Elaine White's Life in Books

Book – The Dream Stone (The Dream Keeper Chronicles - Book 2)
Author – Mikey Brooks
Star rating - ★★★★★
Plot – very entertaining, original, good flow
Characters – loved all the characters and how detailed they were

Movie Potential - ★★★★★
Ease of reading – very easy to read
Cover - ✔
Suitable Title - ✔
Would I read it again - ✔

** I WAS GIVEN THIS BOOK, BY THE AUTHOR, IN RETURN FOR AN HONEST REVIEW **

This book was action-packed! From start to finish, there was always something going on, keeping me from putting it down.

There's not a lot I can say about this book without giving away spoilers of books 1, or this one, so I'm going to keep it simple and to the point. I LOVED IT! It was so full of adventure, excitement and the characters, though we knew them already, were just as exciting to read as in book 1, when we didn't know them. I did a lot of fist pumping and 'YES!!' when a character I loved from book 1 had a less uncertain future ;) To find out what that means, you'll have to read the series.

What I really loved, was that each of the characters kept growing and expanding, even after everything they'd gone through in book 1. They still have struggles and arguments in this book, which helps them get closer to each other and their group of friends. I will say that I suspected Jason's part in it all, though I did hope that he'd been mean to Parker in hopes of goading him into confessing about Dreams, so that they could talk about it and share it. I also hoped he'd called Parker to let him know what had happened to his mom, but I wasn't all that surprised that I was wrong.

I'm really interested to see how this story develops into the next book. There's a lot of sacrifice and nail biting moments in this book that had me sitting on the edge of my seat. I was really happy to find out more about Liz and see that she was finally understanding that she hadn't always been there for Parker when he needed her. I loved his reunion with his dad and was pleased that things were finally starting to come together for him.

I absolutely loved the Driag scene. It was so touching and gut-wrenching. The whole thing was one of my favourite moments of the book, of which there were many. The way the characters connect with each other and learn about themselves is very unique and sort of magical in this series.

I'm really intrigued by Cato and what his part in book 3 will be. His connection with Kaelyn offers a lot of potential for his future.

My favourite quote would have to be this one:
““OMG!” Parker hooted. “You're amazing!”
“Shut up and think for me,” she snapped. “I'm getting all these images of Lara Croft from you – I need ice!”
Parker literally shook the thoughts out of his head and began to think of the icebergs in the arctic. He would ask Kaelyn later how she had known about the superhot character from this favourite video game.”
It's so typically Parker and say a lot for the future of their relationship, as they move forward into book 3. I can't wait to see how these 14-year -old kids manage to save Dreams and learn who they really are.

One more think – OH. MY. GOD! The end…Allyon…the librarian…Mab…
I can't say anything about any of it, until you've read the book, but believe me it's SHOCKING!