We Awaken

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Victoria Dinham doesn t have much left to look forward to Since her father died in a car accident, she lives only to fulfill her dream of being accepted into the Manhattan Dance Conservatory But soon she finds another reason to look forward to dreams when she encounters an otherworldly girl named Ashlinn, who bears a message from Victoria s comatose brother Ashlinn is tasked with conjuring pleasant dreams for humans, and through the course of their nightly meetings in Victoria s mind, the two become close Ashlinn also helps Victoria understand asexuality and realize that she, too, is asexual.But then Victoria needs Ashlinn s aid outside the realm of dreams, and Ashlinn assumes human form to help Victoria make it to her dance audition They take the opportunity to explore New York City, their feelings for each other, and the nature of their shared asexuality But like any dream, it s too good to last Ashlinn must shrug off her human guise and resume her duties creating pleasant nighttime visions or all of humanity will pay the price. Best Download eBook We Awaken by Calista Lynne – kino-fada.fr The cover of this books is so, so beautiful and I m happy to say that everything inside of this book is beautiful too If you re looking for a book to help your understanding of asexuality or would like to broaden your mind, you NEED to pick this book up Calista Lynne writes this story in a great, easy way to help the reader understand asexuality and her writing is amazing It s the kind of book you can read in one sitting The writing is easy and poetic at the same time making it a great, page The cover of this books is so, so beautiful and I m happy to say that everything inside of this book is beautiful too If you re looking for a book to help your understanding of asexuality or would like to broaden your mind, you NEED to pick this book up Calista Lynne writes this story in a great, easy way to help the reader understand asexuality and her writing is amazing It s the kind of book you can read in one sitting The writing is easy and poetic at the same time making it a great, page turning book that you ll never want to put down Although I liked the characters I didn t manage to get attached to any of them The romance fell a little flat to me too The book is small and I understand that there isn t a lot of pages to dedicate to building up the relationship between the two main characters, Ashlinn and Victoria but I found that some parts of this book had too much detail...Originally posted on Bookshelves Paperbacks I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review Thank you to the author and the publisher for allowing me this opportunity to read it in advance.Calista Lynne s We Awaken follows the story of Victoria Dinham, who is still very much struggling to deal with the aftermath of the accident that took the life of her father, and put her brother in a coma a year ago Things get a little strange when Victoria is paid a visit in her dreams Originally posted on Bookshelves Paperbacks I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review Thank you to the author and the publisher for allowing me this opportunity to read it in advance.Calista Lynne s We Awaken follows the story of Victoria Dinham, who is still very much struggling to deal with the aftermath of the accident that took the life of her father, and put her brother in a coma a year ago Things get a little strange when Victoria is paid a visit in her dreams by Ashlinn, who claims to have a message from her comatose brother Victoria finds herself drawn to this dream girl and finds that their nightly meetings are what she looks forward to most As the two girls grow close, Ashlinn helps Victoria realize...First of all, just look at that beautiful cover and how gorgeous it would look just sitting on your shelf I got an e ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review and when I heard that this book was a fantasy with asexual characters and something about the dream world, I couldn t resist reading it right away And it wasn t that long so didn t take me much time either Now as to what I think about this book, my thoughts are conflicted So I m just going to lay it all out for you Positive First of all, just look at that beautiful cover and how gorgeous it would look just sitting on your shelf I got an e ARC from the author in exchange for an honest review and when I heard that this book was a fantasy with asexual characters and something about the dream world, I couldn t resist reading it right away And it wasn t that long so didn t take me ...Thanks to Netgalley and Harmony Ink Press for providing the ARC in exchange for an honest review.It is really hard for me to write a proper review for this book.First of all, I have to admit that I wanted to read this book especially because of its gorgeous cover, like many other people here But the description also sounded v...I was interested in this book because of the gorgeous cover but, mostly, because it focus on something that s not really portrayed or even talked about in any media asexuality I read this book very quickly, which means I was definitely entertained the writing is beautiful and overall, this novel is a really nice read unfortunately, although there were many good points moments in this book, I can t say I really cared for the plot I feel like it needed a fewpages to really have some dep I was interested in this book because of the gorgeous cover but, mostly, because it focus on something that s not really portrayed or even talked about in any media asexuality I read this book very quickly, which means I was definitely ente...My video review can be found here was sent an arc to review from the author I want to thank Calista Lynne for the wonderful opportunity to review her debut novel All thoughts and opinions are my own The artistic prose Lynne paints with introduces us to a female sandwoman, Ashlinn, who shows us the beauty in dreams as well as the beauty life has offer Our main protagonist, Victoria has recently experienced a traumatic life altering event While working through t My video review can be found here was sent an arc to review from the author I want to thank Calista Lynne for the wonderful opportunity to review her deb...Things I loved about this book The main character and the main character s love interest are both asexual The cover There are excellent explanations of asexuality without it feeling like an infodump The dream elements of the story were fascinatingThings I was confused about with this book How old Victoria s brother was supposed to be I mean, he s her YOUNGER brother, so he s 17 at the oldest And a lot of the time, it read like he was meant to be 14 16 But at other times, it seemed like Things I loved about this book The main character and the main character s love interest are both asexual The cover There are excellent explanations of asexuality without it feeling like an infodump The dream elements of the story were fascinatingThings I was confused about with this book How old Victoria s brother was supposed to be I mean, he s her YOUNGER brother, so he s 17 at the oldest And a lot of the time, it read like he was meant to be 14 16 But at other times, it seemed like he was 7 or 8 So basically, any time he was discussed, I was trying to work out how old he was and failing constantly Why there were so many random side plots Likewhy was there the whole ballet audition side plot when we never find out the outcome Why was there the going with Ellie to get a tattoo side plot Why was there the go to Ellie s for a sleepover side pl...Finished reading June 27th 2016 You know your sexuality isn t set in stone There arethings than just gay or straight A copy of this book was kindly provided to me by Netgalley and Harmony Ink Press in exchange for an honest review Thank you view spoiler I was immediately intrigued when I first saw the cover and read the blurb, so when I was able to get a review copy at Netgalley I decided to read We Awaken straight away This novel by Calista Lynne has the promise of a Finis...2.5 starsI was really excited to read this book but sadly I wasn t a fan of the writing and the overall plot Also found the romance to be a bit insta lovey.I did like that it touched on asexuality and explained certain aspects of it.As someone who falls under the ace spectrum, I was really looking forward to reading this book Unfortunately, I was left disappointed Great asexual representation and explicitly explains what asexuality is through the lens of the protagonist who is asexual Beautiful, dreamlike writing befitting of the stories tone and themes Despite its very short length, the overarching story was very, very lacking and boring It was difficult to feel invest...

We Awaken
  • English
  • 08 January 2018
  • ebook
  • 180 pages
  • 1634769961
  • Calista Lynne
  • We Awaken