Ursula definitely was one of my favourites. It's amazing to see an author find a way to write a great number of characters that all have depth and are unique in their own way. But the side characters, they're the real deal. He often treats the people around him like crap, and sometimes you want to punch him for doing the exact thing he was not supposed to do but even so, he never fails to be relatable. Kane is not the most likeable character at times. Additionally, he's being haunted by a creepy, murderous creature and he's got.superpowers? It's a lot to handle. All of his teenager years have been erased from his mind.

Mostly it's because he woke up in a river next to a burned-down house and he has no recollections of how he got there. Kane, a gay high school student, has issues. But the most important thing: this is fantasy at its finest. Moreover, it's unapologetically queer and magical as fuck. Reverie is a force of nature and you have no idea what epic kind of fantasy you're wading into. The charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent of it all. Tbh all you need to know is that the main character is so gay his superpowers manifest as rainbows. 'Just because something is imagined doesn't mean it isn't dangerous.' This wildly imaginative debut explores what happens when the secret worlds that people hide within themselves come to light. And when a sinister force threatens to alter reality for good, they will have to do everything they can to stop it before it unravels everything they know. But as he and the others are dragged into unimaginable worlds that materialize out of nowhere-the gym warps into a subterranean temple, a historical home nearby blooms into a Victorian romance rife with scandal and sorcery-Kane realizes that nothing in his life is an accident. And it’s not just Kane who’s different, the world feels off, reality itself seems different.Īs Kane pieces together clues, three almost-strangers claim to be his friends and the only people who can truly tell him what’s going on. He can’t remember how he got there, what happened after, and why his life seems so different now. Inception meets The Magicians in the most imaginative YA debut of the year!Īll Kane Montgomery knows for certain is that the police found him half-dead in the river.

Ryan la sala reverie