DREAM SHATTER: DREAM RUNNERS 1

Ann Hunter

Rebel House Ink

Ratings and reviews

Overall, I enjoyed this young adult dystopian take on the government controlling lives by controlling dreams. Logan and Reina are solid enough characters to keep me interested in their story, but with enough questions about their true motivations to make me want to read the next book. Other character motivations are even less clear and I really don’t trust any of them to truly be as they present themselves. Which makes it fun to guess who is good and who is not. I thought the job of editing code to create and manage dreams was kind of cool. I like that Logan discovers blips in the code, although whether it’s through his basic talent or not is up in the air. There were some places where I felt the pacing was a tad off, where I’d like to see scenes played out in real time (like the testing challenges). The ending left so many things unresolved, which is okay in a series—especially one that’s going to release as quickly as this one. There was a BIG question left unanswered that I would have liked to know more about (“wake up”). I’m looking forward to book two. Recommended for teens 14+ and anyone who enjoys YA dystopian. There’s some violence, but otherwise it’s pretty clean. I give it 4 ½ stars.