Review: Sleep No More by Aprilynne Pike

Title: Sleep No More
Author: Aprilynne Pike
Series: Stand Alone
Published By: Harper Teen (April 29, 2014)
Source: ARC Copy Provided by the Publisher (in exchange for an honest review)
Genre: YA Mystery/Thriller
My Rating: 3 Stars

Book Description:
Lisa McMann's Wake trilogy meets the blockbuster Inception in this dark page-turner from #1 New York Times bestselling author Aprilynne Pike.

Oracles see the future but are never supposed to interfere. Charlotte learned that the hard way. If she hadn't tried to change one of her childhood visions, her father would still be alive. Since the accident, Charlotte has suppressed her visions to avoid making the same mistake. But when she receives a premonition of a classmate's murder, she can no longer ignore her powerful gift.

Then Charlotte meets someone who not only knows her secret but who also has a way for her to stop the killer. He offers to teach her how to manipulate her visions to change the future. But doing so will put Charlotte in the path of the murderer.…

Aprilynne Pike's bestselling Wings series was called "remarkable" by Stephenie Meyer, bestselling author of the Twilight Saga. And her most recent novel, Life After Theft, was cheered as a "whirlwind adventure" by School Library Journal. Now Aprilynne returns with this exhilarating departure from her previous novels. Sleep No More is a psychological thrill ride that is sure to keep readers' hearts racing until the very end.

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Where to begin on this one? This isn't an easy review to write because honestly, there were so many aspects of this book that I loved and so many that were just okay and very predictable. And while sometimes predictability is okay, other times it isn't. 

I have to give the author and HarperTeen kudos for the cover and the synopsis because they both really draw you in and demand that you pick up the book and just read.

I loved the whole concept of the Oracles. What they could do, what they were forbidden to do and how hard it was for them to have visions and lead a normal life. What I didn't love about it was how much information about them and the Sisterhood was kept from us. I never felt like all my questions were answered about them. Yes we get by the end of the book, why things were forbidden but we still never really learn all there is to about them, which was a little disappointing because I really did enjoy the whole idea of their powers and being able to alter the future.

Having said that though, what we do get to see and learn, was pretty awesome. I loved the dream world and the visions that we are able to look into more. 

As for the killer, that is where the predictability came in, at least more me. I saw right away where things weren't right and were Charlotte was in trouble, but, again, not so bad, it was okay mainly because, towards the end, there were a lot of twists I didn't see coming. Things that I never guessed were linked and connected.

Overall I liked this read, it was easy, it was fast paced and the idea and concepts fun and original. The ending could have been better but it left it wide open for a sequel (not that I think there will be one but the possibility is there). 

*All thoughts and opinions are my own and were not influenced by the author or publisher. I was not compensated for this review.*