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PrimaGigi
Sep 09, 2015PrimaGigi rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Lair Of Dreams takes place after the Pentacle Killer (John Hobbes). Evie O'Neill has told the world she's a Diviner. Much aganist her Uncles chagrin. She becomes an overnight sensation, dubbed "the Sweetheart Seer" she has a popular radio show, where she uses her powers as cheap parlour tricks. Uncovering other people's secrets constantly in objects has lead her to becoming an alcoholic. The other Diviners are trying to keep their powers hidden ; Henry DuBois and Ling Chan are dream Walkers. Henry is using his power to find his lost love Louis. While traversing the Dream World, he finds Ling. Where Henry can change the perceptions of the dreamers dreams, Ling can find and talk to the dead. With Evie becoming New Yorks "It" girl and Ling and Henry traveling together in dreams, there is a mysterious sleeping sickness spreading throughout the city. A evil force affects dreamers and their dreams. At the fringe of the sickness is a man with a stovepipe hat and Shadow Men, government cover-ups and racial tensions within the city. The Diviners must step into the dream world to save those they love and stop the sickness from spreading. It's defiantly different from the first book. It deviates away from the description. The Sleeping Sickness is barely mentioned before the story tumbles into tragic love terrtority. Jericho mooning after Evie; Evie being even shallower then before. Sam using Evie by exhorting her services to help with Project Buafflo and love triangle in a love triangle. False engagements, feelings unearthed. The end of the book is where any mention of this sickness affected one of the main characters is actually mentioned. We get a big showdown with mysterious creatures that materialize from the subway. It's all coming from dreams and the woman with a veil. No explanation of why. It seemed to be more about this man in a stovepipe hat and Project Buffalo.