At first I found Reverie to be a little more middle grade than I expected but it did end up being a tad bit mature later on but not so much so I would feel uncomfortable letting my middle grade reader read it. In fact I might insist.

Reverie is extremely LGBT friendly. Though I am not personally a part of this community I fully support it and think it’s great to have diverse work out there. The main character happens to be gay, other characters are implied gay and there is an esquisite drag queen. Is that an integral part of of the story? You bet in the vein of self acceptance. Can the same Story be told with straight characters? Sure, we all have insecurities. But it’s perfect the way it is.

The underlying picture with Reverie seems to be acceptance of one’s self. Being okay with who you are as well as with the way others are. There is a little bit of mental health talk as well but not so much that it darkens the feel of the story. Over all that it is a really good Urban fantasy story. I felt the story was a little different than most about magic. I thuroghly enjoyed reading this book and am sorry my reading slump made me take so long to get through it.

Now to the synopsis:

Kane Montgomery is recovering from an accident. The police seem to think it was no accident that Kane drove his dad’s car into the historical Mill on purpose. The problem is he remembers nothing.

As he tries to figure out what happened and why it quickly becomes apparent that there is something more going on around Amity. Stranger and stranger things begin happening and people who he think are friends seem to be something else as well.

And then it happens, he gets sucked into a Reverie. More astonishing is that he has the magical ability to destroy it.

When someone he thought was helping him turns out was truly just using him a Reverie ends up deadly. Kane tries to withdraw again to keep those he loves safe but in the end Kane and his friends end up in his sister’s Imaginings and it cultivates an epic showdown that could end them all.

I love the characters and the world building in this book. It is very imaginative. Ryan La Sala is an artist with words.

So my bookling friends, I would recommend Reverie by Ryan La Sala for a fun, magical Urban fantasy read.

I give Reverie a fabulous 4 out of 5 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley for allowing me to read this book for a fair and honest review.

Reverie is due to release January 2020.