She was an entertaining POV, making blunders and embarrassments like all teens do. Dusty-main character, book's in her POV-was a bit of a smartass, which I loved.

While I never full connected and fell in love with the characters, I still liked them-they were normal, seemed like real people and teenagers, and were fun and enjoyable (I'm saying that a lot, aren't I?). Nancy Drew because Dusty tries to solve a murder-and may get herself into some trouble along the way-and Paranormalcy because Arkwell Academy is full of all kinds of magickind, from werewolves and hags to faeries and demons (and I LOVE how they're all in one place). Maybe this book was Nancy Drew meets Paranormalcy. I had some guesses that were close, and some answers came about and I was shocked-and that was awesome. As Dusty tried to figure out who the killer was, so did I. Long story short to avoid spoilers, when a student at Arkwell Academy (a school for magickind) is murdered, Dusty goes on a search for the killer. Dusty Everhart's a Nightmare-she feeds off people's dreams. I liked how this book was kind of like solving a puzzle. What it did succeed in doing, however, was bringing out reactions from me: several times I'd smile or laugh or be like 'OH SNAP!' I love when books can get such feelings out of me. The other thing about this book-although I enjoyed it-it just didn't give me a wow factor. There were a few times the writing bugged me-repeat words/phrases, a lot of talk about looks, some punctuation I would've changed-otherwise it was pretty good. I don't have many complaints with this novel. It's kind of like Paranormalcy-great voice, concept full of different creatures-except I liked it better. While I think the story would've been interesting if it was darker, I liked how it was-I enjoyed the book, and it ended up being really fun. What I got was pretty much the opposite: a light, snarky, teenage voice that was just plain fun. Going into The Nightmare Affair, I think I was expecting something dark-tone/mood-wise, story-wise, and writing-wise. Initial Reac tion of Book in One Word: FUN And before the killer learns what she’s up to and marks her as the next target.

Now Dusty has to follow the clues-both within Eli’s dreams and out of them-to stop the killer before more people turn up dead. He’s hot, which means sitting on his chest and invading his dreams couldn’t get much more embarrassing. But when Dusty sneaks into Eli Booker’s house, things get a whole lot more complicated. No, she’s a Nightmare.īeing the only Nightmare at Arkwell Academy, a boarding school for magickind, and living in the shadow of her mother’s infamy, is hard enough. Sixteen-year-old Dusty Everhart breaks into houses late at night, but not because she’s a criminal.

The nightmare affair series