Realms of Dreams & Shadows
J. Kenner
Dark Fantasy Horror
Some nightmares follow you out of the dark.
Cora Lyte knows how she’s going to die. The same way her mother did. Her grandmother. Every woman in her bloodline who closed her eyes and never woke up.
But she’s not dead yet.
Now she’s caught between two men who haunt her in very different ways—Chase, the golden-eyed Hunter sworn to protect her, and Adric, the silver-eyed king of the Nightmare Realm who claims Cora as his bride. One speaks of salvation. One whispers of power. Both ignite something dangerous in her blood.
The veil between realms is thinning, and a prophecy has painted a target on Cora’s back. Her wrong move could unmake reality itself. Chase has sworn to keep her safe. Adric has sworn to make her his. And Cora is falling for them both—even knowing the wrong choice won’t just break her heart. It could shatter the world.
The only thing more dangerous than falling asleep… is falling in love.
Uncaged Review: In this story, the author has developed different realms, and Cora is at the center of the chaos. Nightmares have plagued her family for generations, and when her mother is killed in one of her nightmares, it’s Cora’s turn to carry out this horrifying legacy. At the heart of the dreams is a Hunter and the Nightmare King, and the King wants Cora to be his bride so he can tear down the barriers between realms and control them all (there are 5 total), but the Hunter continually saves her in her dreams and when she meets Chase in real life, she knows that he’s the Hunter in her dreams. During this time, Cora goes to St. Augustine for college and meets Tia, the type of friend she’s never had before.
This book is very intricately detailed and as it went on, some questions were answered, but more popped up. And the whopper of a cliffhanger at the end was a doozy and since this is a new release, I don’t know when the 2nd book will be released. All-in-all, this book is a good beginning (and confusing at times) and it will be great to find the answers in the next book. Reviewed by Cyrene
4 Stars
*As of this posting, Book Two has released
