If I Dream

If I Dream is the angsty story of two star-crossed kids who are fighting for their freedom from a very sinister man.  

Ryder is a young man, orphaned and alone, who turned to illegal fighting to survive, while Serena lives in luxury and attempts to escape her overbearing father.  The more they get to know one another, the similarities in their circumstances they find.  That bond turns to more, and their love helps them survive.

I enjoyed this story, in fact, it was quite engrossing and kept me flipping pages without realizing how long I had been reading.  

Ryder and Serena were a great couple, however, I would have preferred a little more backbone from both of them.  

Ryder is an underground fighter, so I felt like he should have been unstoppable outside of the ring, too.  Serena’s father and sister, on the other hand, were the characters you loved-to-hate.  

Fair warning: It does end in a cliffhanger.

However, so many bad things happened to Ryder and Serena (mostly at the hands of her father) that I am curious about the next book in the series and wonder if readers get answers and (hopefully) the characters get HEA they deserve.