The Nightmare Dilemma (The Arkwell Academy, #2)
Mindee Arnett
The second in a thrilling new fantastical mystery series Dusty Everhart might be able to predict the future through the dreams of her crush, Eli Booker, but that doesn’t make her life even remotely easy. When one of her mermaid friends is viciously assaulted and left for dead, and the school’s jokester, Lance Rathbone, is accused of the crime, Dusty’s as shocked as everybody else. Lance needs Dusty to prove his innocence by finding the real attacker, but that’s easier asked than done. Eli’s dreams are no help, more nightmares than prophecies. To make matters worse, Dusty’s ex-boyfriend has just been acquitted of conspiracy and is now back at school, reminding Dusty of why she fell for him in the first place. The Magi Senate needs Dusty to get close to him, to discover his real motives. But this order infuriates Eli, who has started his own campaign for Dusty’s heart. As Dusty takes on both cases, she begins to suspect they’re connected to something bigger. And there’s something very wrong with Eli’s dreams, signs that point to a darker plot than they could have ever imagined.
Publication Year: 2014
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I really enjoyed this second book! It continues our story of Dusty - a Nightmare - a magical being who feeds off people's dreams. Dusty is also a dream seer - basically really special because with her partner they can see prophecies/see things before they happen. One thing I do enjoy about this series though, is that Dusty isn't a special snowflake - she really isn't good at magic and being a dream seer, half the time she can't tell what her dreams mean and misses the clues. She is however a realistic teen - as realistic as she can be with magic - and struggles with crushes and friendships. Dusty does develop more in this instalment and I really enjoyed seeing her grow - although she did get annoying at points, but I think it's because when you're older you have 20/20 vision. I enjoyed the side characters as well, but I wish we got to know them more.
The plot was quite enjoyable - if a little formulaic, but I still liked it. Dusty encounters a new mystery to solve and has to use her sleuthing skills to figure out what is going on with some students on campus. We do end up learning more about the world of the magic-kind and I really like how the author integrated the magical with the ordinary world.
Overall, enjoyable, and definitely a fun, easy, read.
0This book was just as good as the first one! I can't wait for the third book to come out; two months seems like too long!
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