Arkwell Academy: The Nightmare Charade | Mindee Arnett
Published by: Tor Teen, August 4th 2015
Genre: YA, Mystery, Fantasy
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Source: Tor Teen
It’s her junior year at Arkwell Academy, and Dusty Everhart just wants to be alone with her boyfriend, Eli Booker. But fate is literally keeping them apart. See, Dusty is a Nightmare, who can enter Eli’s dreams to find clues to the future, but an ancient curse predicts that any romance between them is doomed to end in tragedy. Dusty and Eli are willing to take that risk, but the authorities disagree—and have assigned a chaperone to make sure their relationship is strictly platonic.
As if that’s not bad enough, they’ve been recruited by the Department of Intelligence for Magickind Secrecy (D.I.M.S.) to use their dream-seer bond to help recover the most powerful object of black magic known to magickind. The Animus Mortem can raise the dead by stealing the souls of the living…which makes tracking it down a genuine matter of life and death.
To make matters worse, one of Dusty’s friends is accused of murder and is counting on her to clear his name.
Dusty has too many dreams, too many commitments, and too many people looking over her shoulder, but a Nightmare seldom plays by the rules. Curse or no curse, chaperone or not, she has to go deep into Eli’s dreams if she’s going to find the truth—and discover a way for them to truly be together at last!
As if that’s not bad enough, they’ve been recruited by the Department of Intelligence for Magickind Secrecy (D.I.M.S.) to use their dream-seer bond to help recover the most powerful object of black magic known to magickind. The Animus Mortem can raise the dead by stealing the souls of the living…which makes tracking it down a genuine matter of life and death.
To make matters worse, one of Dusty’s friends is accused of murder and is counting on her to clear his name.
Dusty has too many dreams, too many commitments, and too many people looking over her shoulder, but a Nightmare seldom plays by the rules. Curse or no curse, chaperone or not, she has to go deep into Eli’s dreams if she’s going to find the truth—and discover a way for them to truly be together at last!
A steep decline from book 2.
I thought with Dilemma, the offensive shit was slowing down. Not so much. With this book is ramped back up again and had me furious. Honestly, this series could be AWESOME AND EPIC AND FUN but all I can think is IT'S HORRIBLE OFFENSIVE.
However, I enjoyed a bunch of things. The culmination of the Red Warlock, his spies, Belanax, and the prophecy surrounding Dusty and Eli all wrapped up nicely ... if a bit too nicely. The end was VERY convenient and weird (lets just say there's a supernatural revival/reincarnation thing with a phoenix and it's very odd.) Paul, too, in this book was odd in that he was unnecessary. He had literally no point except to die. Oop. The plot twists, secrets, and mystery stood out a mile, which didn't leave me guessing at all.
But otherwise? I enjoy the sweet romance between Eli and Dusty, the mythology that increased in amount with each book, and I surprisingly love Arkwell. It's actually quite good overall.
A fun fantasy mystery series that's quick to read and has a healthy amount of Arthurian legend. If you want an easy read, definitely try this series.
I thought with Dilemma, the offensive shit was slowing down. Not so much. With this book is ramped back up again and had me furious. Honestly, this series could be AWESOME AND EPIC AND FUN but all I can think is IT'S HORRIBLE OFFENSIVE.
However, I enjoyed a bunch of things. The culmination of the Red Warlock, his spies, Belanax, and the prophecy surrounding Dusty and Eli all wrapped up nicely ... if a bit too nicely. The end was VERY convenient and weird (lets just say there's a supernatural revival/reincarnation thing with a phoenix and it's very odd.) Paul, too, in this book was odd in that he was unnecessary. He had literally no point except to die. Oop. The plot twists, secrets, and mystery stood out a mile, which didn't leave me guessing at all.
But otherwise? I enjoy the sweet romance between Eli and Dusty, the mythology that increased in amount with each book, and I surprisingly love Arkwell. It's actually quite good overall.
A fun fantasy mystery series that's quick to read and has a healthy amount of Arthurian legend. If you want an easy read, definitely try this series.
Characters ★★★☆☆
Setting/world ★★★★☆
Writing ★★☆☆☆
Setting/world ★★★★☆
Writing ★★☆☆☆
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