College junior Sara Barnes thought her life was totally under control. All she had to worry about was her final exams, Christmas shopping, applying to medical school — and what to do about the cute freshman in the next dorm with a crush on her. Everything was going according to plan, until the night she started seeing other people’s dreams.
It’s bad enough that Sara is learning more than she … than she ever needed to know about her friends and classmates, watching their most secret fantasies whether she wants to or not. Much worse are the other dreams, the ones she sees nearly every night, featuring a strange, terrifying man who commits unspeakable crimes. Now Sara wonders if she’s the only witness to a serial killer — and the only one who knows when and where he’s going to strike next.
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In a story reminiscent of Dorothy in the land of Oz and Alice in wonderland, here is a new heroine exploring the strange realm of her dreams, in a journey to find her inner power to solve them and finally, turn a corner. But this is no children story, or as she puts it, “Not in Kansas anymore”: Sara is the chatty and slightly naive college …
This book was so much fun to read. The way the author presents the story is unique and clever. I didn’t realize until I was almost finished with the book that there is not much description of the surroundings the story takes place in, but the way it is written you don’t realize it. You end up filling it in yourself subconsciously as you try to …
This was the first book in a series but was written as a prequel to the others. (I have not read them.) I read it as I’m looking for more comps for my book, Dickensen Academy, which also has a paranormal element involving dreams (but in high school). Dream Student was about a pre-med student who can see dreams of those around her. Sometimes they …