This is the sequel to Amanda’s book, Rapid Eye Movement. It follows on from this as Jennifer’s life takes on a new purpose three years after the events of the first book.

This is for fans of Amanda’s first book. I found her writing style very good, the story flows well. Very well researched and likeable characters.

Recommended.

Book Review

Basic Details:
Book Title: The Dreaming
Subtitle:
Author: Amanda Sheridan
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Part of a series? Yes
Order in series: 2
Best read after earlier books in series? Yes

Overall score:
I scored this book 5/5
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Short Summary of the book:
Jennifer now lives in Tel Aviv with her husband Ilan, her cats and has a job at an animal rescue centre. When Mossad lose contact with Ilan, they call for Jennifer’s help in a desperate plea to rescue the mission. Will she succeed in locating her husband through her dreams, or is the plan, and subsequently Ilan, doomed?
What I liked about the book:
It was action-packed and full of unexpected twists and turns.
What I didn’t like about the book:
There was nothing to dislike.
My favourite bits in the book:
The action and determination.
My least favourite bits in the book:
There were none.
Any further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?
This is the second book I’ve read by this author, and can’t wait to find out what happens next. However, the next book in the series is not yet out, so I’ll have to find some patience.
What books could this be compared to and why?
This is a contemporary fiction novel with a hint of the paranormal and some spy novel elements.
Recommendation:
In summary, I would recommend this book to the following readers:

Children No
Young Adult Possibly
Adult Yes

If you like romance, spy novels and contemporary fiction, this book may be the book for you.

This is the sequel to the Brilliant Rapid Eye Movement. That book brought us to a culmination of danger and a situation risking Jennifer’s life, but it doesn’t prepare you for the hard and gritty edge of The Dreaming. It’s tense and thrilling but still wrapped in the softer words of the kind of relationship we all strive for. In this book, we are taken into the world of terrorism and underground organisation. Ilan undertakes a dangerous mission—his last. He promises to come back to her—but radio silence is broken. When it seems she has no way of getting to him, Jennifer has only one option—to go back to her dreams.

The description of the scenes in Syria is breathtaking. I love ‘going abroad’ when I read and discovering other places and cultures. The author’s image-weaving is so realistic that you can feel the sand between your toes.

The characters are believable. On one side, there are people you’d want in your corner—on the other, the worst of humanity that you’d never like to meet.

Rapid Eye Movement was brilliant, but this takes you to the edge in this gripping—yet—poignant thriller.
We have love, loss, desperation and danger—but you’ll have to read it to see if they make it out alive. We’re rooting for them.

The Dreaming is a thriller about a British woman married to a Mossad officer who has the power to see real-time events and communicate with others in her dreams. In the first book (Rapid Eye Movement) she was communicating with another woman while they were both in comas after accidents at different locations. In that book they effectively re-lived each other’s lives.

In this book Jennifer (the one married to the Mossad officer), now living in Israel, is called in to help when her husband goes incommunicado while penetrating a terrorist cell in Syria. The Israelis know that something BIG is being planned. That’s why they inserted their man into the field in the first place. But the loss of communiations threatens to compromise the entire mission.

That’s where Jennifer’s rare (possibly unique skill) comes into play. The problem is that such lucid dreams cannot be commanded. They have to play out as nature decrees. And the dreams can also be disturbing… especially when they bring unwanted news. But with lives on the line, the Israelis have no altertaive but to push the envelope.

The skill of the author is not only to keep the reader guessing, but also to maintain credible characterization and maintain the plausibility of the characters through the evolving situation. She sweeps the reader along with the characters in a way that makes the reader care.

One final point: the method the terrorists are proposing to use is, shall we say, more than a little topical. But I will leave you with that teaser.