![]() ![]() Reveries are formed from the daydreams of ordinary people, and therefore are filled with quirks and curiosities specific to that person. The premise of this book is one that I’m insanely jealous I didn’t think of, and even when I’ve explained it to people at work who don’t generally read fantasy at all (let alone queer YA fantasy) they’ve still wanted to read it. And I particularly loved that as Kane’s past becomes clearer and clearer, there’s ambiguity about whether or not the before-Kane is a good person at all. ![]() Ryan La Sala manages to leave enough breadcrumbs to keep a reader engaged in the story, revealing Kane’s memories slowly and without masses of exposition. I’m usually very iffy about amnesia in books because it’s often handled poorly with things over-explained too early and eliminating the uncertainty of missing memories altogether, or with pieces of the puzzle scattered too scarcely leaving the reader as confused as the character. Not just his teen years, but his best friend too, and nobody seems to remember her. As those pieces start to fall together, Kane starts to find himself in a world of magic and super-powers, and he’s missing more memories than he thought he was. Reverie is a wild, slightly very wacky and completely heart-warming story about a gay teen trying to piece together his memories after an accident left him with amnesia. ![]() ![]() This book is a roller-coaster, but you know what? It’s “just gay enough to work.” ![]()
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