I read many reviews of this book prior to getting an ARC, and I was disappointed afterward to find that, 1, none of the reviews or synopses I'd read had mentioned that drag culture was a huge element of this book, and 2, that so much of this book relies on cis white gay culture, and stereotypes derived from this culture. This does not make for an inclusive reading experience for many people in the LGBTQ2S community. ( )

This was a snoozefest and that's putting it mildly. If you weren't already able to tell by the rating, "Reverie" was a huge disappointment for me, which nearly breaks my heart because from the get-go (the cover, blurb and everything in between) left me enthusiastic to dive into this read and within a span of a few chapters, it almost pained me to say that this wasn't what I had expected. The plot was too confusing and overwhelming, the author's writing style that was featured was too dry, mediocre and lame for such a large concept in which failed to meet all expectations and didn't have that wow factor to win me over.

I will give kudos to the author for the originality, queer inspired tale that pulled me to this read at the beginning. Sadly it just didn't do much for me and it's better for me to drop this now before I get too deep. Let's just hope the next one is a keeper.

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It's ok, but I'm old, so I'm not the target audience. I can see younger folk liking it more than I did. ( )

Reverie is a fantasy YA novel that follows Kane Montgomery, a gay high school student who was involved in car crash that somehow gave him long-term amnesia. The story starts off with the reader being just as confused as Kane is as he's trying to piece together what exactly happened to him.

I enjoyed this book. Though, I felt like I would get lost in the Reveries too much. La Sala did an WONDERFUL and AMAZING job at descriptions, but I would sometimes get lost in that world and then not fully understand what was happening with the characters.

I'm still a bit confused as to how the Reveries happen and manifest. It was explained in the novel, but I think I missed most of it? I just couldn't wrap my head around them well enough to enjoy the story. It was difficult for me to connect with the characters as well. I don't know if it had to do with being just as confused as Kane was or if it was just too much information for me to gather.

Either way, this YA queer fantasy book is not like any others - and that's kind of hard to find nowadays isn't it? ( )

I decided to round this up on here, but for me personally this was a 3.75. I really enjoyed it, but it isn't one that I would likely read again. It was, however, lots of fun to read. This book was like going from one fever dream to another to another quite literally! Reveries are daydreams/fantasies that people have but that come to life and everyone around them is sucked into their reverie and take on their parts to play not realizing that this isn't how the world is supposed to be. Our main character is a gay boy but that doesn't really play much into the actual storyline, though one reverie does take them to a planet "full of the gays". There are a group of teens that somehow are lucid during these reveries and have special powers to use during them and they try to ensure that the reveries come to a conclusion and no one gets hurt or remembers it after the fact. Also there is a mystical drag queen throughout the story, and it is just a wild ride! ( )