This book centers around Chastity, who is the daughter of a light and dark caster relationship. Throughout the whole novel, she battles the belief that she is a dark caster and must hide it from everyone. The author hammers home that are not born good or bad, and their surrounding culture does not determine that status. You, as a person, make the conscious choice to become one or the other.

The world-building for this world is outstanding, and the characters are unique and exciting as the standard for most stories like this. Our main characters are put through many trials to determine where they belong and what position they hold in this new world. Chasity is torn between hiding what she thinks she is and what others expect her to be. In the first part of the novel, I liked that we got time with Chastity and her mom, and then she gets dropped into the new training and life she expected to embrace. A stunning start to what I think will be a very unique and entertaining series.

Good day! Before anything else, I would like to extend my deepest, sincerest gratitude for sending me a digital review copy of this book (via NetGalley). Thank you very much for the opportunity!

Unfortunately, I am sad to say that I have lost interest in this particular title, and consequently, I have decided against finishing it. Forcing myself to finish a book I am disinterested in (solely for the sake of finishing it) can only negatively impact the entirety of my reading experience, which, in turn, could result in me writing an unfairly negative review. That is a circumstance I hope to avoid. With that said, I believe that the best course of action is for me to simply not read it and to refrain from publicly posting any feedback regarding this book.

I hope you understand where I'm coming from. Again, thank you for the lovely opportunity!

Fire Quill Publishers and NetGalley provided me with an electronic copy of Dream Casters: Light. I was under no obligation to review this book and my opinion is freely given.

Graig Chen and his pregnant fiance must flee from their home world, in order to secure a normal life for their child. Graig is a light caster, but Vinicola is a shadow one, so their respective communities would never allow their union. The only option is to live in reality like humans, but only one of them makes the trip.

16 years later, Chastity Blake is having trouble with her former best friend when something unexpected happens. Not knowing what what is transpiring, Chastity ends up learning, with the help of the last person she expected, how to protect herself. When Chastity ends up without a support system in an unfamiliar setting, will she be able to use her instincts and ingenuity to survive?

If you took Romeo and Juliet and placed it in a fantasy/dystopian setting, you would get Dream Casters: Light. The concept was good, but it was nothing that I had not read before. The author spent too much time explaining everything, from the world building to the character flaws, that the story suffered. The book could have used more editing, as the choppy writing style, missing punctuation, and awkward paragraph changes helped to pull the focus away from the actual story. I am on the fence with regards to the series because I am curious to see if the author can settle into the concept more, now that the exhaustive explanations about the world are finished.

This synopsis of this book really interested me when I first took a look at it. It took me a little while to get to this since I've been super busy, but after taking a look again I realized that maybe this book wasn't the best choice for me. I can think of many others that might greatly enjoy this book, but unfortunately it wasn't for me. Maybe I can try reading something else by this author someday.

While the concept of the story was unique the execution wasn’t and it fell into the same YA pitfall that have been overdone and is one of the reasons that I’, tired of the genre. Like many ARC’s there’s mistakes galore and if the world building, character and story are good they can be overlooked , but that didn’t happen here instead I feel like I’ve just wasted my time in reading this and wish there was a way to give a zero rating.

1/5 STARS: **I want to thank the author and/or publisher for providing me with a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review; all opinions are mine.**