Audio: A theory of dreaming

Release date: 07-29-25

Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins

Publisher: HarperCollins

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld, Gary Furlong

Fantasy/from spotify

To be honest, my mind managed to drift a lot while listening...like a lot.

It just felt like nothing ever happened. Effy and Preston are at Uni. She finally studies Lit but no one wants her there. She suffers from PTSD and sleeps a lot, but that is the thing this is not her book.

This is Preston´s book, and I was not that interested in when he started dreaming he was some underwater King. I honestly had no idea what was happening. I had to look at book 1 and it seems I was confused there too. But there it worked because I really liked the book and the confusion there was was things real or not. While here I mostly wondered if the country they are at war with is fake France or Scotland.

The narration, I do like Saskia, she is amazing! And her voice fits the story so well. The guy was good too. But not even they could save this story as nothing happens

All stories come to an end.

Effy learned that when she defeated the Fairy King. Even though she may never know exactly what happened at Hiraeth, she is free of her nightmares and is able to pen a thesis with Preston on the beloved national fairy tale Angharad. She has finally earned a spot at the literature college, making her the first woman in history to enroll.

But some dreams are dangerous, especially when they come true. The entire university—and soon the entire nation—is waiting for her to fail. With the Fairy King defeated and Myrddin’s legacy exposed, Effy can no longer escape into fantasy. Who is she without her stories?

With Effy under threat, Preston is surprised to discover a rage simmering inside him, ringing in his ears like bells. He begins to dream of a palace under the sea, a world where he is king—visions that start to follow him even in waking.

As the war between Llyr and Argant explodes, Effy and Preston find themselves caught in the crossfire: Effy losing her dreams and Preston losing himself in his.

Are dreams ever truly just dreams?