The Dreamcatcher Trilogy

Title: Wake, Fade and Gone
Author: Lisa McMann
Publisher/Year:  Simon Pulse, 2008-2010
Series?: Dreamcatcher series
Genre: YA fiction, fantasy/paranormal
Source: Burbank Central Library

This series is about Janie, who gets sucked into dreams whenever people around her fall asleep. The result of this being she lives as an outcast, she has only one real friend and her alcoholic mother pretty much ignores her. Until one day she falls into the dreams of Cabel, the awkward boy who grew up into a good looking guy, who has terrifying nightmares that Janie becomes a participant in.

Lisa McMann did a really good job writing in the third person so that it wasn't too distracting. These books are a very interesting concept and McMann does really well on developing Janie's ability throughout them. The first book is managing to control it, the second book was for using the ability for a good cause, and the third laid out a future and Janie's options for her ability. The chemistry between Cabel and Janie was amazing, they both come from horrible family backgrounds that seem to follow and haunt them into their adult lives, but when they work together they are able to find peace and manage their fears.The second book Fade was by far the best in the series, as it had the most coherent plot and suspense of all three of the books.

Rated as a whole I would give the series a 3.5 out of 5 stars, and a definite read for anyone who likes paranormal/fantasy.