Anna is a student surviving the city, and she lives by a simple credo, “Never play their game; their game is always rigged.” For every man she has ever known, it’s a saying that has served her well.Especially when Anna becomes lost to the dark heart of the city. She finds herself hunted by Dreamers—artists, both good and evil, who construct new worlds—within a complex community that threatens to … threatens to undermine reality itself. When Anna learns that she’s an Undreamer with powers she cannot yet comprehend, she must travel through their strange and treacherous creations to discover that there’s as much beauty in life as there is darkness. As her existence spirals into wonder and danger, Anna must look deep within herself and face the horrors of her own past, to save her old world as well as her new one.
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Although Anna has lost her love, she is still trying to be a good friend and a good daughter. She finds herself in a situation that can only be explained with one word- magic. Doesn’t matter if Anna believes it or not, she is forced into a completely different world of dreamers, mad hunters and art. Anna finds out she has the powers to fight the evil side by side with a man called Teej.
She and Teej both dive into endless adventures. Will these events change her whole life?
Her old depressing life is no longer a factor in this story, she finds a whole new world she has to save and maybe a new love to fight for.
I haven’t read any book like this one and I was totally surprised by the way it affected me. New adult urban fantasy may become my new favourite read.
The book was well written, with a great use of metaphors and a whole newly created world. I’ve always loved reading about newly created worlds that have their own vocabulary, mystical creatures and hold their own history.
The idea of the setting was very original and creative. All these hazes were described amazingly and I felt like I was there and let me tell you, it was beautiful. The whole idea of “dreaming your own art” is phenomenal. I really wish it was all real. It has been a while since I’ve read a book that I want to live in so badly.
The characters were described perfectly. Anna may become on my favourite female characters. She is strong, smart but very cautious and distrustful. As the story unfolds, her character becomes more powerful which is an amazing development.
Teej on another hand is very kind, strong but also mysterious. He is determined to help Anna and protect her with his life.
Honestly I feel like there is still more to be revealed about him and I am curious how their friendship will develop in the next books. In the first book there was a little slow development between them and I hope they get closer in the future and unravel each other’s secrets.
Different chapters about events happening at the same time is something I like in books. Also, the book was not focused only on the main character, but on others as well. It gives the reader a bigger field of knowledge about the book.
Lastly, I honestly loved reading this book so much. It has an original storyline and main characters that are so different but still find commonness and become closer due to circumstances. There were also great second characters, humour and a tiny romantic touch.
I highly recommend it!
I am extremely excited for the next book. I need to know what happens next. 🙂
Dark Fantasy. I had no idea what to expect from this book. I’ve never read a dark fantasy novel before, and to my surprise, I enjoyed the story. Though, I’ll admit (and I’m not sure the exact range of how dark a dark fantasy novel can get) that I’m not sure I’d be able to handle a much darker, graphic story-line. But again, that’s a personal preference. Thomas writes a well-balanced story for Anna of both the real world and the world “Behind the Veil”.
Anna is an Undreamer. What is an Undreamer you ask? Welcome to Thomas Welsh’s creation of an alternate, co-existing reality. Within the regular world, artistic realities in which dream-like-states, called Hazes manifest into a physical reality, overlapping parts of the real world. These Hazes are created and maintained by Dreamers; on a side note, not all Hazes are friendly and inviting.