Blue is for Nightmares by: Laurie faria Stolars is a very impressive book so far. Laurie captures you and pulls you into the story with her amazing description as she brings you into the picture of the characters’ situations and dreams. The settings are well depicted as well as everyone in the story. As I read I could picture the characters and the scene and felt like I was there watching the few chapters I have read play out before me. This book really grabs you and hooks you in as a reader using suspense, relatable characters, seemingly realistic situations, mystery behind some of the characters, and the one thing we have all feared at some point in our live, our nightmares.
The characters seem like people you would know in everyday life. Stacey’s grandmother passed away, and Drea is Stacey’s roommate. There’s the “campus hottie” Chad, who is Drea’s on and off ex, and the common jealousy of the friends, who in this case are Amber and Stacey with their jealousy upon Drea. How Stacey describes Drea as the girl that “even after midnight, with no visible trace of make-up, not a smidgen of cover-up, hair knotted up in a rubber band, she still looks perfect- angled cheeks, salmon-pink, pouty lips; loopy, golden hair; and cat shaped eyes with curled, let black lashes” It seems like normal college campus drama lives everyone faces at some point in the lives, making it very easy to relate to, but Drea and Stacey’s deceiving behavior and lies makes this novel mysterious.
The mystery in this book is majorly effective and gets you thinking. The depth and extent Laurie goes to make you picture and think and keep in thought of different facts she mentions throughout the chapters goes well noticed. Stacey performs spells, in which are supposed to help her, and dream about who ever she may please, but they sometimes go wrong. The deceiving actions, thoughts, and well-stated quotes puts a hold on things when trying to figure out and question the characters of the book. There is a man in the book who pops up in Stacey’s nightmares as she has these nightmares consistently, and the author keeps his identity a secret. Drea has a secret someone and whispers of which Stacey cannot hear or see, but has dropped most of the situation.
The writing style is truly magnificent. The dialog in which the characters speak show how they truly are, ay deceive some people, and is definitely easy to relate to and follow since these people could be someone that you could relate to in many ways, making it a great young-adult book. The story line isn’t jumbled too much to make it confusing, but brings you into her dreams and other places, making almost a perfection in the story line and transferring you swiftly through the book.
Perfection is a great way to describe Blue is for Nightmares. The suspense, mystery and fulfillment of the book, dialog, and characters is truly exceptional. After reading just a few pages, Laurie faria Stolarz wowed me with her stellar achievement in writing, and I am immensely impressed. I highly enjoy reading this book, as well as I highly recommend this stunning novel.
