Review: The Vault of Dreamers

Title: The Vault of Dreamers (Untitled #1)

Author: Caragh M. O'Brien

Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult

Published: September 16, 2014

I received this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

The Forge School was a reality television show for students who excelled in art. For three years the students would spend their lives on camera for an education and fame.

My first reaction to this book was What? I am not sure what actually happened there. The first one hundred pages were absolutely fantastic. The rest of the book went a little off the rails especially the last couple of chapters. The motivation of the "bad guy"  felt fluid and a little undefined. There was no real resolution to the problems posed within the story. I think I would be interested in reading the second book just to find out what was up with that ending.

The characters were engaging. I wanted to know what was going to happen to them and I was rooting for Burnham. I was also grateful the potential love triangle didn't actually happen.  I would have liked to spend more time with Burnham, Janice and Linus. I would have liked to get to know them better, deeper, than we did. Most of what we learned was on the surface.

Overall I gave this book 3 stars out of 5.