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A Theory of Dreaming

A Theory of Dreaming

Dark FantasyFantasy
Pages
416
Published
2025
Language
English

Synopsis

Effy has achieved her dream of attending literature college, a historic first for women, but her past victory over the Fairy King still haunts her. As the academic world scrutinizes her every move, her colleague Preston begins to experience vivid, dangerous dreams of a submerged kingdom. With a war brewing between nations, both Effy and Preston must confront the blurring lines between fantasy and reality. Are dreams ever truly just dreams?

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

DarkTenseMysteriousThought-Provoking
Coming of AgePortal FantasySurvivalBetrayal

Genres

Dark Fantasy Fantasy Folklore Mythology

About the author

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Ava Reid

Ava Reid is an American author of dark, folklore-steeped fantasy, born in 1996 in Manhattan and raised in Hoboken, New Jersey. A Barnard College graduate in political science with Ukrainian Jewish heritage, she draws on Eastern European history and Jewish myth in novels like The Wolf and the Woodsman, and has since moved into gothic and literary territory with Juniper and Thorn and Lady Macbeth.

Characters

EffyProtagonist
PrestonProtagonist
Fairy KingAntagonist
All characters in A Theory of Dreaming