3.5 
 I was really excited for this book since i loved the first one. I loved the whole idea of a dream world and Poe in the first one and after that cliffhanger ending, i was anxious to find out the fate of Varen. Unfortuantely, i didnt enjoy it enough. 
 The characters are pretty much all the same, but Isobel is getting more independant and strong. Her parents are in it slightly more; they are worried about their daughter and i felt sorry for them because of what Isobel was putting them through. Furthermore, i dont usually like it when the parents play clueless little side characetrs, and wished they would just get involved with everything. Brad is in it a bit, obviously affected by what he went through in the first book, and i hoped he would make things more interesting, but he didnt. Pinfeaters was back, and a cool villain. 
 I wis i had something to say about Varen but he wasnt really in the book. This is what i hated the most about; Isobel spends the entore book trying to find him, and we dont actually really get to see him till the end. To top it off, he doesnt even make it out of the dreamworld by the end and we are back to square one. That means the whole book was pointless and everything was unecassary, as nothing came out of it. I felt like banging my head on the wall after i spent ages waiting for Varen and was completely let down. 
 Lack of Varen means lack of romance. There is more action in this book though and we get to learn some interesting things about Varens past. A character dies but i wont say who. The ending was probably the most interesting part, and i thing Kelly is better at writing cliffhangers than the actual book.