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Wake Unto Me

Lisa Cach

3.68 · Rating details · 2,775 ratings · 290 reviews

A haunted castle, a handsome young man dead for four hundred years, one heck of a scary portrait of a witch, and a treasure hunt -- not to mention a princess for a roommate! -- all await 15 year old American girl Caitlyn Monahan when she earns a scholarship to a French boarding school.

There are secrets behind the stone walls of Chateau de la Fortune, buried for centuries a ...more

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Published March 31st 2011 by Speak (first published March 1st 2011)

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Aug 06, 2010 ~Tina~ rated it it was ok

Shelves: young-adult, supernatural, read-2011, time-travel, wanted-to-love-but-couldn-t

What I thought was suppose to be a haunting love story, turned out to be something different, and not at all what I was expecting. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but sadly I couldn't love this as much as I wanted too.
Lisa Cach is a very skilled writer and the dedication to her historical details was very impressive. But I found it a bit to formal and dry and it didn't quite have that desired punch to keep me engaged.
The plot line is very clever and I enjoyed the ghostly mysteries, but then t ...more

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Mar 26, 2010 oliviasbooks rated it it was ok

Shelves: historical-fiction, young-adult-fiction, unfinished-2011, swapped-or-given-away, love-story-romance, mystery-crime-sleuthing, unfinished, urban-fantasy-paranormal, witches-sorcerers-magic, ghosts-dead-people

An unexpected, work-related reading assigment turned up, which I will use as an excuse to abandon this book after 72 pages, although I wanted to let it simmer on my bedside table for a while.

Is it so bad, you ask? Oh, it's not bad.
- I just don't care for bordom-school (oops) boarding-school stories at the moment - especially not for those including blue-blooded royal-bitch-room-mates
- the moody, goth-like, thrift-store addicted, I-am-different-from-everybody-else-where-is-my-great-destiny-invite ...more

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Jul 28, 2010 Nic rated it it was ok

Recommended to Nic by: oliviasbooks

Shelves: read-in-2011, 2011, swap

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I really wanted to like this. I had heard so many great reviews on blogs but I was BORED. I felt like I was studying a history book. It may have just been due to the fact that historical genre is not my thing (but then again I have just read two historical books this week and loved them) so I don't think that is the case. The concept had potential but it needed to have writing that flowed effo ...more

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Apr 24, 2011 Morgan F rated it liked it

Shelves: young-adult, paranormal, fantasy, supernatural, boarding-school, its-a-girl, nightmares, france, medium-sized, read-2011

15-yr-old Caitlyn Monahan is bored with her life in rural Oregon. She's interested in classical music, art history, period novels, not pop culture and boy drama. When she is offered a full-scholarship at a boarding school in France, she leaps on it. Anything that might introduce her to a more exciting life and a chance to meet her Prince Charming. However, life at the Fortune School isn't as idyllic as she would hope. Caitlyn has always been plagued by frightening and realistic dreams, which she 15-yr-old Caitlyn Monahan is bored with her life in rural Oregon. She's interested in classical music, art history, period novels, not pop culture and boy drama. When she is offered a full-scholarship at a boarding school in France, she leaps on it. Anything that might introduce her to a more exciting life and a chance to meet her Prince Charming. However, life at the Fortune School isn't as idyllic as she would hope. Caitlyn has always been plagued by frightening and realistic dreams, which she thinks are the result of having a prophetic mother. Now her dreams are becoming more and more intense, immersing her in a world 400 years in the past, a world where powerful women are burned at the stake and young men wear armor on horseback. Caitlyn is thrown into a mystery involving the Fortune School, the de Medicis, and a handsome young man named Raphael.

I think this book is marketed poorly. Its portrayed as a ghostly romance story, but its really not, at least for the first two-thirds of the story. For the majority of the book it is a historical mystery, something I particularly enjoyed. I can see how it might be boring though, to those not interested in the genre. The novel also didn't follow the stereotypical girl-goes-to-boarding-school-finds-out-she-is-special story line. Yes, there were elements in there, such as the smug bitchy girls, but for some reason it just didn't read like standard YA. The tone was different, and it definitely held my interest.

I did not like Caitlyn, however. Her whole thing was "No one understaaaaaands me. I'm too original. I shop vintage!". She is exactly the same as every other frighteningly dull teenage girl, except her taste in music and clothing was "cultured". She was not anything special, and she lacked spunk and (to play off the book's French setting) joie de vivre. Boohoo boohoo, Caitlyn, go whine up someone else's tree. Oh, and I also didn't like how her one main goal in life was to get a guy. Realistic to a vapid teenage girl, perhaps, but it still made her seem shallow. I mean, she's going to live in fucking France and her main concern is finding a hot guy? Remind me, why is she the heroine again? Oh, cuz she is the one thats gots the powahs. Got ya.

Actually, pretty much all the characters lacked life and dimensionality. The most likable for me anyway was Naomi, but that is not saying much seeing as she was also as flat as a penny on the railroad tracks. And the romance between Raphael and Caitlyn was ehhhhhhhh. At first I was like, are they actually going to take it slow for once? How can THIS BE? And then before you know it, they were all up in each other's personal spaces saying how they can't live without each other. Damn, I should have shut off my sarcasm valve. I think I jinxed it. And then Caitlyn got all depressed and shit when she thinks Raphael dies (slight spoiler here, but whatevs). Its like YOU MET HIM LIKE THREE TIMES. And you didn't even know if he truly existed for most of them!! Way to be a Bella, Caitlyn.

Also, I felt like Caitlyn either was slow on the uptake or jumped to miraculous conclusions given few facts. Are you a genius or TSTL? Decide.

Overall, it was different but at the same time painfully disappointing. It has a different vibe from the other YA paranorms (even if this review provides examples to the contrary), but it still wasn't that great. The best aspect for me, easily, was the de Medici/Templar/historical mystery thing. I like me history. ...more

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Oct 29, 2011 Sandee rated it really liked it

Caitlin Monahan described herself as freaky. Even though she has friends and a family who loves her, she still felt she didn’t belong because of her freakiness.

Dreams were always a constant companion of Caitlin. She never knew or understood what it meant so she kept a journal for her dreams. Her dreams were mostly nightmares, ghastly figures who scream at her which was why she called them Screechers.

Everything changed when she received a scholarship to a prestigious school in France. Her dreams ...more

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Mar 26, 2010 Krys rated it liked it

Shelves: medieval-renaissance, stand-alone, french-setting, medium-length-book, ghosts-hauntings, third-person-narrative, specialized-high-school, read-in-2010, arcs-i-no-longer-have

I started Lisa Cach's Wake Unto Me yesterday morning and I just finished it up. It was okay. The book started out with such promise but fell kinda flat two-thirds through.

Caitlyn has always felt out-of-place in Oregon. She studies the past, art and history, like some girls study fashion magazines and pop culture. A good evening to her is reading a book of fine art while listening to Chopin. When she gets an opportunity to study at a prestigious boarding school in France she jumps on it, forsakin ...more

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Jul 04, 2010 Kristi rated it liked it

Why was I not more aware of this book and it's awesomeness!

Ghosts, romance, an intriguing history and a mystery hundreds of years old.... yeah I'm going to say it again. AWESOME.

This novel was totally not what I was expecting. I think perhaps I was anticipating the same old paranormal romance, but that is not what I got at all. And it was a welcome change!

I have to admit that I wasn't gripped by the story initially, I remember thinking that perhaps I should put this story down... mostly because ...more

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Aug 28, 2010 Savannah (Books With Bite) rated it it was amazing

I LOVED THIS BOOK! It may not seem like a dark book, but it is. Everything in it was so surprising and emotional I want to read it again just for the pleasure of it.

Caitilyn Monahan has vivid dreams. Dreams that are real. And in her dreams she meets him. Haunted by her dreams and thoughts by him Caitilyn takes an opportunity to go to a boarding school in France, but once she gets there, her dreams are worse. All of the sudden, her dreams are so real she can’t tell the different anymore. And what ...more

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Jul 03, 2016 Bibek Thapa rated it liked it

Shelves: young-adult, paranormal-romance, historical-romance, mystery-suspense, time-travel, read-2016, full-length-novels

3 1/2 stars
The best thing about this book is how everything comes together in the end. It's like the satisfaction that you get once you've finished a very complicated puzzle. My only problem was the romance: it just felt a little forced. And the main character sometimes was a little too obsessed with finding her "Knight". Other than that it was pretty decent read.

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Sep 10, 2010 Misha Mathew rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult, gothic, fantasy-sci-fi-apocalyptic-myths

First I must say this. I can't express how happy I am, to finally see a refeshingly oiginal premise in a YA paranormal romance. I started reading YA novels again less than a year ago, but was already tired of the same stale plot- lines. Wake Unto Me doesn't have vampires, werewolves or angels. It doesn't even have a love triangle or a protagonist who annoys you to death. In short, I loved this book!

Caitlyn has always been the odd one out. Her family and peers think she is strange. She has always First I must say this. I can't express how happy I am, to finally see a refeshingly oiginal premise in a YA paranormal romance. I started reading YA novels again less than a year ago, but was already tired of the same stale plot- lines. Wake Unto Me doesn't have vampires, werewolves or angels. It doesn't even have a love triangle or a protagonist who annoys you to death. In short, I loved this book!

Caitlyn has always been the odd one out. Her family and peers think she is strange. She has always felt out of place and as not belonging. Is there some place else where she is destined to be? Caitlyn also has dreams so vivid that they are almost real. Sometimes these dreams are nightmares , sometimes pleasant. Her mother, who had the ability to foresee the future, died in an accident. When a mysterious school in France offers her the chance for a full scholarship, she immediately grabs the opportunity. The school turns out to be an ancient castle turned into a school. Within the castle lie long-buried secrets, that Caitlyn is about to uncover and which might hold the key to her destiny.

I loved the author's descriptive writing style, especially the way she has imagined the castle. I have this strange infatuation with gothic castles and am drawn to books such books. The author's description of the castle is breathtaking. I could almost imagine every nook and corner of the castle.

Caitlyn is a wonderful heroine. She's neither one of those spineless whiny female protagonists who evoke a deep desire to knock some sense in to their heads nor is she an over-the-top, almost unrealistically "tough" girl. She's believable and relatable.

Wake Unto Me eloquently combines suspense, history, myth, paranormal elements and romance. Add to that a potential literary crush - Raphael, a ghost who seems more real to Caitlyn than any "real" people. Who is he? Why is he haunting her dreams? Why does it seem like she has known him all his life? Then there is the ghost of a woman supposedly haunting the castle in search of her lost lover. There's enough mystery to keep you turning the pages. There are many twists and turns; you can never guess what will happen next.

Despite this being a dark novel, there are some genuinely humorous moments. For instance, Caitlyn's shock at the "exotic" French food or when she has to draw a naked woman in the art class. The culture shock has been described well. It's very believable since Caitlyn has never been outside her hometown before.

Wake Unto Me is a delicious gothic suspense/romance which you can savour and enjoy.Thanks to the author, I might not give up on paranormal romances just yet.

Overall:
This book combines 3 things I love - gothic suspense, history and France. Of course, I love this book!

Recommended?
Yes! You need to get your hands on this book, as soon as it releases.
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Jul 04, 2017 Nhi Nguyễn rated it it was ok

Shelves: read-in-english, paranormal-fantasy, young-adult, ebook-or-read-online, i-thought-it-would-be-great

I came to this book expecting to read a haunting love story. Instead, I got a bizarre journey to find a long lost treasure and a girl's soul traveling through times. I mean, how ridiculous does that sound? The description of this book didn't truly reflect what the book is about, and I blame whoever wrote this description. And I think this explains why the book receives such low rating on Goodreads, despite having very promising plot and premise.

I may have been felt like I was cheated and lied to ...more

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Mar 18, 2012 Anna rated it it was ok

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I almost didn't finish this book. I got really bored at the first few chapters, but I pushed through and ended up semi-enjoying this book.

It starts out with Caitlyn, who's this misfit at her school. What I didn't understand was that she didn't seem to be much of a misfit. She's got a boy asking her to a party and two really good friends, so I don't see what her problem was, but whatever.

She then gets accepted into a French boarding school. *yawn* she makes friends, yada yada. Then there's myste I almost didn't finish this book. I got really bored at the first few chapters, but I pushed through and ended up semi-enjoying this book.

It starts out with Caitlyn, who's this misfit at her school. What I didn't understand was that she didn't seem to be much of a misfit. She's got a boy asking her to a party and two really good friends, so I don't see what her problem was, but whatever.

She then gets accepted into a French boarding school. *yawn* she makes friends, yada yada. Then there's mysterious guy in her dreams and, here's the shocking part, she falls instantly in love with him! Swoon.... er, not.

And he thinks she's a ghost, and she thinks he's a ghost and there's this moment of confusion where *you* wonder if *you're* a ghost... oh, wait, that doesn't happen. You just wonder if you've died of boredom.

Anyway, and it turns out that her sleeping spirit is a ghost or something that haunts the past, and the present and the future or something, for no apparent reason.

Oh, and I almost forgot. There's this creepy, evil witchy lady who was burned at the stake and her adopted son (Caitln's love interest) keeps her heart in a box. Mmmhmm. Yeah. You read that right. Her HEART in a BOX. Just a little weird. He also worships this mother-figure, even though, in my mind, she's pretty darn evil. She kills people and seduces people and overall sounds completely insane and everyone treats her like this victim... um, no. She kind of asked for it.

So, at the end, Raphael (mysterious guy in paragraph #2) dies and Caitlyn goes into this depression and fails all of her classes. Then she finds out that Raphael took over her friend's dead brother's body (ummm, creepy, much? Isn't that something that most bad guys do?) and so she's all happy again and leads the more or less evil headmistress to the Knight's Templar treasure (yep, that made an appearance, too) and then they're all like, "yay" even though this evil lady now has the witchy lady's, Bianca's, heart and will probably rule the world with her mind control powers. Um, what? And Caitlyn's not worried about this at all? *insert eye roll*

So, I think it's pretty obvious what my thoughts were on this book. The biggest part was that Bianca and Mistress Snowe should have at least *seemed* good. They seemed more or less pure evil to me.

Not something I would recommend ...more

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Mar 20, 2011 Zemira (Kylo Ren fangirl) Warner rated it it was ok

Shelves: ghosts, boarding-school, paranormal-romance, just-kill-me-now, disappointed, urban-fantasy, get-to-the-point-already

Even though I'm a sucker for boarding schools and goth-like characters in the end it wasn't what I hopped it would be.
The beginning was interesting,unfortunately it didn't stayed that was for long.
What I hated the most was that Caitlyn fell in love with Raphael so fast. It was like: "I'm driving to my school for the first time;oohhh there's a guy on a horse,I feel somehow connected to him;what now,I am dreaming of him,he can use a sword,I can see him taking a bath,I am so embarrassed,he is the ...more

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Aug 25, 2010 Leilani Lopez rated it really liked it

Recommends it for: EVERYONE

I want a boy from 400 years ago... As long as he is my my dreams first!
Cach really knows how to write a boy who is 400 years older than you, you can only see him in your dreams, an excellent treat!
Right after reading the Prologue, I was hooked. Like most Prologues, it left me questioning and wanting more! After Chapter 1, the book had all of my attention. I sat at my brothers football practice, reading instead of watching him as I should have. This wasn't the first time Ive seen him, nothing st I want a boy from 400 years ago... As long as he is my my dreams first!
Cach really knows how to write a boy who is 400 years older than you, you can only see him in your dreams, an excellent treat!
Right after reading the Prologue, I was hooked. Like most Prologues, it left me questioning and wanting more! After Chapter 1, the book had all of my attention. I sat at my brothers football practice, reading instead of watching him as I should have. This wasn't the first time Ive seen him, nothing stopped me from reading Wake Unto Me.
The setting of the boarding school in France was well written and beautifully imagined. As was the characters of Caitlyn and her dream boy. The character of Caitlyn Monahan or as the kids of at her high school call her, Caitlyn Moan N Groan, was a pleasure reading about. Caitlyn is a girl who was the out cast at her high school and never thought she would get to have an adventure. Her dream boy was just living his life 400 years ago and thought of nothing until her met this girl who comes and goes at her convenience. What he did not know, was he was actually the dream in this story. Though he was supposed to be the knight in shining armor, but in the end, who was really saving who?

I found quite a bit of Caitlyn in myself as I continued the adventure in Wake Unto Me. I appreciated the imagery between the present and the past. While the setting was the same, the actions of the characters were very different and lovely.
Wake Unto Me was a memorable read in which I devoured at my brothers football practice. For those who may not know how long that is, it's two hours. It not only made me laugh out loud, gasp, and sigh but had my mom who was with me tempted to steal the book out of my hands and start reading herself. Cach proves that nothing can keep you away from true love. Even if you are sixteen, at a boarding school, and in a foreign country. Not only is can you fond love in a foreign country, but even in the most unlikely place.
Girls, and maybe even boys, Wake Unto Me is an eye opening love story in which you will never look at "historical" love stories the same again. ...more

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May 10, 2011 Chelle (crazytrinket) rated it liked it

Shelves: books-i-own, 2011-debut-novel

Wake Unto Me is a story of an ordinary girl (Caitlyn) who is having a freakish nightmare. She wanted something different in her life so when she received an invitation/scholarship to study in a French boarding school, she immediately jump in to the idea. There she discovered a lot about herself and the mysteries surrounding her dreams. She met a very gorgeous guy Raphael, who haunts her in her dreams. And of course, they fell in love. Instalove should I say. And also somehow she discovered that ...more

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Apr 10, 2010 Holly rated it it was amazing

Shelves: death-ghosts, historical-fiction, paranormal-romance, international-setting

Coming off of one supernatural novel set in France, I was a little leery about how this one was going to turn out because I knew I was going to draw comparisons. And Die For Me was pretty epic. But this had a different premise, a different plot, and a different kind of France (rural, as opposed to Paris).

Caitlyn hates life in Oregon. That's got to be more out there for her. When she gets an email unexpectedly from a private school in France that's offering her a full-ride scholarship, she jumps ...more

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Mar 31, 2011 Amanda rated it really liked it

Shelves: on-my-bookshelf

I'll admit it...this book made me think. My thoughts through most of this book..."Huh???" lol!!! Honestly it took a while for me to catch on to what was real and what was a dream. And even towards the end...I fell for the twists. Just when i'm thinking....oh I get it...the story suddenly changes?? And there I go again... Huh?? lol! Thats not a bad thing though. The book was interesting...the story was entertaining. And I loved that extra bit at that end that just added the cherry to the top of t ...more

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Nov 22, 2010 Mary rated it really liked it

Shelves: around-the-world-arc-tours, 2010-book-challenge, 2010-young-adult-challenge

A true time travel romance that will appeal to all of us girls everywhere. There are bits of Romeo and Juliet mixed with a modern approach that time travels back in history. The story reminded me a bit of Libba Bray's series, but I liked this one a bit more since the descriptions are to the point and not overly wordy. I am more of a dialogue person and the conversations are very realistic.

I have read several of Lisa Cach's other stories and she is excellent at mixing up her characters and their ...more

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Aug 12, 2010 Rachel (The Rest Is Still Unwritten) marked it as to-read

Shelves: i-own-but-havent-read-yet, i-own

Ooooh, i like the sound of this!
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Jun 02, 2017 Ginger Woods rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

Oh my lordy, oh my lordy. You have got to read this book! It's not only a paranormal romance but it's much different then any I've read! I found no cliches in it myself and I thought it was definitly an original idea.

The back of the book does this book no justice! Caitlyn has just started the tenth grade in Oregon when she recieves a letter from a boarding school in France. Who offers to pay her full tuition. They want her because they think she's 'special' and Caitlyn is in fact special. She ha ...more

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Apr 13, 2017 Candace Wondrak rated it liked it

A quick, fast-paced read with a great gothic atmosphere. Historical, paranormal, romance, mystery--this book has a bit of everything. I know this could've easily been a four star read if I'd read it when I was in high school.

The first twenty or so pages made me question whether or not I'd enjoy it. The prologue especially was kind of...ehhh. Didn't quite know what to think, and since my copy of the book doesn't have a summary on the back, I didn't know what I was getting myself into. After read A quick, fast-paced read with a great gothic atmosphere. Historical, paranormal, romance, mystery--this book has a bit of everything. I know this could've easily been a four star read if I'd read it when I was in high school.

The first twenty or so pages made me question whether or not I'd enjoy it. The prologue especially was kind of...ehhh. Didn't quite know what to think, and since my copy of the book doesn't have a summary on the back, I didn't know what I was getting myself into. After reading the Halo trilogy, I just wanted something different, preferably good.

And that's exactly what I got.

Caitlyn (or however you spell it because there are like a thousand variations of the name) is contacted by an expensive school in France, and all-girls' boarding school. She doesn't have great grades, so when she applies for the scholarship, she's beyond surprised when she gets it. Time skips ahead, we don't really see how her family reacts to her leaving. My parents, i know, would never have let me leave the country, even if the scholarship was to an expensive school. This I found a little...unbelievable, but I could roll with it. Once she starts dreaming of Raphael and starts uncovering the secret history with Bianca and the school and Catherine de Medici---now THAT's when it gets good! I really liked how the author wove in historical figures with a National Treasure-esque hunt.

I will admit, the last 10% took me by surprise. I did not expect that twist, and at first, I was thinking that the next chapter would be all "ha-ha, just kidding!" But...it didn't. I grew okay with the twist, and when a certain character came into the book at the last second, I totally called that particular twist. It seemed a very 90's thing to do, and maybe that's why i was able to predict it.

I recommend this book to anyone who wants a YA story that doesn't completely revolve around romance (ahem, Halo, Fallen, etc). There's a bit of insta-love, but the main character is only 15. I was boy crazy at that age, too. It's a quick read. I would've finished it in one sitting if i hadn't read the last half of Heaven (shivers) before it. ...more

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Sep 19, 2010 Brittany rated it it was amazing

Shelves: best-in-2010

I can't really put into words how brilliant and well thought out this book was! I loved the premise and wasn't expecting it to be as good as it was! Wake Unto Me blew me out of the water! It'll keep you guessing and trying to figure out the mystery eagerly as you turn the pages! Highly recommended!

First of all, this is the first book I've ever read on a book tour! If you've never participated in a book tour, I suggest you go and sign up for one now as it's an amazing experience! You ...more

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Jul 28, 2010 BOOK BUTTERFLY rated it really liked it

4.5 stars

Some girls have all the luck. High school would've been so much more interesting if I could've gone to a place like Chateau de la Fortune!

Wake Unto Me transported me into Caitlin Monahan’s world. It was a place where history and the paranormal came to life-complete with mysteries yet to be unlocked, romantic interludes with debonair ghosts and a plot filled with more twists and turns than the halls of the French castle itself.

To be honest, I was really leery about reading the book at f 4.5 stars

Some girls have all the luck. High school would've been so much more interesting if I could've gone to a place like Chateau de la Fortune!

Wake Unto Me transported me into Caitlin Monahan’s world. It was a place where history and the paranormal came to life-complete with mysteries yet to be unlocked, romantic interludes with debonair ghosts and a plot filled with more twists and turns than the halls of the French castle itself.

To be honest, I was really leery about reading the book at first—so many YA paranormal books lately have been way too heavy on the instantaneous love connection thing. It's to the point where it’s become almost comical (at least for me). When I picked up this book, I was nervous. It seemed ripe for the signature YA paranormal formula ( Awkward girl + godlike supernatural boy = Tru Luv 4-EVA) But thankfully, Wake Unto Me had so much more to offer than most YA paranormals I've read lately. With a rich, exciting plot and great conflict, everything seemed to meld together with a heaping good dollop of paranormal romance as the cherry on top. As for the romance itself, I actually found Caitlin's relationship with Raphael pretty darn alluring—it was all done with just the right amount of sizzling tension and definitely reeled me in right from the start.

But my favorite aspect of Wake Unto Me were the bits of historical intrigue interwoven throughout the narrative. This actually was what kept me on my toes more than I had anticipated and I was constantly surprised as each new clue unfolded along the way. Another thing that stood out to me was how much time the author must have spent working on the intricacies of her plot with all the clues-within-clues. All in all, Lisa Cach's efforts really showed with both the quality of the writing and her memorable cast of vibrant, quirky characters. The French boarding school setting itself was vital to a book like this and it added so much— Chateau de la Fortune was an eerie, imposing boarding school with its gothic architecture and colorful medieval history. Even the people running the school seemed to somehow be setting the stage and adding to the general ambiance of the book.

Needless to say I adored this book. I was immediately drawn in by the idea of Caitlin traveling to a strange castle and getting more than she bargained for with ghosts, eerie dreams and long-buried secrets. How can you not be interested in a novel where treasure had been hunted since the Crusades and where ghosts are said to haunt the grounds?More please! Wake Unto Me exceeded my expectations and thoroughly entertained me. In fact, I suffered a major book hang-over from my subsequent lack of sleep the next day at work. But you know what? It was well worth it. ...more

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Mar 15, 2011 Chel (The Procrastinator's Corner) rated it it was amazing

If it wasn't for the good reviews, I wouldn't have read Wake Unto Me. I've been seeing this a lot in other book blogs, but never had it never caught my interest. I didn't even know it was about witches and ghosts and french boarding schools until I read it. You know when you have no idea what a book is about, and yet, out of nowhere, the urge to start reading it attacks you? And then when you read it, bam! You're blown away. That was exactly how I met this book.

I enjoyed this book a lot especial ...more

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Mar 15, 2011 Dawn Vanniman rated it really liked it

Have you ever felt like you just didn't belong? That's how Caitlin feels in WAKE UNTO ME. Her parents have three rowdy boys involved in sports and they think Caitlin might be a little...unbalanced. It's not that her parents don't love her, they just don't know what to do with her. See, she has these dreams - sometimes terrifying nightmares and sometimes wonderful escapes into the history of Oregon (where she lives). When Caitlin gets a full-ride scholarship to a fancy boarding school in France, ...more

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Feb 21, 2011 ♥Sky♥ rated it really liked it

Shelves: reviewed-books

This book is about a American girl named Caitlyn Monahan.She can't believe her ears when she is given the chance to go to a prestigious boarding school named Chateau de la Fortune. She jumps at the chance to get out of her small Oregon town.But everything is not what is seems.

This is good read.Not the best but good.The plot lacked originality and it took a while to reach the climax. The reason I gave this book 4 stars is because of the description and love story.The story of Caitlyn and Raphael ...more

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Sep 11, 2010 Jessie rated it liked it

Shelves: 2011-debut-authors, ghosts

Someone really messed up this cover! Besides the smokey ghost, which Raphael is not, Caitlyn has black hair. The cover also screams paranormal, whereas the book was more historical, with a touch of paranormal.
Caitlyn starts at a boarding school in France. She's had very vivid dreams since she was 11, some of them are very vivid nightmares. When she arrives in France she starts dreaming of Raphael and recognizes him immediately as her soulmate. Luckily, the kissing doesn't begin there. There is ...more

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Nov 14, 2010 Melissa rated it really liked it

I liked it. It reminded me of A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray - girl who is destined to save the world is decended from magical women attending a strange private school run by same family of magical women (and of course the girl doesn't know it). Girl then finds hot boy in an unlikely place. I'm not sure which author's take I liked better. Both books are a nice mix of girl drama, scary story and romance...

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Sep 11, 2011 *Lily's* rated it it was amazing

Shelves: ghosts, school, 2011, march, stand-alone

I thought this book was actually cute. It was different from other YA, usually when the girl meets the guy, they start to makeout right after meeting, here nothing too crazy happened, it was a spooky, mystery book, it did kind of creeped me out lol, alot of unexpected things happened, who I thought were the bad guys turned out to be (view spoiler), that never happened to me before, usually in books I can tell what's going to happen so I like the surprise in this book :) ...more

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Dec 17, 2012 Sidra Umair rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romance, mystery, ghost

The novel is as mesmerising to read the second time as it was the first. For most people, the story might be a bit slow, but for me it was a maddening chase through time.
The complex paradox that is our heroine's existence through time is as confusing as it is heartbreaking.
The end leaves me a bit hollow. I wish there was more but I am content.
Perhaps I will read this book again in a few years and be hooked all over again.

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" She was floating, untethered, between two lives."

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Lisa Cach grew up in a farm near Portland, Oregon, a place she loves although she'd always trying to leave it. Wanderlust has led her to sail the Sargasso Sea, teach English in Japan, and trek the leech-infested jungles of Borneo. She has degrees in both English and psychology, two subjects that were fun to learn about but that guaranteed her low-paying jobs. Her father, she admits, may have been ...more