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|reviewer= Louise Jones
|genre=Teens
|summary= Aiden discovers that his dreams have the power to unlock special abilities, but he soon attracts unwanted attention from the head a secret organization, keen to explot exploit them for his own ends.
|rating=3.5
|buy=yes
The fact that the story was set in Wolverhampton was particularly appealing to me. It was refreshing to see the West Midlands as the centre of the action for once, rather than the usual settings like London or New York.
I must admit that the plot initially felt very similar to ones we've all seen before and sometimes read like the 'I Spy Book of Tropes'. Unsuspecting hero? Tick. Damsel in distress? Tick. Evil head of shadowy organization? Tick. This was further exacerbated by the fact that most of the main characters lacked depth. For example, Fabian, Aiden's best friend, is is a stereotypical sidekick. He has no back-story and all that we know about him is that he is popular with the girls and is physically strong. The same is true for Aiden's love interest, Lauren, a cardboard-cut-out girlfriend with no real personality of her own. On the other hand, some of the minor characters, like Rosa and Ernest had depth of character and interesting back-stories that provided motivation for their actions.
The unique plot point of the story was sadly underused. It was the idea that the Lucerin unlock their abilities by means of Lucid dreaming; that strange phase between sleep and wakefulness that allows the dreamer to take conscious control of the dream. This is, in itself, a fascinating premise and I would have liked whole chapters to have been dedicated to Aiden's dreams and how the unlocking his new abilities affected him. Unfortunately, this aspect was glossed over and I felt that the author missed a real opportunity here to utilise an intriguing plot device that would have added an extra dimension to the storytelling.

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