The Dream Spell
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3.7 • 79 Ratings
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- $4.99
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
When she cast the dream spell, all she could think of was what she wanted, never of the consequences…
After years of trying to have a baby through IVF, Sophie Quinn’s marriage breaks up. In her attempt to start a family, Sophie had put the rest of her life on hold, including a thriving business, so now at thirty-five she’s single again, living alone in a tiny apartment, with a dead-end job, trying to pick up the pieces of her life.
The last thing she needs is to start having erotic dreams about a handsome blonde stranger who turns out to be a real person. Vic Rose, the new manager, walks into the office to discover the beautiful auburn haired woman he’s been dreaming about is not a figment of his imagination either.
Sophie and Victor are just as drawn to one-another in real life. But neither are prepared to admit to the dreams they've been having, not until Sophie finds out she's pregnant with a child that could only have been concieved in her dreams...
Customer Reviews
Great read
This was a great story. It even had me having my own vivid dreams. It would have been 5 stars of not for the many editing errors on most pages.
Not bad
It wasn't bad but there were errors so yeah it was alright.
Not great
Such an interesting concept for a book, I started reading with high hopes. I thought arts of how she wrote about miscarriage and the rollercoaster of Trying To Conceive were perceptive and accurate. However, I found the two main characters fairly unlikeable overall (particularly by the end of the story). The huge amount of time and detail spent describing their workplace, whilst still being completely non-specific about what they actually did or who they worked for, was distracting as well as confusing.
SPOILER ALERT:
the birth was one of the most horrible, outdated birth stories I've ever read, and the woman became completely horrid during it. If you haven't had children yet, don't read it - she keeps going on about the 'agony', and becomes generally horrible to all around her. The birth doesn't happen until the old male doctor is there telling her what to do (?!?!), then the perfectly healthy baby is wrapped up before being placed on mum, then taken away again to be weighed and measured- these days it's actually acknowledged that uninterrupted skin to skin contact is best after a healthy birth. Then the placenta is rapidly shoved out (hello - up to an hour later is normal!) so the cord can be cut (read up on delayed cord cutting and the reasons more people are choosing it). Mum is then told the baby 'should' be swaddled (hello - personal choice!), the first breastfeed results in major pain ( not for everyone) and they take baby home and pop him in his nursery alone (I would've thought they'd keep their miracle baby in their own room at least!). But no, they can't because the man and woman are getting intimate that very night!! I cant imagine many men are getting oral pleasure the first night their partners are home from hospital after giving birth!!
Overall, a good concept which completely failed to deliver, with characters who became more unlikeable as the story progressed. I wish I could have liked it more...