THE FAERYS VIEW

As I Wake by Elizabeth Scott is a true puzzle, while reading it my mind was spinning with a twenty different theories or possibilities. It wasn’t what I thought it was going to be about; I was expecting more of a paranormal romance where this is more on the science fiction side. Don’t get me wrong-there’s undying love and plenty of weirdness but not the kind I was prepared for. This is a difficult book to review without giving away spoilers and once that happens it takes the oomph out of the book. I’ll do my best to give the reviewer’s an idea of what the book is about and you can be the judge if this is the book for you or not without the spoilers.

Ava wakes up in a hospital bed with no real feel for her identity or surroundings. There are times when something will feel familiar but not, kind of in that déjà vu way that we’ve all experienced. When she’s released from the hospital she tries to get on with her life but she starts to have visions and dreams; visions and dreams of her in another life doing other things. Some of the people in this life are present in her visions and dreams but the one that stands out the most is a boy named Morgan. In her visions and dreams they fall in love but it is a highly forbidden love. Ava is a spy that is trained to watch those that could be a threat to the government and her job is to watch Morgan but Morgan’s to smart and he knows she is watching. Their love is real and it is also scary if they are caught. Ava believes these to be dreams and visions until she sees Morgan in real life and he makes contact with her. This is as far as I’m going with this review! To say anymore would spoil the book for anyone who hasn’t read it!

I enjoyed As I Wake but I must admit there were times when I was a bit confused, this could be because the story is told in Ava’s POV and she’s often confused between reality(s). It took me awhile to figure out what was going on and when I did, I still was confused a bit. I understood the concept and the book was enjoyable in the sense that I was constantly trying to figure out what was going on. As I wake is a book that you should keep an open mind and it will increase your enjoyment factor.

THE FAERY SAYS: IT WASN'T TERRIBLE BUT MY WINGS DIDN'T FLUTTER EITHER