Author: Mindee Arnett
Series: The Arkwell Academy Book One
Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Dusty Everhart breaks into houses late at night, but not because she’s a criminal. No, she’s a Nightmare.
Literally.
Being the only Nightmare at Arkwell Academy, a boarding school for magickind, and living in the shadow of her mother’s infamy, is hard enough. But when Dusty sneaks into Eli Booker’s house, things get a whole lot more complicated. He’s hot, which means sitting on his chest and invading his dreams couldn’t get much more embarrassing. But it does. Eli is dreaming of a murder.
Then Eli’s dream comes true.
Now Dusty has to follow the clues—both within Eli’s dreams and out of them—to stop the killer before more people turn up dead. And before the killer learns what she’s up to and marks her as the next target. - Goodreads
The Nightmare Affair is a quick and fun paranormal read that had me flipping the pages as quickly as possible to find out what was going to happen next. This book took me by surprise with how much it dragged me in and wouldn't let me go. I had so much fun while reading it that upon finishing it, I found myself wishing that I owned the rest of the trilogy so that I could simply marathon my way through it, but alas, I do not, and so the marathon will have to wait.
While I did, obviously, love this book, it does have some flaws, most of which didn't take away from my over all enjoyment of the story. The two flaws that immediately stand out to me are some aspects of Dusty's personality, and how predictable one of the plot twists was.
To elaborate on those points, there were times when I found Dusty to be a bit annoying. She takes everything at face value and doesn't stop to think about things before she acts. Of course, this is what leads to the vast majority of the events that happen in this book, but it would have been nice to have her doubt some of the things being told to her, at least a little bit. Or to have her be a bit stronger in her convictions. As for the plot twist, I'm not going to go into it because I don't want to spoil it for anyone who hasn't read this book yet, but I will say that I did guess at least one of the people who had a hand in the murders fairly early on. This part, in particular, didn't necessarily take away from my experience of the book, but it did make a lot of the things that this character did throughout the story seem far less genuine than they were supposed to feel at the time.
So, long story short, I liked this book a lot despite its short comings, and I am really looking forward to picking up the rest of the trilogy in the future. I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for a quick, fun read, or someone who wants a fun paranormal book centering around a type of creature who doesn't get a whole lot of spotlight in current media. I promise, you won't be disappointed.
Purchase: Amazon (Available in e-book, hardback, and paperback editions)
Rating: 4/5 Stars
Shelved on Goodreads As: Read, Books of 2017
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