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3.56 AVERAGE
3.56 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Sweet Nightmare by Tracy Wolff
⭐️: 3.5/5
If you like:
•Paranormal Romance
•Vampires, Werewolves, Fae, etc.
•Modern Mythical Academia
•Slow Paced
•Young Adult
•Found Family
•Second Chance
•Secrets & Betrayal
⭐️: 3.5/5
If you like:
•Paranormal Romance
•Vampires, Werewolves, Fae, etc.
•Modern Mythical Academia
•Slow Paced
•Young Adult
•Found Family
•Second Chance
•Secrets & Betrayal
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I’m sad I have to wait a year for the next one…this book was amazing…but then again all of Tracy’s books are. I’m rereading the crave series as well
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
2024 reads: 148/250
as the daughter of the headmistress, clementine has been at calder academy her whole life. this school is for rogue paranormals to learn control. when a storm hits the isolated island that houses calder academy, all hell breaks loose, including students’ worst nightmares.
honestly, this was a case of “curiosity got the best of me.” i saw an ad for this book that described it as “harry potter meets five nights at freddy’s,” saw my library had the audiobook, and now here we are. the rest of my review will contain spoilers.
while reading this, i couldn’t help but think that it felt like the author tried to squeeze in every ya fantasy cliché she could. so, i decided to look up “ya fantasy clichés” just to see how many boxes this one checked. here’s what i got:
☑tortured boy x good girl
☑“i love you but i’m bad for you so this can’t work”
☑finding out your parents lied to you your whole life
☑if the mc’s parents are alive, they’re lying to the mc and holding her back from realizing her dreams
☑oh no! the love interest has a questionable past!
☑love interest has stupid nicknames for the mc
☑somehow going from not knowing about your powers to mastering them in a stupidly short amount of time???
☑incessant pop culture references (even though it makes no sense that the characters would know them?)
i started making this list 2/3 in, and didn’t continue it after, so this is not all-inclusive.
now, i’m not saying including any or all of these elements makes a book unenjoyable. however, it just didn’t work in this book. i feel like people definitely could have picked this up in 2012 and eaten it up, though. i have enjoyed a book by tracy wolff in the past, so i’d be willing to give her books another try. unfortunately, while i didn’t hate this one, it just wasn’t for me.