Fade by Lisa McMann

3.5 stars

Janie and Cabel are joined together again in the next installment of the Wake series by Lisa McMann. Janie has agreed to sign on as a secret informant with the police working along side Cabe. There is a lead that came to them from the school hotline that makes them believe a teacher at the high school is having inappropriate relationships with students. Cabel tries to get information from students through random conversations but much of the investigation lies on Janies shoulders in the way of searching out dreams and interpretting them. Will they find the teacher before any more young girls are harmed, before Janie is harmed.

I will start this with a HUGE warning to any parents out there thinking of letting their child read this series. LANGUAGE, Language, language. The F*** word seems to be a favorite word of these teens and is used A LOT. A LOT! I just wanted to get that out there in case your scoping this out for your teen.

The writing style is very scattered but I think it fits well with Janie and the way her brain works... very fragmented, here one minute, gone the next. The style can be a turn off for some people but I thought it fit the story well.

There are sexual scenes in this one since it does have to do with a teacher/student sexual relationship, as well as the relationship between Janie and Cabe progressing.

I have pre-ordered Gone, the third and final book in the trilogy, and am expecting it from UPS tomorrow (release date is tomorrow Feb, 9). I am excited to read it and think it's a very interesting story with the dream catchers. Doesn't require much thought and definitely isn't a deep story, pretty shallow actually, but it makes for a fun afternoon read. I finished each of the first 2 books in under 5 hrs.