The Vault of Dreamers (The Vault of Dreamers #1) by Caragh O'Brien.

"An idea that had great potential but the lackluster relationships and annoyingly fierce independence of the Protagonist sent this reader blissfully to sleep. "

2 Stars

Pros: Definitely a unique and interesting idea/I liked the vague dystopian eeriness of O'Brien's world at The Forge School .

Cons: A lot of the relationships felt forced and I wanted to feel for Rosie but her blatant naivete and rabid determination just got old. Her fierce independence and determination, her attitude of, "I'm the only one that can do it" just felt overdone.

Full Review:

Rosie Sinclair is an imaginative and creative girl who's struggling through the first semester at the prestigious art school she's attending. Not only is it full to bursting with promising young stars, giving Rosie plenty of inspiration for her budding film career. But it also happens to be the set of the #1 Reality TV Show in the world. There are cameras on the students, 12 hours a day and then they're given medication so that they can spend the next 12 hours asleep, letting their imaginations run wild.

But Rosie misses the quiet of night time and so, in direct disobedience of the rules, Rosie skips her pill and sneaks out of her room so she can feel the rain on her skin and revel in the silent solitude. Of course, when she crawls back into her sleep shell and notices later that one of her classmates is having a seizure and being tended to by two faculty, she starts to wonder what's going on.

Thus a mystery is born and Rosie's the only one who can solve it.

Though it had great potential and I was definitely intrigued all the way up until the 50th time that nobody believed Rosie cause her footage got erased, in the end, it all just fell kind of flat. O'Brien has a definite page turner but the plot and characters eventually felt forced and overdone. I don't think I'll be continuing the series.

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