Review: Very good Read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 21, 2013
We received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. For Nerd Alert Book LoveI would have to begin by saying I normally don’t read a lot of fantasy books, but I took a gander on good faith that this one wouldn’t disappoint. I wasn’t surprised when it didn’t.The story starts out with the main character, Nickolas, being tucked into bed by his mother. He wakes up to find himself in a magical place where wishes always come true. In this magical place he meets and befriends a girl named Valerie Porter, whom he calls Val. He does not go visit the Wishing Place every night, but when he does visit, he always wakes up the next morning thinking of Val.Throughout the book, Nickolas visits Val in the Wishing Place in his dreams. They both are able to share things about themselves, except for where they lived in the “awake world.” Every time they try to reveal where they lived, the Wishing Place would send them back to the real world.Despite not being able to know where each other lived in the real world, Nickolas and Valerie take each other to real places in their lives. When they go to a park near Nickolas’s grandmother’s house, he carved a heart that said “Nick + Val” in it and found it when he went to his grandmother’s house in the real world.Nick and Val continue to visit each other in the Wishing Place throughout their life. As they get older, they visit each other less and less. Despite seeing each other less often, they never lose hope about meeting each other.I found myself getting really emotional while I reading this book. I felt everything the characters felt. There were parts that were really depressing, others that were really exciting, and some that were sad, too. I can almost guarantee that you will feel the same.While reading this book, I was anxious to get to the end. Not because I didn’t like it, because I did. I just couldn’t wait to see if Nickolas and Valerie finally met in real life. I kept flipping through the pages, trying to figure out if they did or not. I will not ruin that surprise for you.This book get a solid Nerd Alert Book Love A.