All I could think of was what might happen next, and I was too eager to find out.
In the end, I loved that Jude was a character who wasn't familiar with Woodshill and the people there. Just as we got to meet everyone and get to know everything through Allie's eyes in [b:Begin Again|35996274|Begin Again (Again, #1)|Mona Kasten|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1502379529l/35996274._SY75_.jpg|50115686], we now were able to meet everyone anew, and see Woodshill again as newcomers. It was a wonderful conclusion to a wonderful New Adult series, and Dream Again has easily become my favorite.
And what now? I feel like rereading Begin Again. I'm somehow not ready to say goodbye to Woodshill and all these characters yet.
Actual Rating: 4.5/5 stars