Dreamwalker by Carrie Cotten

This story features all three, justice, vengeance, and redemption. It’s book one of a Christian suspense series. There are interesting supernatural elements in this story. It’s a classic tale of good versus evil. Clear boundaries between them. No gray. The protagonist, though, doesn’t realize she’s the good one.

Andromeda Skyle Stone, who prefers to be called Andy, despite her super-cool name, is an agent with an unnamed secret government agency. A little cliché, but I didn’t mind. She has a special gift where she can get into people’s dreams. Not really a spoiler, given the title of the book. The agency uses her to find missing people or get information. Andy is brought in on a special mission where she faces a man with other special gifts.

For the most part, this story moves quickly, and the suspense builds until the final confrontation. The ending is well done. Though the denouement drags some. There are a couple spots where the author dumps Andy’s backstory on the reader in large chunks. The first time this happens, it’s in the middle of an intense scene. I understand breaking some of the intensity up, but I thought the first section of backstory was heavy. Other than that, the story carried me through with strong writing and good pacing.

Andy is an emotional wreck. She’s unsure of her place in the world. Along the journey, though, she meets some incredible people who help her out. There is a romantic element to the story. It’s a love at first sight kind of thing. The romance is not overwhelming, though at times descriptions of Andy’s emotions and reactions can be.

This is a Christian novel. It’s clean. No profanity, no on page sex and the violence is not gratuitous. There are some intense battles between Andy and the antagonist, but not in the usual manner. I’ll rank this one number nine. After the top two, the next thirteen are a hairs breadth apart. All very good books.

1. Thunder and Rain by Charles Martin
2. Love’s True Calling by Lori DeJong
3. Through Thorny Ways by Jennifer Q. Hunt
4. Book of Days by James L. Rubart
5. The Seven Day Resurrection by Chevron Ross
6. With Mercy’s Eyes by D.T. Powell
7. Justice by Jeff Hill
8. Already in the Kudzu by Hannah Hood Lucero
9. Dreamwalker by Carrie Cotten
10. The Last Wife by Matt McGregor
11. Loving the Rodeo Queen by Rebecca Reed
12. The Misadventures of Itchy Izzy by N.Y. Dunlap
13. Ranch Showdown by Tina Wheeler
14. The Unhired Hand by R.O. Lane
15. The Shocking Truth by Steve Rush
16. Daughter of Darkness by Ed Gorman
17. Burning Angel by James Lee Burke
18. Death in the Kremlin by E.J. Simon
19. White Gold by Michael E. Jimerson
20. Irresistible Impulse by Robert K. Tanenbaum
21. Line of Fire by Taylor S. Newport
22. The Longest Day by Terry Toler
23. Left to Die by Lisa Jackson

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