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The Lost Dreamer (The Lost Dreamer Duology, 1)

Lizz Huerta

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Apr 28, 2022 Hannah added it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio, ya, 2022, fantasy

Certainly part of the reason I didn't connect with this as much as I'd hoped is that I did it as audiobook and took too long to get through it, since I only listen to audiobooks while out walking and I was also working through some podcasts. I was super not a fan of the person who narrated Indir's chapters because it always sounded like she was crying, and that further took me out of the story.

The Mesoamerica-inspired setting and the worldbuilding were fantastic and refreshing to see in a genre ...more

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Aug 18, 2022 Emma rated it it was amazing

Indir is a Dreamer. Growing up in Alcanzeh surrounded by her sisters in the Temple of Night, Indir has always been protected. Her gift to Dream truth earns her respect both within the temple and the city beyond.

But change is coming and this cycle will end in chaos before another can begin.

With the king's death Indir's gift is a threat to Alcan--the king's heir intent on dismantling the kingdom's traditions and rituals--especially those surrounding the Dreamers.

Saya is a seer. She walks the Dream Indir is a Dreamer. Growing up in Alcanzeh surrounded by her sisters in the Temple of Night, Indir has always been protected. Her gift to Dream truth earns her respect both within the temple and the city beyond.

But change is coming and this cycle will end in chaos before another can begin.

With the king's death Indir's gift is a threat to Alcan--the king's heir intent on dismantling the kingdom's traditions and rituals--especially those surrounding the Dreamers.

Saya is a seer. She walks the Dreaming but she is not one of the revered Dreamers. Instead she travels from village to village with her calculating mother only staying long enough for Saya's mother to explore her gift and get everything they can before moving on. Saya knows her mother is hiding things from her, but this unmoored life is also the only one she has ever known.

As Indir and Saya search for answers, both young women creep ever closer to the chaos and danger that threatens from all sides. When everything they know is threatened, both Indir and Saya will have to choose between staying to fight and running to survive in The Lost Dreamer (2022) by Lizz Huerta.

The Lost Dreamer is Huerta's debut novel and the start of a duology inspired by ancient Mesoamerican mythology. The story alternates between Indir and Saya's first person narrations offering different perspectives on both the kingdom and Dreaming.

With readers dropped into the middle of the action, The Lost Dreamer is a fast-paced fantasy filled with surprising twists and high stakes. The less you know about how the pieces fit together, the more satisfying all of Huerta's reveals will be. Themes of female solidarity and friendship play well against the matrilineal history underpinning this richly developed world.

Possible Pairings: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi, A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown, A Thousand Steps into Night by Traci Chee, The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco, Ever Cursed by Corey Ann Haydu, The Bone Charmer by Breeana Shields ...more

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Aug 06, 2021 katayoun Masoodi marked it as tbr-ebook · review of another edition

Shelves: ebook, fantasy, ya

Oct 25, 2021 Liz marked it as to-read

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Sep 28, 2022 Tiffany marked it as to-read_later

Shelves: teens, to-read__fic, hispanic-heritage

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