Buffy's Ramblings

Recap: Knowing what’s to come in her future, Janie feels she’s made peace with that, but she can’t stand the thought of being such a burden to Cabel and holding him back. She’s a train wreck and he’s amazing, so she takes the only path she believes is available to her. Before she can do that, a stranger enters her life, unraveling everything. She now realizes there are two paths before her, and time is running out for her, and her alone, to choose the lesser of two evils. Title:   Gone Series:   Wake Book #:  3 Author:   Lisa McMann Approximate Book Length:   228 Pages Recommended Reader Age:   16+ Sexual Content:   Mild Thoughts: This final chapter in the Wake trilogy doesn’t have the same kind of excitement from the first two. Here the conflict is solely within Janie herself and what options she has for her future. Her past comes colliding with her present and she’s forced to face her mother, Cabel, and everyone else in her ...

Recap: Life is tougher than dreams for Janie and Cabel, as they just want to spend some time together, but can’t. Disturbing things are happening at the high school, but no one’s talking, and it’s up to Janie to solve the mystery. She taps into a classmate’s nightmares and gets some major leads, but getting the proof drops Janie in way over her head pushing Cabel to behave so shockingly it brings down grave consequences effecting them both. The cherry on top is learning the truth about what lies ahead in Janie’s future as her ability come at a high cost. Title:   Fade Series:   Wake Book #:  2 Author:   Lisa McMann Approximate Book Length:   260 Pages Recommended Reader Age:   16+ Sexual Content:   Mild Thoughts: Lisa McMann does it again! This time the stakes are higher as Cabel deals with the risks Janie has to take and Janie copes with just how hard things get with her ability. To say Janie gets in over her head is an unders...

Recap: Janie has a problem. She gets sucked into other people’s dreams, and she’s seen enough to last a lifetime. Since she can’t tell anyone without ending up in a padded room, she lives her life of solitude, trying to cope with a curse she hates and can’t control. But when she falls into a nightmare that chills her to the bone, she has nowhere to turn as she finds herself in a new role…a participant. Title:   Wake Series:   Wake Book #:  1 Author:   Lisa McMann Approximate Book Length:   225 Pages Recommended Reader Age:   16+ Sexual Content:   Mild Thoughts: I read the blurb for this book and thought it was interesting, so I picked it up. It took me a little while to start it, but once I did, I was hooked! It’s a fast and easy read, though structured in a slightly different way than I’ve ever seen a book. It’s written in segments with time stamp headings. It actually demonstrates the time that passes while she is trapped i...