The Unofficial Book Blitz: Dream Boy by Madelyn Rosenberg and Mary Crockett

Dream Boy
by Madelyn Rosenberg and Mary Crockett
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Release Date: 07/01/14

Read my review for Dream Boy

Synopsis: 

Annabelle Manning feels like she’s doing time at her high school in Chilton, Virginia. She has her friends at her lunchtime table of nobodies. What she doesn’t have are possibilities. Or a date for Homecoming. Things get more interesting at night, when she spends time with the boy of her dreams. But the blue-eyed boy with the fairytale smile is just that—a dream. Until the Friday afternoon he walks into her chemistry class.

One of friends suspects he’s an alien. Another is pretty sure it’s all one big case of deja vu. While Annabelle doesn’t know what to think, she’s willing to believe that the charming Martin Zirkle may just be her dream come true. But as Annabelle discovers the truth behind dreams—where they come from and what they mean—she is forced to face a dark reality she had not expected. More than just Martin has arrived in Chilton. As Annabelle learns, if dreams can come true, so can nightmares.

Advanced Praise

“Dream Boy explores the mysterious world of dreams, where we access our deepest desires…the authors expertly weave fantasy and the real world in a perfect blend.” -- Erica Orloff, author of In Dreams

"Eerie, twisty, fast and funny, Dream Boy will forever change the way you see your dreams--and your nightmares. An exciting, imaginative look at what might happen when people from the corners of your mind suddenly show up in your real life." -- Lois Metzger, author of A Trick of the Light

Reviews

“The perfect book to add to your summer reading list. An awesome balance of love, humor and action, this new read may just be your dream come true!” – GirlsLife

"Hits the chick-lit and romance buttons, adding suspense and an intriguing idea as well for nicely rounded entertainment." -- Kirkus Review

"An original, twisty paranormal romance." -- Booklist

“Five stars... Perfect writing, perfect characters … perfect plot.” -- Paperback Wonderland

“Dream Boy skillfully and creatively tackles the common theme of good and bad dreams coming alive.... The writing is tight and well-paced, and nicely balances action with Annabelle’s character development as she tries to unravel the mysteries of... her dreams. Her teenage voice is spot on: unsure of herself, but spirited, with a sarcasm that masquerades as confidence. The plot twists and moves in unexpected yet fascinating directions." -- The Roanoke Times

Dream Boy

by Mary Crockett & Madelyn Rosenberg

I’ve always been a dreamer. Daydreams. Night dreams. Dreams of grandeur and dreams of escape. If I were an onion and you peeled back the papery outside, you’d find layer after layer of eye-watering dreams. And in the center, where there’s that little curlicue of onion heart? There’d be a puff of smoke from the dreams that burned away.

It was all just brain waves, I thought—disconnected, like the notebook that my friend Talon keeps. She draws a line down the middle of the page; on the right she writes everything she remembers about a dream, and on the left she puts notes about the stuff that’s happening in real life, things that might trigger her subconscious. Reality on one side, dreams on the other—a clear line between the two.

But it turns out there are no clear lines, just a jumble of what is and what might be. And all of it is real.

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Keep reading! You can check out the first three chapters here:

https://marycrockettbooks.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/dreamboy_excerpt_proof.pdf

Want to find out what Mary and Madelyn really think about each other? The authors interview each other here. (You have to watch to the end to find out who doesn't like to eat snakes in their sandwiches.)

Got a Book Club that might be interested in reading DREAM BOY? Check out the DREAM BOY Discussion Guide.

The DREAM PARTY Pinterest page has ideas about throwing a theme party.

The DREAM BOY inspiration page can show you some of the things that got Mary and Madelyn thinking.

Mary Crockett likes turtles, licorice, and the Yankees. Madelyn Rosenberg likes cats, avocados, and the Red Sox. Luckily they both like the weirdness of dreams (and each other) enough to write novels together. The friendship has survived three moves, six kids and countless manuscript revisions. Madelyn lives just outside of Washington, D.C. Mary remains in the mountains near their hometowns in southwestern Virginia.

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Dream Boy by Madelyn Rosenberg & Mary Crockett

Dream Boy
by Madelyn Rosenberg & Mary Crockett

Publisher: July 1st 2014
Release Date: Sourcebooks Fire

Rate: Enjoyed it (4,5 stars)

Synopsis:

Annabelle Manning feels like she’s doing time at her high school in Chilton, Virginia. She has her friends at her lunchtime table of nobodies. What she doesn’t have are possibilities. Or a date for Homecoming. Things get more interesting at night, when she spends time with the boy of her dreams. But the blue-eyed boy with the fairytale smile is just that—a dream. Until the Friday afternoon he walks into her chemistry class. 

One of friends suspects he’s an alien. Another is pretty sure it’s all one big case of deja vu. While Annabelle doesn’t know what to think, she’s willing to believe that the charming Martin Zirkle may just be her dream come true. But as Annabelle discovers the truth behind dreams—where they come from and what they mean—she is forced to face a dark reality she had not expected. More than just Martin has arrived in Chilton. As Annabelle learns, if dreams can come true, so can nightmares.

Dream Boy is one of those books that makes your imagination flow from the very first page and where dreams come to true. 

Annabelle is one of those girls full of imagination, something that can help a girl who's living in the middle of nowhere. Dreaming specially about a boy, the perfect one for her, might seem harmless, but imagine Annabelle's reaction when her perfect boy suddenly walks into her science class.

Having the perfect boy for a girl, the one you dream and wish for, is hard to resist and when Annabelle decides to give in to a dreamy relationship with him, dark things start to lurk and threaten to shatter her world. Because crossing the lines between the dream world and the real one left an open door for her dream boy, but also to something darker waiting to be released.

Mary and Madelyn have wrote an amazing and mind-blowing story for all those dreamy YA fans out there who are always fantasizing. In Dream Boy, readers have the opportunity to live through Annabelle and see her dreamland and the intensity of it all transcends from the pages to the reader.

However, what brings the story to another level is the intensity and chemistry between the three characters main characters, how the relationship between Annabelle and her dream boy and Annabelle and Will, her best friend, changed and developed and how both authors brought both worlds together from time to time throughout Annabelle's story. It's simply magical and something that makes the reading highly enjoyable.

Dream Boy definitely met my expectations and went beyond what I was expecting to find in its pages. Full of romance, intense, dreamy and funny, Dream Boy explores the realm of dreams and what means to have what you dream for, with its dark side lurking in every page. There's also a lot of action and a final battle that will make your emotions go crazy. 

The story completely fascinated me and the mystery and dreamy side of it all didn't prevent me to the shocking and unexpected ending. 

I highly recommend this book to all YA readers. Explore Annabelle's real and dream world and prepare to get sucked into this dreamy, suspenseful and romantic story. 

1) During high school, my fashion sense was seriously off-kilter. I once sewed closed the neck of a sweatshirt, roped a drawstring around the waist, and wore it as a pair of pants.

2) I suck at cooking. Luckily my mother-in-law is a retired home economics teacher who feels compelled to cook at lot and send us entire meals. (I'm pretty sure she worries that without her intervention, my kids might exist on peanut butter and apple slices. And I'm pretty sure she's right.) 

3) The first book Madelyn and I tried to write together was a romance between a psychic and a werewolf. 

4) My first real job after graduate school was as a museum director.

5) As a little kid, I used to make jibberish sounds, convinced that I was speaking a language. It just happened to be a language that no one (including me) knew.

6) I wail uncontrollably when I watch movies, tv shows, even commercials.

7) I played saxophone in high school. 

8) I've published two books of poetry through university and art-house presses that have won national awards. 

9) My name was supposed to be James Alan and I was supposed to be a boy. 

10) I had a dog I loved very much who was just like Spice in Dream Boy.

Mary Crockett likes turtles, licorice, and the Yankees. Madelyn Rosenberg likes cats, avocados, and the Red Sox. Luckily they both like the weirdness of dreams (and each other) enough to write novels together. The friendship has survived three moves, six kids and countless manuscript revisions. Madelyn lives just outside of Washington, D.C. Mary remains in the mountains near their hometowns in southwestern Virginia. You can find them on Twitter @marylovesbooks and @madrosenberg or their blogs at www.marycrockett.com andwww.madelynrosenberg.com.

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