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While her desire to show that Canada has its own magic is admirable, Melling gets a little carried away in The Book of Dreams by the breadth of her knowledge of folklore and her insistence on inclusiveness. As Dana and Jean criss-cross the country in Jean's flying birchbark canoe, they encounter an exhaustive litany of fantastical creatures and real-life figures. Chinese dragons, Native Old Ones, medicine men, Sasquatch, subway trolls, Canadian woodland fairies, We-ti-ko, the giant Fingal, St. Brendan, and writer Sharon Butala all make cameo appearances in this ambitious 527-page novel, bogging down the action and making it read at times like a dim sum of fairy culture. Even so, fans of Melling's first three Chronicles of Faerie will undoubtedly enjoy Dana's blossoming romance with Jean, as well as the fruition of Gwen's and Laurel's unrequited loves. --Lisa Alward
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In a landscape of Canadian myth and magic, the fairy tale continues...
Dana of The Light-Bearer’s Daughter, now thirteen, has been in Canada for two years and she still hates it. There’s no magic! Life gets even worse for the depressed teen when she finds her gateway to Faerie—her only escape from the misery of grade 9— mysteriously shattered. In a dream, her fairy mother tells her that all the portals to Faerie have been destroyed and that it’s up to Dana to find The Book of Dreams—the key or secret that will re-open the worlds. The biggest surprise to Dana is that the magical book is to be found somewhere in Canada!
Can Dana quest in her new country the way she did in Ireland? Can Gwen of The Hunter’s Moon and Laurel of The Summer King protect her from the dark forces that seek to destroy her? And how does Jean—a handsome fifteen-year-old Quebecois classmate—figure in the mysteries that are engulfing Dana and the world of Faerie?
From Cape Breton to Vancouver, from Baffin Island to southern Ontario, Dana discovers the spirits of her new land and finds that Canada is home to magic as frightening and wondrous as anything she left behind in Ireland.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Glad I picked it up,
By Kara (Ontario) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Book of Dreams (Paperback)
After Light Bearer's Daughter (which I did not like at all), I had lost faith in O. R. Melling but this book has restored it. Dana was not so annoying and I got to hear about grown up Gwen and Laurel, which was nice (and actually the only reason I picked it up at all). I got a kick out of Dana's aunts every time that they showed up. I only wish that the original Company of Seven would have had a larger role. All in all, this was a nice way to round off the series. I know now that I shouldn't have bothered to read Light Bearer's Daughter as it didn't really add anything. My advice to anyone out there who has read Hunter's Moon or Summer King (both excellent) is to just skip straight to this installment, which is of equal quality.
5.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: The Book of Dreams (Paperback)
i enjoyed the first three books in this series and this one was a great conclusion. the heroine is a bit sad at having moved to canada and wants to return to ireland so she's very morose and takes interest in nothing. to top it off she's starting grade 9 in a new school and has no friends. then a mysterious boy transfers into her class and sticks up for her when the teacher yells at her (he yells at her because she was looking out the window aka trying to get into fairy land) this incident is important because though she tries to get into fairy land she can't because she's blocked by something, and this will determine her quest for the rest of the book; to find out why she can't get in. also, there's something not quite normal about the new kid.all in all i'd say a pretty decent book. i think that this one, more than the others, is about finding yourself. the battle the heroine goes through in this book is an inner struggle. at the beginning of the book she can't even use her magic because she's so depressed, but she gets stronger and overcomes things. plus, once again she goes it alone. unlike the previous heroines who were questing to save/ find someone, she was questing for herself, though granted, this time round she has a partner in crime. great conclusion to a great series.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very good,
By ashley (canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Book of Dreams (Paperback)
This book was really great i think O.R.Melling is a great storyteller. This book had adventure happiness sadness every emotion you could think about. I am Irish Canaian and i am so happy she mixed the magic into canada because it is a really magical place it is very beautiful just like ireland i really like that twist. I have read everyone of her books and this one was really good. The only thing i didn't really like was the ending i wish she would have went into a little bit more detail(you'll see if you read it) but overall i really recommend this book. i loved it and i hope if you are a great fantasy lover you love it to :)
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