FGMAMTC Blog Review
This book is different from my norm. It is a YA, paranormal, murder mystery, psychological thriller, light horror, junior sleuth mix, and it kept my interest the entire time.

Amy is teen girl so several of the personal bits revolve around things important to teens. I found her to be relatable, likable and believable with a great dry sense of humor. She just moved to a new weird town so the reader follows with her through the learning and adapting. Mean girls and other school issues are somewhat present.

The beginning is getting to know Amy and the setting. After it, odd things start happening. Amy is trying to get to the bottom of these strange occurrences. I really enjoyed the journey. Those that regularly read scary horror novels may find it juvenile, and those that only read romance, adventure or children's fiction may find it frightening. As an adult, I think the story is very entertaining, but I feel it works best for an underage audience. Sleepless is the first of a series, and I plan to continue it.
4.5 stars






***Copy given in exchange for an honest review***





toni





FangirlMoments and My Two Cents









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FGMAMTC Blog Review
This book is different from my norm. It is a YA, paranormal, murder mystery, psychological thriller, light horror, junior sleuth mix, and it kept my interest the entire time.

Amy is teen girl so several of the personal bits revolve around things important to teens. I found her to be relatable, likable and believable with a great dry sense of humor. She just moved to a new weird town so the reader follows with her through the learning and adapting. Mean girls and other school issues are somewhat present.

The beginning is getting to know Amy and the setting. After it, odd things start happening. Amy is trying to get to the bottom of these strange occurrences. I really enjoyed the journey. Those that regularly read scary horror novels may find it juvenile, and those that only read romance, adventure or children's fiction may find it frightening. As an adult, I think the story is very entertaining, but I feel it works best for an underage audience. Sleepless is the first of a series, and I plan to continue it.
4.5 stars






***Copy given in exchange for an honest review***





toni





FangirlMoments and My Two Cents









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Amy recently has moved to Narrowdale from L.A. and is having hard time to find anything about the town she could love. As she tries to adjust in the new neighbourhood with weird people and school where it is hard to find a group she fits in, every night a eerie whistle from just outside her house keeps her awake.Now with her new schoolmates she decides to find who is the creep that keeps her awake.
But she unveils rather strange facts 'that only happens in Narrowdale'. I liked the paranormal mystery combo. I'm curious to know how the character develops in the next instalment.
At the end of some of the chapters links to Amy's blog were given, which I found very interesting to go through! ( )

I received a copy of this title for review through the Library Thing Early Reviewers giveaways.

Two Sentence Synopsis:

When Amy moved from L.A. to the boring suburb of Narrowdale she was pretty sure she was about to experience some big changes in her life – not necessarily for the better. Finding new friends turns out to be the least of her worries however and when the terrifyingly realistic nightmares begin, Amy knows that there’s something strange running beneath the ordinary exterior of her new

This is a fairly original and engaging take on a paranormal horror story for the YA set. It’s probably not going to win any awards for the standard of the writing, but there’s plenty of spook factor here – cue creepy whistling outside a young girl’s window at night – and enough snarky banter to keep the young folk interested. Omer has created an interesting setting in Narrowdale, where the homeless folk seem to be telepathic (and mildly prescient) and you’re never quite sure whether you’re talking to an ordinary person or a revenant from the past, so for that alone, this is worth a look. Extra points for the awesome cover art.

I do think that this book could benefit from some serious editing. Much of the dialogue is clunky and some of the sentence constructions jarred so badly that I stopped a couple of times to double and triple check that I wasn't reading a translation. I felt there was too much padding and if a few of the scenes of Amy just being at school or hanging round the house had been cut, the pace of the story would have picked up considerably and increased the suspense.

That being said, this is still definitely worth a read because the creepiness is quite skilfully done and the ending is action-packed and exciting.

Brand it with:

Catchy tunes; missing, presumed dead; heated daydreams, YA paranormal ( )

Amy is a teenager kind of lost when her parents move to a small town called Narrowdale. Amy is used to the big bustle of the bigger city life and Narrowdale is anything but big and bustling. After Amy moves she becomes unable to sleep due to severe nightmares that are more like night terrors but are they real? They seem real enough to Amy but she refuses to tell her parents for fear that they will worry about her. Amy is a normal teen girl whose life has changed dramatically and this new town and new school do not like her any more than she likes them. What if her dreams are true how can she deal with the reality of it all? Good read recommended to teens 12-17 ( )