Genre: Young Adult
Sub Genre: Horror; Japanese
Demons, Ketsuki, The Waking, Gaijin Girl
Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars
Back Cover: Kara’s afraid to go to
sleep – until the nightmares come when she’s awake…Kara Foster is an American
outsider at her new private school in Japan, until she’s befriended by Sakura,
a fellow outsider struggling to make sense of her sister’s unsolved murder.
Then Kara begins to have nightmares, and soon other students in the school turn
up dead, viciously attacked by someone… or something. Is Sakura demanding
payback from those she thinks are responsible for her sister’s death? Or has
her dead sister come back to take revenge for herself? Evocative and
deliciously spooky, Dreams of the Dead is the first in a trilogy about ancient
myths, long-sleeping demons, and being a stranger in a strange land.
I’ve always been interested in Japanese culture, and in this
story you really get a chance to see a lot of that here. I love seeing a new
perspective of the schools outside of the Manga and Anime that I read and
watch. This story uses the mythos of Japan and creates a very chilling one at
that. I couldn’t wait to see how they where going to pull this all together and
end the story. Kara relasionship with her friends and even her father seems to
change and grow. The myth that is used brings to life the stories that one
hears and makes you feel as if you can touch them. I felt as though I was on
the edge of my seat reading this. I loved all the intrigue with in the story.
And can’t wait to read the next one in this series.
Publisher: Bloomsbury
ISBN: 159990585X
Pages: 304
Series: Gaijin Girl
Volume: 1
