My Dream Woman

If you are a regular blog visitor you will know that neither fantasy nor romance are favourite genres of mine so you might be wondering why I chose to read My Dream Woman. Well, it's because this novella is by C H Clepitt who is one of my favourite indie authors! I know I will love her sense of humour and, however outlandish the situations her characters get themselves into, I will be rooting for them to succeed. My Dream Woman follows Andi, a socially-challenged woman with whom I could frequently identify. She fills her days with working at a bicycle shop and in a bar, and her nights are spent dreaming of slaying monsters. Except it soon turns out that those dreams might actually be real.

I loved the crossover of the dreamscape world to the daytime world, especially once Andi really meets the woman of her dreams (and in her dreams), Dionne. Dionne is in a wheelchair which only serves to increase Andi's anxiety at saying the wrong thing. For a demon-slaying ninja, she's often a bag of nerves and this realistic grounding appealed to me. My Dream Woman is the first of the Guild Of Dream Warriors series so there is sometimes a sense of longer story arcs being set in motion, however this novella is also a complete tale in its own right so we Don't have to endure a ghastly Cliff Hanger Ending! Clepitt keeps up a good pace throughout and I liked that the fight sequences are exciting and plausible, but not gratuitous. Andi and Dionne's burgeoning relationship manages to be sweet and sexy and it's the small details which are endearing. When your potential partner begins imagining wheelchair access solutions in their daydreams, you know it's true love!