The boogie man is real, and Cassandra Williams would know—she’s seen him.After moving back to Southern California, Cassandra Williams is thrilled to start her new career as an elementary school teacher. She feels like she’s finally found the balance between living her day to day life and moonlighting as a Dream Weaver—she may even have a chance for love. Her father, the Lord of Night, demands she … demands she collect the dust of dreamers to maintain the illusion between our worlds, but it gets complicated when one of the creatures lurking in the shadows tries to keep her from leaving. Now, the other dream weavers are starting to disappear, and the Realm of Dreams does not feel safe anymore. But she cannot ignore the call of magic summoning her to join him.
Will she find a way to defeat the shadow demon or become his final meal?
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Chasing Starlight: Cassandra’s Story (The Daughters of Night Chronicles)
By Jennifer Siddoway & Matilda Reyes
5 out of 5 stars
The story Chasing Starlight: Cassandra’s Story (The Daughters of Night Chronicles) by Jennifer Siddoway & Matilda Reyes is a fantasy/romance book. It is a story that pulled me in from the beginning and didn’t let me go until the final page. I loved reading about Cassandra Williams. She is a Dream Weaver. She is intelligent, kind, and caring. She is a teacher and also may have a chance at love. She finds out from her father that other dream weavers have started to disappear. There is a creature that doesn’t want her to leave the Realm of Dreams. How much danger is Cassandra in? Will she finally find true love? Read this book to find out. Cassandra’s story is a journey that had my emotions going up and down with hers. I grew to care about her and wanted her to be happy. Her father, the Lord of Night, is a character that is mysterious and at times demanding. There are many other characters that interact with Cassandra and I enjoyed reading about them. There are others that have their own plans and agendas. Will their plans succeed? This is a book that has magic and romance. It has moments that touched my heart and others when I wondered what was going to happen next. Don’t’ miss out on a fantasy story that will keep you reading into the night to find out what happens next. I recommend reading this book.
Chasing Starlight: Cassandra’s Story (The Daughters of Night Chronicles) by Matilda Reyes & Jennifer Siddoway – Review by Gail Guerrero
Four Stars
I love a good story about fae. You have so many different directions you could go in. I felt the possibilities that could come from a story like this. The authors had a great structure for this story. Though it missed the mark on some parts. The characters were good but you had so much information repeated and changed that it was a little hard to follow. I wasn’t sure if the characters names where changing or if there were new ones being introduced. It was a good story and you could see the direction the authors were wanting to go it just didn’t quite get there. Cassandra is a great character and that’s why I did four stars. She is really lovable. It’s like she is an angel. Through the whole story I felt her and all she was. So kind, intelligent and beautiful. I think I’m going to stick with this series. I feel like it’s only going to get better.
I thought this story was very interesting. I loved the magic in it, and the fae’s abilities were really cool. I enjoyed the characters, especially the bond between Cassandra and her twin, and I appreciated the fairly realistic depiction of anxiety. The writing style was engaging, but there were a lot of continuity errors (name changes, already established information changing without explanation) that took me out of the story. I’d like to see this series grow because it has so much potential.
Chasing Starlight by Jennifer Siddoway and Matilda Reyes is a captivating story about Cassandra Williams. You get to venture into the Realm of Dreams, and face off a shadow demon with her. Cassandra despite being a dream weaver is very relatable and endearing. I loved getting to know her more, and follow along with her ups and downs. I have to admit this story did start slow for me, however that was quickly remedied! Give Cassandra’s Story a chance and dream with the story, I promise you won’t be disappointed you did!
Chasing Starlight: Cassandra’s Story (The Daughters of Night Chronicles) by Matilda Reyes & Jennifer Siddoway
4-Stars
Chasing Starlight: Cassandra’s Story was a sweet, romantic, and adventurous read. Cassandra recently moved home to begin working as a teacher when she runs into her old flame Michael. Things are going well but she is being hunted during her other task she is bound to. She is to travel to peoples dreams every night to collect a special dust. While there her fellow dream weavers are disappearing. Given an ultimatum by her father, can she fight against the odds to keep her true love and stop who ever is causing the disappearances?
This book was a quick and easy read. It was organized well and had an easy flow. I loved the characters and their different abilities and even those that didn’t have them. I thought Michael’s ability was awesome and I would love to be able to have it. I also loved how the authors ended this novel. I was not expecting that. Great read!
Chasing Starlight: Cassandra’s Story is a romantic fantasy story in The Daughters of Night Chronicles by Matilda Reyes and Jennifer Siddoway. Cassandra is a new 3rd grade teacher by day and a Dream Weaver by night. Just as Cassandra is starting to figure out her new day to day life as a teacher, her Dream Weaver duty of collecting the dust of dreamers starts to get dangerous. There are other Dream Weavers that are disappearing which brings much alarm to those around Cassandra, including her father, the Lord of Night. Cassandra must do everything in her power to remain safe, for herself, her students, her family, and her latest love interest. Cassandra feels torn as everyone is telling her not to return to the Realm of Dreams because she is in danger, but she also knows the importance of maintaining the illusion between the two worlds.
I will say it was refreshing to read a story where the main character dealt with anxiety. As someone who also suffers from anxiety, it was almost as if I was Cassandra as the authors described her panic attacks. The authors were very thorough and detailed which really helped paint the picture of the fantasy side of this story, such as the Realm of Dreams. I do feel that there could have been a bit more detail given when dealing with the main conflict. There was so much build up to it and it seemed to be over in a single chapter. Other than that I thought it was a very well put together story.
I really enjoyed this book. It’s plot lines kept me on my toes throughout the entire story. Cassandra is a wonderful main character that you can relate to very well with her struggles in her regular life, relationship as well as the magical world and being a Fae. I liked how each plot intertwined itself with each other to end in this thrilling unforeseeable ending. I could literally not put down this book.
Chasing Starlight:Cassandra’s Story (The Daughters of Night Chronicles) by Jennifer Siddoway and Matilda Reyes is a pleasantly slow build. A very sweet and warm love story that rocks along at an unhurried pace. The characters are slowly developed as you go along in an unhurried pace, giving you plenty of time to really know this couple. Then like a stream that starts at a trickle and then becomes a raging river, before you know it you cannot put the book down. Cassandra and Michael are only focused on their relationship and finding a way back. The deluge that engulfs them will hold you in the book until the end. Very good read, I’m ready for more.
I really enjoyed this story. Following the journey of Cassie and Michael finding each other was a pleasure to read. I loved reading a fantasy that included a paranormal individual with a real life problem, social anxiety. This was fresh and new. I enjoyed this book and look forward to seeing more from Jennifer Siddoway and Matilda Reyes as they are a really good collaboration as authors.
Chasing Starlight (Daughters of Night Chronicles) by Jennifer Siddoway and Matilda Reyes
4 of 5 Stars
“The boogie man is real, and Cassandra Williams would know—she’s seen him”
Cassandra Williams is a elementary school teacher in Southern California, she is a likeable character and very relatable with her relationships with her family, a potential love interest in Henry and her concerns at starting her new job. All very normal until we then learn that as well as her day job as a teacher Cassandra also moonlights at night as a ‘Dream Weaver’, oh and her father is the ‘Lord of Night’.
This is the first book in the fantasy series, ‘Daughters of Night Chronicles’, by Siddoway and Reyes. I am new to these two authors, and I really enjoyed this fantasy read, with mystery, adventure and a touch of romance thrown in. It is well written, and the authors set the scene with their descriptions, bringing their fantasy world, the ‘Realm of Dreams’ alive. As a Dream Weaver, Cassandra must “collect the dust of dreamers to maintain the illusion between our worlds”.
The storyline had me hooked form page one and follows Cassandra as she learns that Dream Weavers are disappearing and that she maybe next, for in the shadows lurks a demon who wants to prevent Cassandra from leaving the Real of Dreams. Therefore Cassandra must find a way of defeating the ‘Shadow Demon’ and return to her daytime life as a elementary school teacher.
This was a lovely fantasy read, and it was so engaging that it kept me turning the pages well into the night as I was cheering Cassandra on. I look forward to the rest of the series
The boogie man is real, after all, Cassandra Williams has seen him.
Cassandra is thrilled to start her new career as an elementary school teacher, when she moves back to Southern California, as well as moonlighting as a dream Weaver.
Her father, the lord of the night, demands she collects the dust of dreamers to maintain the illusion between our worlds, but things turn complicated when a creature lurking in the shadows try to keep her from leaving.
Other Dream Weavers are now starting to disappear, and the palm of dreams are not what they used to be, they are not safe. Yet, Cassandra cannot ignore her call of magic, but can she find a way to defeat this demon……
This is the first in the series of The Daughters of Night Chronicles and Cassandra is a brilliant character to get to know, very caring, loving and intelligent. I feel you got to know her quite while throughout the book, bringing in the anxiety was commendable and a great way to show this in the story.
This book is brilliant, a great page turner, magical, suspenseful and a wonderful fantasy read. It has brilliant characters, as well a great story line trying to find out if the demon is going to be caught! Would highly recommend and I cannot wait for the next one in the series.
Chasing Starlight: Cassandra’s Story (The Daughters of Night Chronicles) by Matilda Reyes and Jennifer Siddoway
3 Stars
I was very excited to read this book. I loved the cover and the synopsis sounded intriguing. I was thrilled that I found a book with an original storyline. Cassandra is a dream weaver. She enters your dreams to help you then collects dream dust to send to the Fae Realm. How cool is that! She’s also the daughter of the Fae king, so far so good.
I started reading and found out that Cass has crippling anxiety, which is fine. Unfortunately this overtook the storyline. It became repetitive until it was tiresome. Almost every page was about her trying to breathe through an anxiety attack. I felt like the actual story about the creature after the dream weavers took a back seat. It was thrown in as a reminder between her attacks and her relationship with Michael.
Certain things didn’t make sense. She’s finished school, has a degree and is now working as a teacher. Therefore that would make her mid to late twenties yet when Michael kisses her gently, she runs away like a ten year old. The Fae are supposed to be a strong race yet Cass was confused and unsure of herself throughout the entire book. When the confrontation happened between the creature and Cass, it was anticlimactic. This creature was supposed to be strong and killing dream weavers yet Cass, who can barely function through a day without a panic attack, defeated him so quickly. It didn’t make sense.
This series has potential to be great. The story is original and there are seven sisters. Each one can have her own story. It can be truly amazing.
Chasing Starlight (The Daughter’s of night) Cassandra’s story by Jennifer Siddoway and Matilda Reyes is a 4.5 star read.
Cassandra is readying herself to start her new job as a teacher, she suffers from Generalised Anxiety Disorder so things are difficult for her at the best of times but she luckily has her twin Halle to help bring her out of her anxiety attacks. Cassandra is also a daughter of the king of the fae and with that she has a special job that keeps the fae world secret, she’s a dream weaver, she collects the dream dust of people she helps but there’s danger out there for dream weavers like her from a shadow demon who wants the dream dust for itself.
This book was written by new to me authors so I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I was very happy I got to read this story, I felt the characters were well thought out and each had their place in a well written story, I am eagerly waiting for book 2.
I quite liked this story. I am happy to see such an active stance on mental health issues written about in this book, I believe they need to be written about much more than they are in today’s literature. I found the main character to be quite charming with all her little quirks and her drive to teach today’s youth as well. I thought the fantasy elements, the boogie man and the dream weavers to be a unique idea that worked really well. The interactions between the characters was interesting and well written. I think it’s well worth a read.
Chasing Starlight: Cassandra’s Story (The Daughters of Night Chronicles) by Matilda Reyes & Jennifer Siddoway
Stars-4
I loved Cassandra. I loved going on the ups and downs with her. Cassandra doesn’t give up! This story is fantasy with mystery and romance thrown in the mix. Though I do feel there were a few spots where the story didn’t flow well, I did enjoy reading Cassandra’s story, and look forward to future stories in this series!
I absolutely loved reading Chasing Starlight by Jennifer Siddoway and Matilda Reyes! The book took only a couple of chapters before it drew me in, and after that I was hooked! I’ve read several fae books before, but none like this. This one was very unique in its content and fae abilities. I loved the romance and slight suspense I felt. I was very anxious to see what happened with the Shadow Demon and was not disappointed! Also, in non-spoiler fashion, I absolutely loved the lion wanting to be called King of the Murder Kitties! I died laughing. I enjoyed this book so much and I highly recommend it!
Chasing Starlight: Cassandra’s Story (The Daughters of Night Chronicles) by Matilda Reyes & Jennifer Siddoway is a short fantasy romance and an interesting tale to add to the series. It does take time for the story to get going though. It seems that being Fae is not everything it is cracked up to be when you have to live the life. Whilst I did like the story the premise was not quite there and there were somethings that detracted from me getting lost in the words and it becoming a great story. There were lots of mistakes with editing & words and that made me have to stop and read through that part again, so there was not that easy flow. There was also a bit of repetition in parts that didn’t need to be told again as it did not add anything more to the story. I liked the characters, but they did not draw me in they seemed to be a little lacking. Having said that if you can overlook these things, I am sure you will like the story. I look forward to seeing what the ladies have next.
3.5 stars.
Chasing Starlight: Cassandra’s Story by Jennifer Siddoway & Matilda Reyes is a well written, suspenseful fantasy. The main character, Cassandra, is a strong, motivated woman, who is doing her best to navigate life as a new teacher and a Dream Weaver. From beginning to end, the story keeps you guessing and looking forward to what happens next. The specific blend of fantasy and reality used by these two authors is wonderful. This is my first book by either of these authors and I cannot wait to read more of their works!
Chasing Starlight: Cassandra’s Story (The Daughters of Night Chronicles) by Matilda Reyes & Jennifer Siddoway. This is the first book in The Daughters of Night Chronicles and it was very good. Its about Cassandra Williams who is living her best life after moving to Southern California. She loves her job as a Elementary School teacher and she has even been able to moonlight as a Dream Weaver. Her father is the Lord of Night and he insists she collect all the dust left over from dreamers every night. Things are going so well Cassandra thinks she might even have time for some romance until the shadows make their scary dark appearance and try to keep Cassandra from leaving. Once she learns that other Dream Weavers are starting to disappear she knows she has to help or will she be defeated by the Shadow demon? Read Chasing Starlight to find out! Can’t wait for the next book!
Chasing Starlight: Cassandra’s Story is my first book by Matilda Reyes and Jennifer Siddoway. I will be reading more by these authors. I found myself lost within the pages of this book. Reyes and Siddoway attention to detail allows the reader to see what is happening within the pages of the book. This is a fantasy book and the characters are complex and adventurous. The story’s main character is Cassandra who is a strong female. She is getting her life in a routine whereas she is a teacher by day and a dream weaver by night. There is one small problem there is someone is hunting dream weavers. Will Cassandra be taken like so many others? You will have to read this short book. It is a fast read that you would want to finish in one sitting.