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 The Nightmare Affair Review 
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 Full formatting of this review at link above. 
 I reviewed this with co-blogger Bec, her review is at the above link. 
 So we have Dusty, our protagonist, who is-of course-one of a kind. Special in a world full other creatures we are used to being in stories and fairytales. 
 Dusty is one of the few in her magical school that is less magically inclined. She can't really control her powers, and her spells never seem to turn out the way she wanted. Dusty is a living Nightmare, giving bad dreams to people in order to be able to use her magic. Amazing concept, poor execution. 
 Right away we are thrown into one of Dusty's jobs, which just happens to be on an extremely hot, popular guy from her old school. Imagine that. This is where my problems with THE NIGHTMARE AFFAIR originated. We aren't even given a glimpse of how things normally work on a normal night with a normal nightmare. Right away, things have to go wrong, and it of course has to be with a cute guy who is immune to her magic. 
 There was a love triangle. A really stereotypical hot jerk vs perfect-gentleman-who-also-happens-to be-attractive love triangle. I didn't care for either of them, they didn't have any faults and were way too perfect to be considered even semi-realistic. Dusty was an alright MC, except she came off as really childish. It almost made me think this was a middle grade novel, not young adult. 
 The mystery is what kept me reading. It was actually very hard to predict and it keeps you guessing. There are quite a few twists and I really liked how you were solving the mystery right along with Dusty. 
 I will most likely not be continuing with this series.