A review by lazygal
Dream Country by Ashaye Brown

3.0

Oh, how I wanted more about the religious aspects of this world, and better worldbuilding in general. The three sibling gods, Dreams, Sleep and Nightmares, rule over three realms that should be connected but are separated by the Gates of Horn and Ivory There's a whole lot of ritual about choosing one human to live for a week within their realm, only this year things are different because there is a baby who apparently can destroy the gate and change the worlds. Can they find some solution to this before their godheads and the entire structure of the realm are destroyed?

No spoilers, but also no surprises. What really elevated this is the introduction of mythologies that we're not used to reading (but should be!): Kenyan, Brazilian and Caribbean influences make this a different story in a very good way.