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Sleepless by Cyn Balog (Book Review 2010-97) 


Cyn Balog had a massive case of insomnia while writing Sleepless. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and daughters. Visit her online at www.cynbalog.com.


SOURCE:  Around the World (Princess Bookie) ARC Tour


Cyn Balog has quickly become one of my favorite new authors. In her latest retelling of a fairy tale, we get to hear about the Sandman.  Much like the tooth fairy, I grew up on this folk tale about how this person (the Sandmen) spread sand that sends you to sleep.  This is a quick read and the culture of Sandmen (Sandpeople?) is described  and you slip into another world.  Eron makes a wonderful narrator and Julia develops into a good foil for him.  I thought Griffin was a little bit trite for a villain and too overly wrought.  He really needed the stuffing knocked out of him.  I could see he needed to be evil to make the story work, but he only had Julia's love as his redeeming quality.

That said, this is a nice summer read.  I am not going into plot detail since the story is so short, it would be giving the whole thing away.
 Labels: 2010 Book Challenge, 2010 Young Adult, ARC, Around the World ARC Tours

