Content levels
Trigger warnings
Positive tags
Hero archetypes
Heroine archetypes
Protagonist archetypes
Tropes
Synopsis
For seventeen-year-old Janie, getting sucked into other people's dreams is getting old. Especially the falling dreams, the naked-but-nobody-notices dreams, and the sex-crazed dreams. Janie's seen enough fantasy booty to last her a lifetime. She can't tell anybody about what she does they'd never believe her, or worse, they'd think she's a freak. So Janie lives on the fringe, cursed with an ability she doesn't want and can’t control. Then she falls into a gruesome nightmare, one that chills her to the bone. For the first time, Janie is more than a witness to someone else's twisted psyche. She is a participant.
Is Wake appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 14 and up.
Teen heroine involuntarily enters others' dreams, witnessing sexual content and nightmares. Contains mature dream imagery including sexual situations (not involving the protagonist) and a gruesome nightmare sequence.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, mild sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include mental manipulation, invasion of privacy, and sexual content (witnessed) (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
A teen girl with the unwanted ability to enter other people's dreams must navigate witnessing their most private moments while trying to live a normal life.