Fade

I just finished Fade by Lisa McMann. Its a fantasy book, or so i think. Its the kind of book that is so welll written it seems that it could be real life. I didn't really realise untill right now that it WASN'T realistic fiction. Its a short book, the sequel to Wake, about a girl named Janie who can slip into other peoples dreams. Did i say can? Is forced to everytiem someone in the same room as her falls asleep. SHe tumbles out of her world into theirs. And, she has the power to help, to fix nightmares, give the dreamer a change. But more than it beign about that, its about her live for her boyfriend, and whether he can move past all the side affects of her abilities.

Cabel (her boyfriend) claims hell love her froever, but Janies not so sure. She knows he loves her now, but she also knows in a few years everything could change. This brings up a serious question. Can love REALLY defy all odds? I hope so. I imagine thats what we should think, but thats one of those things thats so hard to be sure about. Janie knows that it'll be hard for her to accept the side affects, and she just doesn't know if she can trust Cabel with her heart.

This then brought me to another question. Is there anyone who will actually definately love Janie after it's all said and done? Her mother is a cruel jobless alchoholic, she doesn't know her father, and the only person who knows her secret is Cabel, and her boss. The only place that she'd be safe from dreams is complete isolation, and she's scared that that'll be her pnly option. Shes stuck, with hardly any choices and none of them easy.

It's a really thought-provoking book, and it made me re-think some things I thought i knew. Before this book if you asked me "Can love conquer all?" I'd say " I think so." Now, I say "I HOPE so."