Reviews

Alan's Utterly Accidental Dream-Cute by A.J. Sherwood

marina14's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

podperson2206's review

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

jbo's review

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This is a lovely, sweet read looking at Alan, one of Donovan Havili's cousins, and Grant, a psychic in Tennessee. 
It's a very quick read, with some funny moments, and gives us an interesting look at a different kind of psychic.

There's no conflict here so it makes it quite a restful book as you don't have any angst over 'will they break up / won't they' - to be honest, it's such a quick read it would probably be difficult to fit that kind of story element in.

I really enjoyed revisiting (sort of, in passing) Jon and Donovan, and meeting more of the Havili family, as well as learning a little more about the psychic abilities in AJ Sherwood's world.

onyerbike's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

jeansbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

kara62000's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.0

djbrinsky's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

ashleystory's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

A very cute novella set in the Jon's Mysteries universe. Which were some of my favorite books I read in December, I'll eventually review those/reread them this year. 

This universe has psychics and anchors and I love seeing the Havili family pair off with psychics. Grant was really interesting in this one with the most unique psychic talent so far of dream-walking. 

If you haven't read A.J. Sherwood's Jon's Mysteries series, do that, before reading this one. It's still easy to understand, but you will appreciate Jon and the Havili clan so much more. 

kjenn's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

isalaur's review against another edition

fast-paced

5.0

Loved it! Such a cute story and I hope we are going to see more of Grant and Alan. The whole dream walking/tracer thing is really cool and I hope we’ll see that in future stories as well.

It’s a quick read but there’s great story and character development despite it being a novella.