Waiting on Wednesday: The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a feature hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine to feature yet-to-be-released books.

THE NIGHTMARE AFFAIR

mindee arnett

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coming march 13, 2013 

16-year-old Dusty Everhart breaks into houses late at night, but not because she’s a criminal. No, she’s a Nightmare. Literally. Dusty is a magical being who feeds on human dreams.

Being the only Nightmare at Arkwell Academy, a boarding school for magickind, and living in the shadow of her mother’s infamy is hard enough. But when Dusty sneaks into Eli Booker’s house, things get a whole lot more complicated. He’s hot, which means sitting on his chest and invading his dreams couldn’t get much more embarrassing. But it does. Eli is dreaming of a murder. The setting is Arkwell.

And then it comes true.

Now the Dusty has to follow the clues—both within Eli’s dreams and out of them—to stop the killer before more people turn up dead. And before the killer learns what she’s up to and marks her as the next target.

c.j.'s thoughts

So wait.  You  mean this story has (a) nightmares, (b) magic, (c) boarding school, and (d) a murderer!?  So, basically this book was written for me, yes?  Narcissism aside, I am already in love.  The blurb (and cover) have a very Neil Gaiman-esque feel.  Which is never not a good sign.  There's nothing better than horror with some magic and some whimsy.  I get from it memories of The Graveyard Book, only for teens.  Which is good.  Because teens are fun and a little implied romance is okay.  Because there's nothing wrong with teenage romance.  Especially when the boy is only mentioned in the blurb and is not described as "that omg dark devilish mysterious sexy stranger who changes everything 'cause the main character has no life basically".  But I'm not bitter.  Anyway, this sounds fantastically promising.  And comes out just before my birthday!  Hint hint.