Lair of Dreams

Lair of Dreams (A Diviners Novel: Book 2) by Libba Bray

603 Pages

Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young Readers

Release Date: August 25, 2015

Fiction, Teens, Young Adult, Dreaming, Sci Fi, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, 1920s

Evie O’Neill has fought off a serial killer and lived to tell about it. Unfortunately, now everyone knows she is a Diviner. She can walk through dreams and talk to the dead. She meets Henry Dubois from the Bayou and Ling Chan from Chinatown and they each have their own agenda. In everyday life, Ling Chan suffers from an illness that makes her unable to walk without braces and crutches. Henry is looking for a lost love that he left behind when he fled to the big city. The three of them work together to find the source of the sleeping sickness that is taking over the city.

This is the second installment in the Diviners series. I recommend reading the first book before starting this one. The book has a steady pace, the characters are developed, and it is written in the third person point of view. The dialogue is appropriate for the time frame and the author uses a descriptive style to make the reader feel the atmosphere of the story. If you like historical fiction with a sci fi/fantasy twist, you may enjoy this book.