Dreams

             Nevermore, written by Kelly Creagh is one of those books that just has you wanting to read more and more. I just started this book on Monday and I'm already done with it. Nevermore is about a cheerleader, Isobel Lanley, and the school's weirdo, Varen Nethers. They cross each others path when they are partnered for an English project. At first they are disgusted to work with each other. But then they end up falling in love. The thing is that Isobel doesn't know about Varen's secret dreams. His dream world that he has created through the pages of his notebook, a world where the stories of Edgar Allan Poe come to life. That's when she does literally anything to save his life. 
                
            This book has a lot of scenes that make me wonder what the author was trying to make the reader think and feel in this moment. In the book, Varen has this whole fantasy world where Edgar Allan Poe is his best friend and they write deep, dark poems. One really creepy part of his dream world is this demon that follows him everywhere and tells him what to do. When Isobel finds out about the demon she tries to help but ends up messing everything up. In this part I could really feel the author trying to make us think and feel what lead him to this point in life. Is he an only child? Were his parents ignorant to the fact that he was their son throughout his childhood? Those questions were racing through my mind when I read that part. Also, I felt sympathy for him. Something must have really gone wrong for him to have ended up like that.      

            Some people think that dreams are visions of the future or messages. Some people think that dreams are just dreams and they don't mean anything. I'm one of those people that believe dreams are just dreams and nothing more. This has made me question what I believe about dreams. This book shows how dreams can actually change a person for worse or for the better. Especially with scenes so vividly detailed it's hard to not see it as a movie.