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Goodreads Link: Dreamstrider by Lindsay Smith
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Synopsis (GR):
A high-concept, fantastical espionage novel set in a world where dreams are the ultimate form of political intelligence.
Livia is a dreamstrider. She can inhabit a subject's body while they are sleeping and, for a short time, move around in their skin. She uses her talent to work as a spy for the Barstadt Empire. But her partner, Brandt, has lately become distant, and when Marez comes to join their team from a neighborhing kingdom, he offers Livia the option of a life she had never dared to imagine. Livia knows of no other dreamstriders who have survived the pull of Nightmare. So only she understands the stakes when a plot against the Empire emerges that threatens to consume both the dreaming world and the waking one with misery and rage.
A richly conceived world full of political intrigue and fantastical dream sequences, at its heart Dreamstrider is about a girl who is struggling to live up to the potential before her.
The Interview:
Outside your book who would you “Ship” your MC
with?
Wow, that’s a tough
one. I could see Livia getting along with Kell from A Darker Shade of
Magic by V. E. Schwab; I think his cockiness would help her find some
confidence, too! She likes sweet, clever, charismatic boys, so I think she and
Peeta Mellark would work together well, also.
Describe your book using emoticons.
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Currently who is your favorite author?
Right now I’m addicted
to Naomi Novik’s Uprooted, so I’m going to be delving into her
backlist. Fortunately she has a nice, big, multi-book fantasy series for me to
chew on.
Did you base some characters on people you
knew?
There are bits and
pieces of people I know in every character I write, but I don’t think any one
character has been a total copy of anyone else, either. I like to borrow my
husband’s wit, my friends’ loyalty, my parents’ names—well, I did, anyway,
for Skandal, when I needed a bunch of period-appropriate names. ;)
What is your favorite writing brain food?
Skinny Pop popcorn is
my ultimate weakness. It’s kind of getting to be a problem. I’ll pour myself a
cup and munch on popcorn while I puzzle out a plot tangle. When I finish a
draft, though, I celebrate with sushi or Italian.
About the Author:
Author of YA historical thrillers SEKRET and SKANDAL and the forthcoming YA fantasy DREAMSTRIDER (all from Macmillan Children's). Russophile, foreign affairs junkie, nerd.
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Ashley
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