Beautiful Nightmares

Asylum #3

by Lauren Hammond

The epic, final installment in the Asylum Trilogy.

Sanity is a funny word.
Sanity.
Sanity.
To be sane.
To have clear thoughts.
To be able to distinguish the difference from fantasy and reality.
I used to think that my sanity was still intact.
That all of my marbles were still in the bag known as my mind.
That I would never—EVER—let Oakhill get the best of me.
Now, I’m not so sure. Now I’m not sure if I really am sane…
Or if I’ve lost my mind once and for all.

There will be two spin off novellas for Aurora just so you know. And the first one will be up soon so keep a look out!

Genres: New Adult, Romance, Dark, Young Adult, Abuse, Contemporary, Drama

165 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 19, 2013

About the author

Lauren Hammond knew from a young age that she was born to be a writer. After publishing her first novel in 2007, she then went on to write several screenplays and a few award winning poems.She aspires to be a positive role model for young people who have a pencil, a piece of paper, and a dream. Never give up on your dreams, you might wake up one day and regret not pursuing them.She has two more novels in the works, as well as some film projects

Reviews

[JaHy☝Hold the Fairy Dust · Rating 3 out of 5]

*** 3" MIND EXHAUSTING" STARS***

This is your brain.....


..this is your brain during,

......and after "Beautiful Nightmare's "


Any questions?...




...oh' and prepare to cry..
... MAYBE!

p.s. Mrs. Hammond , can please provide an answer key? My friends and I are so confused.

[✦❋Arianna✦❋ · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 STARS

“Beautiful Nightmares” is the third book in Lauren Hammond’s “Asylum” series.

This final installment was the most confusing book for me in the series and one of the most confusing book I’ve read so far. It was captivating, intriguing, depressing and so much more. It fucked up with my head. If at the end of book 1 I had some questions, here I got only some answers. I still have some unanswered questions. I still don’t understand some things and other things didn’t make sense at all.

There are so many twists and turns that in the end I didn’t know what to think. Who is real and who is a hallucination? What is real? Who is dead? WTF is going on?????????

The plot is too confusing and too complicated, so I won’t say anything about it.

Like the previous books, this one was intriguing and the entire series is very captivating so if you like dark and twisted reads this for sure will work for you.

My advice is to read this series with a buddy. There were moments when I really wanted to talk with someone about what’s happening in this book.

All in all, a great book and a great series!

[Christine Wallflower & Dark Romance Junkie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Review to come?
Seriously I'm not sure what I'm going to write besides my mind has been thoroughly fucked!!!

------------------------------------------------------------------------
OMG!!! Read the first chapter of Beautiful Nightmare
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...

I just read it and oh my freaking goodness!!!

[Lady Vigilante (Feifei) · Rating 4 out of 5]

4-4.5 stars!!

I'm so depressed.

I feel so sorry for Adelaide.

I'm so depressed.

Did I say I was depressed?!

The series is over...well sort of, until Aurora's two books are here. And that part at 59% where Elijah commits suicide!!!



^^Waaaaahhhhhh

And then the sudden 20 year shift??



And again, WTF was Elijah thinking?!?!?! Broke my heart there boy...



And does the ending count as HEA? HECK YEAAAAHHHHHH



That just made no sense if you popped open the spoilers. So read the book!!!

Looking forward to Aurora's books!!!!! Keep 'em coming Lauren!

[Johanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

*~*~*~**~5+ For Being Thoroughly Mind F*cked *~*~*~*~*~*

Someone get me a contraceptive because my mind has been thoroughly f*cked!!
ALL ABOARD!!


This book literally messed with my mind. I feel like I just stepped off the crazy train right along with Adelaide


Once you check into Oak Hill Asylum you never check out

Beautiful Nightmares by Lauren Hammond is the final installment to the Asylum series it is uniquely and intricately woven to F*CK with your mind and it surely did that and then some. We finally get answers as to why Adelaide was sent into the Asylum and how her sanity was jeopardized in the process.

Sanity is a funny word.
Sanity.
Sanity.
To be sane. To have clear thoughts. To be able to distinguish the difference from fantasy and reality.
I used to think that my sanity was still intact.
That all my marbles were still in the bag.
That I would never.....
EVER...
Let Oakhill get the best of me.

When Adelaide starts questioning her sanity things start to slowly unravel for her regarding her past. She goes through extreme measures to find out what happened to her. But its this specific scene when things turn from confusion to utter shock... And its in this progression that we FINALLY find out WTF happened to her. Annnddddddddddddddddddddddddd OMG I was so unprepared!!!
I was:
Devastated
Shocked
In Denial
Confused
and Saddened
To see how Adelaide's poor life had progressed through out the years was depressing and emotional. But we finally get some semblance of

Which is the ultimate satisfaction.. Loved every second of this book..

[Marie · Rating 2 out of 5]

This wasn't at all how I wanted or saw the story going...

Ok so I loved insanity and I loved White Walls.... But fuck me, what what's this?

This whole series is messed up, never read such a mind-fucking book.

I mean book 1 and 2 I could make sense of? But this... A whole new level of confusion.

Soooooo from what I can gather. Damien was never real. Just an imaginary lover Addy made up for comfort, Elijah was real but in the 1st book he also was down to Addy' vivid imagination.

Addy did see her father in court but not for killing Damien for killing Addy's mother and she did attack him and was then sent to Old Oak. Where she fantasised Elijah and Damien although she did know them both in real life although Damien was just a guy at school and not her boyfriend. And Elijah was her husband who was dead. In book 1 it is where Elijah is dead and Addy's past with him, where she had Willow, had happened.

So technically White Walls is book 1, book 1 is book 2 and book 3 is actually book 2 time wise. Although book 3 to me answered nothing.

This book messed me right up, my head just could not contemplate what I just read. I had to wait until now- I finished this book last night- to wrap my head Aldine the whole thing.

I mean DAMIEN was never real. And Elijah killed himself all because Addy was in a coma? I mean CMON he was a DR he should have known there was a good chance she would have awoke. And why did he say 'Addy why did you have to die?'

Plus he still had his daughter to live for?
I mean she had to be adopted and come looking for Addy. Why was her life so horrible? She was abused by her father, lost her mother, went off the rails nut wise creating an imaginary friend, put herself through emotional trauma thinking he was murdered, had a car accident imagining her fathers release and he was in the street, her husband killed himself, her baby got adopted, she ended up back in the nut house all before dying of cancer.

It just fried my brain. I didn't enjoy this last book at all though, it left all sort of loose ends, things that don't add up, and no good ending. Finding out Damien weren't real just gives me loads of Q's like how come her father got arrested at that time? Why did she see her own grave, why did Aurora say she was dead? And if she was how come she still saw Damien?


Omg I'm so frustrated right now! With this being the final book I thought everything would finally make sense but now I'm more confused than ever! I wanted Adelaide to finally remember Elijah, for them to have a HEA, to know her father was rotting in jail and for her to give her daughter a better life than they both had. But no all I get it is loose ends, a tragic ending and more frustrating Q's!

[Carol (StarAngel's Reviews) Allen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book - Beautiful Nightmare (Asylum #3)
Author - Lauren Hammond
Publication Date - November 19, 2013
Type - Series (Must read in Order)
Genre - Dark, Mind Fuck
Rating - 5 out of 5 Stars

Synopsis
The epic, final installment in the Asylum Trilogy. 

Sanity is a funny word. 
Sanity. 
Sanity. 
To be sane. 
To have clear thoughts. 
To be able to distinguish the difference from fantasy and reality. 
I used to think that my sanity was still intact. 
That all of my marbles were still in the bag known as my mind. 
That I would never—EVER—let Oakhill get the best of me. 
Now, I’m not so sure. Now I’m not sure if I really am sane… 
Or if I’ve lost my mind once and for all. 

Reading Order
Insanity (Asylum #1)
White Walls (Asylum #2)
Beautiful Nightmares (Asylum #3)

Review
This book BLEW me away!! I can't write a review because it would give the whole series away because this book was ONE BIG SPOILER!!

I thought and thought about how I was going to do this review and I think I finally came up with a solution.....

I'm going to show you how I felt while reading this book.....Ready?

This is how I felt when I remembered the book came out today


Then by the time I got up to about 10% in....



Then I read a bit more.....



Yes....that's how I felt.....but......NO readers...it don't stop there....



Yeah....I was confused all over again.....I kept shaking my head and saying "WTF?"



Then, yes, I started banging it...thinking something soon should make sense...
and by this time we are still only about 25% into the book. 



....ummmm.....but is he - or isn't he?  That my friend, is the question



Yeah...this book is making just as much sense as granny above!!

I'm about 40% into the book now....and my mind is going a different way now.



You can take this one of two ways....Not gonna say anymore!!



I'm getting excited now...cause maybe just maybe I'm getting to the explanations that I have been wondering about for the past 3 books.....



Nope...I was wrong....now I need to drink my brain to oblivion!



Yup...I need more.....I gotta get some answers soon!!



Yes...that's me now - just thrown another loop.....WTF!



Have I gotten any answers yet by 70% in???



Wait.....wait......wait......are we gonna find out if Damien is real?

Was Elijah real?  Was she really married?  Did she have a baby?

Is she really insane?  Why is she in the asylum?  Is this just a dream?



Yes....YES.....we are getting answers but - wait.....but.....



Wrap Up
This is the end, my friend.....

Such a mind fuck!!  I feel the urge to stand up and give Ms. Hammond a round of applause for messing with my mind!

[Lisa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Two stars was generous. Cause, what I really want to say is WTF.

As in: where the F is the story?
Where is the plot? Where is the same character from a year ago?

I got no answers. I got heartburn instead, lost 2.99 and 2 hours of my life I'll never get back.

[Caitlin]

I'm sorry, I just can't take this anymore.

This has gotten completely out of hand.

On October 26th, Lauren Hammond posted that the book would be available as an eBook the next day and in paperback later that week. I'm quite certain that it used to say that she was finishing up editing that night.

Then...nothing.

For well over a month, fans wondered what had happened.

No response.

Plus, all of the links on her blog to Punkin Press are dead.

I seriously wondered whether Punkin had suddenly gone out of business, or, even more dramatic, whether she'd actually DIED or something.

But when I went to her Goodreads page, I saw her updates feed. And she was active. VERY active.

Then, finally, on December 11th, she wrote a new blog post about why it was delayed. She was overwhelmed. She has multiple jobs. She decided the book had huge errors, not just minor ones. She sets unrealistic deadlines for herself. She needed a breather. OK, I can sympathize, although I'm not sure how finishing editing that night translates into a two month delay....

In that same post, she said that the eBook would be up by December 26th at the latest. And when that day came around, she posted that it would go up that night.

Here we are. Two weeks later. Still nothing.

She's also never said where the book would be available. Unlike most authors, she doesn't provide any links to sites where the books can be purchased. There's those Punkin links, but they're dead.

So, all of this behaviour seems very disrespectful of her readers, i.e., the people she's expecting to actually pay money for her books. It takes less than 5 minutes to write a very simple post that basically says "sorry, not yet". Even if that's all she writes, with no explanation, it would still be better than being AWOL.

And don't even get me started on the comment in her December 11th post that said "I'm going to have an editor read through it just to be sure it's good as far as that goes..." WAIT. Does that mean she'd planned on being the ONLY person to edit the book? Now there's a recipe for disaster.

But I've saved the best for last. The most appalling example of disrespect in all this madness. I wasn't the only person who'd noticed how active she was in her updates feed. Now, instead of addressing her readers and giving us some kind of update, she's suppressed and/or deleted a lot of her GR activity, so that we can't tell just how active she's been!!!!!!!!

Seriously. Like I said. This has gotten completely out of hand.

I can't decide whether I should buy this book--assuming it's ever released, of course. But other than this novel, I'll certainly never be reading another book of hers again.

[Marielis · Rating 4 out of 5]

“The human heart is fragile.
So delicate that it should be protected, taken care of.
Nurtured and swaddled among piles of blankets like an infant.
Because once it breaks…
It’s broken forever.
After your heart breaks once, it never heals quite right.
There are always cracks, or chipped pieces. And depending on what kind of person you are and what kind personal strength you have, sometimes after your heart breaks it can feel like you’ve never had a heart at all.
Or that it’s hardened.
Turned to stone.
Then…
You change.
Become a different person.” - Adelaide

* spoiler alert *
[no leas NADA de este review sin haber leído todos los libros... te arrepentirás]

Hace mucho tiempo que me reconcilie con historias sin un final feliz. La vida me ha enseñado que las tragedias y el dolor también son principales protagonistas; por lo que si no quieres sufrir y sentirte en un “limbo emocional”… esta historia no es para ti.
La serie Asylum jugo conmigo desde el primer libro, es por eso que no me debe molestar que en Beautiful Nightmares Lauren Hammond haya explotado mi mente en mil pedazos. Lejos de decepcionarme aplaudo cuando un escritor intenta jugar con nosotros los lectores y hacernos bailar “al son que ellos toquen”. Lauren Hammond quiso tenernos en sus manos desde el principio. Su propósito principal fue hacernos caer en una total insanidad mental y sin ninguna posibilidad de sanación.



Termine Beautiful Nightmares y entre a una dimensión desconocida. Me hicieron falta largas horas para procesar toda la vida de mi querida Adelaide. Necesitaba recrear cada uno de los hechos y a mi juicio intentar separar la realidad de la fantasía. ¿Qué fue real?

"Sanity is a funny word.
Sanity.
Sanity.
To be sane.
To have clear thoughts.
To be able to distinguish the difference from fantasy and reality.
I used to think that my sanity was still intact.
That all of my marbles were still in the bag known as my mind.
That I would never -ever- let Oakhill get the best of me.
Now, I’m not so sure. Now I’m not sure if I really am sane…
Or if I’ve lost my mind once and for all." - Adelaide

Necesito sacar a la luz mis conclusiones; por lo que empecemos por los hechos. (o por lo menos los que lo fueron para mí)
Adelaide llega a Oakhill a causa de la tragedia con Damien y el monstruo de su padre. (si es que se puede llamar padre a ese horrible hombre) El punto es que en ese lugar conoce a Aurora y juntas deciden escaparse. Adelaide es quien logra escapar para eventualmente caer hospitalizada y allí conoce a Elijah. Ambos se enamoran y da inicio su historia de amor. Deciden casarse y se convierten en padres de Willow. Luego nos acercamos a uno de los puntos en donde mi sanidad mental se tambalea. Ocurre lo que leímos en el final de White Walls. Adelaide va en el carro con su hija y “ve” a su padre. Leíste bien…. escribí “ve” ya que aquí comienzan mis dudas sobre lo que fue real o no.



A causa de ese evento o "accidente" (que nunca sabremos con claridad como inicia y termina); Adelaide cae en coma por un largo tiempo. Durante ese tiempo ocurre lo que nunca me espere que Lauren Hammond hiciera, el suicidio de Elijah. Cuando Adelaide despierta y pregunta por su esposo e hija, comienza su segundo descenso a la locura. Adelaide escucha las palabras de la enfermera, no volverá a ver a Elijah. Su amado esposo se suicido; por lo que pido un momento para detenerme aquí. No dejo de preguntarme por que tan triste final para Elijah. ¿Por qué Lauren Hammond les hizo eso?
La vida…. a veces apesta. No existe más explicación.




La segunda caída de Adelaide es por mucho más horrible que la primera. Conocer un amor como el de Elijah y perder la familia que ambos crearon fue la estocada final y un viaje sin retorno a la locura total. Ahora vienen mis más grandes preguntas: ¿Cuándo ocurrieron los hechos de aquel primer libro? ¿Realmente ocurrieron? ¿Elijah llego a estar en algún momento en Oakhill? ¿Cómo exactamente fue el accidente que dejo a Adelaide en coma? ¿Por qué nadie le dijo que su hija sobrevivió después de despertar?

Mi hipótesis es que su vida en Oakhill en aquel primer libro nunca ocurrió. La mayoría de las cosas fueron ideaciones de Adelaide para intentar dar sentido a su trágica vida. La muerte de su madre, Damien, el maltrato vivido a manos de su padre, el suicidio de Elijah etc. eran recuerdos ocultos en su mente y necesitaba encontrarlos a como diera lugar. También le sumamos su incapacidad para ordenar cronológicamente que ocurrió antes o después. Una de las primeras preguntas a pacientes con problemas mentales o neurológicos es “¿Qué día es hoy?” Con eso se busca conocer si el individuo se encuentra ubicado en tiempo y espacio; es por eso que a Lauren Hammond le vino como anillo al dedo el recurso en su narración del “antes y después”.



Nos quedamos con un final no menos claro o triste que toda la historia. Adelaide conoce a su hija y en su conversación aún hay rastros de una memoria y sanidad algo dañada. Concluimos con Adelaide muriendo y de esa forma logrando al fin darle sentido a toda su historia (las piezas del rompecabezas se unieron) y tenemos a un Elijah esperándola y diciéndole…

“Well, Mrs. Watson. Do you remember me, now?”
And I respond with, “Yes, Mr. Watson. Yes I do.”

Mi única objeción fue lo corto del libro. Una historia tan rebuscada, oscura y triste merecía muchas más páginas; es por eso mis 4 estrellas. No puedo terminar esta reseña sin felicitar a Lauren Hammond por lograr tenerme en sus manos hasta el final. Aún con mi humilde hipótesis tengo el espacio para seguir preguntándome: "¿Qué fue real?"

[Scarlet · Rating 5 out of 5]

"The road called life is long and winding.
There are curves.
Bumpes along the way.
And sometimes...

Sometimes you´re speeding through it, missing the signs and by the time you reach the end of it you have thoughts, recollections, and moments where you realize you haven´t really lived.

And that´s the thing about life.
It goes way too fast.
At least mine did..."



I waited so long to read this book and I have to admit that it was worth every minute of waiting. When I saw the cover first time, I thought it would be just another romantic happy ending.
Boy, I was wrong...

Imagine modern Romeo and Juliet. Imagine what would happen if Romeo and Juliet were set in 1950s in America. Than put Juliet in Psych ward and see what will happen...

I can´t summarize the amazing experience I have had while reading this book. This series is one of my all-time favorites!

This time I don´t won´t to write long review with many reasons why you should read this book/series. Please my friends, trust me on this one and just read it.

Miss Lauren Hammond, you deserve a standing ovation!

[Kolleen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Unbelievable. Unacceptable. What an enormous pile of shit! I have waited a year, more even, for this book to come out. By now, I had forgotten most of what was going on and had to spend time reacquainting myself with the previous books. And what do I get in return?!? A book that says 7% complete on page one! A tiny, mini-book that I was able to read in about a half hour. Also, a book that answers none of my questions and does not give me any sort of closure. I had only had an alright relationship with the rest of the series in the first place, and was hoping for the ending to make up for it. Instead, I am left with a book full of typos (even after the author thanks her editor for correcting all of her typos in the dedication) and even less of an idea of what is going on now. People say they are mind-fucked?! No. This was just a huge letdown. Shame on you Lauren Hammond, shame on you.

[Kelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book had me believing I was going crazy at times.


I've enjoyed this series but after waiting so long (and I actually I didn't wait as long as most readers since I read the first two in August) for this third book I'm still left with quite a few questions. Questions that were important and should have been answered. And now I'm hearing that those questions will be answered in the spin off of Aurora's story. WHAT?? NO, NO, NO, you finish this story in what is suppose to be what you called the "Epic Final Installment".

Don't get me wrong I enjoyed the mindfuck this series took me on but I expected my answers. I mean why the hell would Elijah kill himself saying she died when she was in a coma? For Christ's sake he was a doctor he should know the difference between death and a coma!! And that is just one of my questions.

I also had a problem with how poorly this was edited.

So to sum it up, Overall a good series which could have been great but that greatness was brought down by what was certainly not an Epic Final Installment.
The first 2 books had me so hooked I was left stalking the author waiting for word on the third book.
Third book, enjoyable WTF moments but far from a completed story and too many editing issues.

http://www.rebelbookchicks.com/home.html

[Zizz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sometimes you read a book and don't know how to feel about it once you're done. This is exactly how I feel now.

I have no issues with the way this ended. I have no issues with the revelations in this book. I suppose secrets revealed here are supposed to elicit shock. This trilogy has been one hell of a mindf*ck and this continues on with this third book. My biggest issue is that I don't feel satisfied. There are several things that remain a mystery to me? Is it just me who needs things to be explicity written to fully comprehend the turn of events?

So let me get this straight...

Adelaide and Elijah get married and have a baby. She gets into a car accident and is in a coma for months during which Elijah commits suicide. She is sent back to Oakhill and years later her daughter finds her. She has cancer and eventually dies and meets Elijah in the after-life. It's a happy ending after all?

Okay here is what I don't get...
In a shocking turn of events somewhere in the middle of this book, Damien told her that she was dead along with him and Aurora. But she wasn't right? It was years later when she actually died or ????

And what exactly is the purpose of Dr. Morrow and Dr Swell in the grand scheme of things along with the electroshock therapy?

A little help please to give me some closure and full understanding of this story.





And to think I had high hopes that the content of this conclusion will redeem it from that cheesy ass cover. Doesn't it remind you of a child-friendly version of Fabio's/HR covers?

[Angelina · Rating 4 out of 5]

"4 mind fucking stars"

First I was like .....



Then Suddenly .....

















Why is this a short read? My god it didn't change anything at all!!.. It leaves me confused and lots of questions unanswered. I was thinking Maybe ..... the author is crazy too!!.. LOL

Ps... Aurora's story is very interesting!! I cant wait to read more about :)

[Carla ☺Did I Say That☺ · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 *Thoroughly Mind-Fucked* Stars!!!

[Karoline · Rating 1 out of 5]

Edit: Creo que jamas superaré esto. En fin, si alguien quiere hablarme de las teorías durante los 3 libros ¡Aquí estoy! Realmente estoy muy confundida (Y CADA DE VEZ QUE ME ACUERDO DE ELIJAH ME DAN GANAS DE LLORAR, hlp me pls)

Me lo advirtieron. Me lo advirtieron. Me lo advirtieron.
Solo quiero preguntar ¡¿POR QUE?!

Esta es una de las historias mas deprimentes que he leído, la autora odia a Adelaide. La historia de ella es súper triste, pasa de tragedia en tragedia.
Dejame advertirte: Esto no tiene un final feliz. No hay respiro.

Estoy tan enojada pero mas que eso estoy súper triste y ¡Me muero de sueño! Me la pasé desvelada para leer los 3 libros de una y me encuentro con ESTO.

Estoy tan, pero tan enojada y estoy llorando tanto de frustración que quiero lanzar mi kindle por la ventana. ¿Qué clase de porquería contradictoria es esta?
Mi mente esta tan revuelta que ya no sé que creer. Pero no del revuelto bueno en que estas "oh, esto me dejó mucho que pensar" NO, la clase de revuelto "vete a joder a otra porque nada de esto me cuadra".


Me pareció HORRIBLE la manera en que la autora mezcló los antes y después, HORRIBLE. Es bueno cuando confundes a tus lectores, that's right, pero ni haces algo como ESTO.
El resto solo fue la gota que colmó el vaso.
Siento que nada me termina de cerrar.
Esto me dejo con muchos vacíos y más preguntas que respuestas.


Me siento muy vengativa en este momento asi que le daré 1 estrella. Tal vez cuando vuelva a analizar el libro y sienta que puedo hacerlo sin llorar y querer lanzarlo por la ventana cambiaré el rating.

[Sally · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful Nightmares (Asylum #3) by Lauren Hammond
5 Mind Fuck Stars!

This book gave me everything I wanted & more! I love how Lauren Hammond can mess with our minds and through it all you’re just hanging on every word just trying & hoping that maybe just maybe you’ve got it figured out this time. In this final installment she did not disappoint and it was so worth the wait for me. We get long awaited answers and still you’re on that WTF rollercoaster! Taking this journey with Adelaide was like no other reading experience and this last book made me so emotional which is really unlike me, I was all fucked up and I love when an author can do that to me. I literally had a ball in my throat! (Get your mind out of the gutter ladies!)

So for that reason it deserves the 5 stars I’m giving it. This trilogy was a UNIQUE, DARK, GUT WRENCHING, MIND BLOWING hell of a ride!! And if you like mind fuck books then I HIGHLY recommend this series!

I was also thrilled that at the end of the book the author gave us a prologue & Chapter One to Aurora’s story - Lost and Delirious which I really enjoyed as well so I can’t wait till that one comes out. Laren Hammond says “There will be two spin off novellas for Aurora just so you know. And the first one will be up soon so keep a look out!”

[Steph Moles Krayeski]

Sadly, I am not going to rate this book. Beautiful Nightmares seemed too short and left me utterly confused. I still have too many unanswered questions about Dr. Watson, Damien, and more. If this was supposed to be the conclusion of the series, some kind of definite timeline should have been developed. I still can't tell what's imaginary or what's real.

[Gisbelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

After months of waiting, I expected a little more from this book than this. It was confusing because everything was all over the place.

I loved book 1 and book 2, but I can't say the same for this one.

[Kadensmomm · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok complete mind fuck.., I mean what the hell happened? I don't get it..




PLEASE release this book! I can't wait to read it.

Dec 26 - this book is still not out and I want to cry :(

[Maan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm fucking confused right now. My mind has just been brain-fucked to a hundred degrees I swear I could throw an egg right now at Lauren Hammond's head for being fucking unbelievable.

Fuck. Did I just say fuck?

I cannot believe I just read that book and actually finished it because I have no idea what I just read. Wait, what did I just read? This book shouldn't be called 'Beautiful Nightmares' it should be entitled 'Confusion' or 'Brain-fuck' or 'Mindspin' or just plain 'WHAT?!'

Yeah, what. What the hell did I just read. I waited far too long for this book, hoping to find some answers, some enlightenment because God knows what those two books of this series did to my mind, yet after finishing this very short story you call a novel, my mind was swarmed by a hundred more questions instead.

I so want to stab Lauren Hammond right now. And make her feel the things she put us through while reading this book. I MEAN, WTF?!
I've never read a book that made me feel this way. I am so confused and confused and confused and confused. This will totally ruin my whole day, I swear.

It's totally crazy and mind-blowing, literally. And even though I'm so fucking pissed (and not to mention confused) right now, I can still say that this book is amazing. Still. But, shit, I don't want another confusion anymore.


I WANT ANSWERS! I'M LIKE FREAKING ADELAIDE WHO'S BEEN IGNORED BY THE NURSES IN THE HOSPITAL. IT'S SO UNFAIR.


Questions that are YET to be answered:
Is this really the last book? Did Adelaide just die at the last part? And is Aurora really dead? Does that mean Aurora's been her fragment of imagination all along? And what about when Damien and Aurora told her that they're dead, so that means she's dead too. Is Addy just dead all along? Or can Addy just see ghosts? And what about that thing with Elijah? Why did he kill himself? Did he think Addy died from the car accident and decided he can't live without her or can't he just bear to wait for Addy to wake up from her comma? And why is Addy there when Elijah tried to kill himself? Does that mean she dreamt about him and about the real events of what happened when he died? And that time before the car accident? Did Addy just really imagined her dad at that time? What happened after she collapsed on the street? Yes, she had amnesia but what happened to Willow? I can't believe Elijah killed himself when he have Willow. And why did Elijah became her doctor in the mental hospital at the first book? When did this happen? Okay, so after she escaped from Oak Hills, she met Elijah, then they got married, had a child, bla bla, yet what happened next? She had that car accident and lost her memories. So this is where she went back to Oak Hills and Elijah became her psychiatrist? I thought he died, so does this mean Elijah is just a ghost too? Because the staff in the ward kept saying that "There is no Dr. Watson."

Shoot. I'm not even halfway done with my questions. I'm more confused than ever. This is even more confusing than Quadratic Inequalities.

[Ashleigh · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have been waiting forever for this book and Im still sitting here thinking about how it out played out and not really sure how I feel.


May have spoilers!!!



So I enjoyed the book because it kept me on my toes and had my attention the whole time but mostly because i did not know what the hell was going on.
I said that a lot during this book lol. Everything you though you knew about this series is not true I cant believe that Damien was never Real.
I also am pissed the Elijah Killed himself because Addy was not dead but in a coma. A couple scenes mad no sense at all to me like when she had a miscarriage with damiens baby?? no clue about that one.So Overall I enjoyed the series But I wanted a Hea not her living at Oakhill in pain until the day she dies and then finding happiness. Thid book will keep you confused a whole lot and to reread to figure out what really happend lol. i think i figures it out but anyone who has differnt theories i would love to hear them. 3.5 crazy ass stars

[moments-in-reading Reem]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't believe what came to be of this!!!!
I refuse to believe any of it!!!!!!
NO NO NO NO!!!
Absolutely no!!!
There is just no way in hell!!!


WHAT THE HELL PEOPLE!!!!!
I CAN'T EVEN START TO HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS!!!!
I WANT TO SCREAM AND CRY AND I FEEL LIKE EXPLODING!!!
I NEED SOME BLOODY EXPLANATIONS !
until then this will remain with no stars cause i seriously don't know how to rate it!!!
FUUUUUUU!!!!!

[Paula · Rating 2 out of 5]

What was that? I'm so confused and so disappointed.

[Brenda · Rating 5 out of 5]

"El corazón humano es frágil.
Tan delicado que debe ser protegido, cuidado.
Cuidado y arropado entre montones de mantas como bebé.
Porque una vez que se rompe...
Esta roto por siempre.
Después de que tu corazón se rompe una vez, Nunca se cura del todo.
Siempre hay grietas o pedazos astillados. Y dependiendo de que tipo de persona eres y que tipo de fuerza personal tienes, a veces después de que tu corazón se rompe puedes sentir como si nunca hubieras tenido un corazón en lo absoluto.
O esta endurecido.
Convertido en piedra.
Entonces...
Cambias
Convirtiéndote en una persona diferente."

ALERTA DE SPOILER. Todo lo que diré en esta Review son spoiler de toda la trilogia.

Hay dos cosas que tenia clara cuando termine el libro. Que la autora no quiere a Adelaide y que sinceramente no se que carajo fue real y que no.

Este libro logra confundir hasta el final. Fue una maravillosa historia. La leí toda la trilogia en un día. La ame por completa. Y si bien te deja media aturdida, con teorías y hasta ansiedad. La amas. Todo ese "Dolor de cabeza" que te da vale la pena. Hasta ahora es una historia original. Y hasta ahora todavía hay partes que no entiendo

Esta historia es una tragedia. Lo peor que no sabes que parte de la tragedia es verdad y que se invento Adelaide. Porque lo que sostuve desde el primer día es verdad. Adelaide de verdad esta loca. Poco a poco fue enloqueciendo hasta llegar a la demencia. Hasta que no le quedo nada. Llego hasta apartarse de la "sociedad" siendo un fantasma.

Este libro es pura confusión. Incluso cuando lo terminas. Voy a tratar de ordenas mis ideas. Durante toda la trilogia nos han contado cosas. Lo que a uno le entra duda es que es verdad. Empecemos por el comienzo.

La historia comienza con Adelaide una chica al cual tiene un padre alcohólico y abusivo. Cuando su madre "se va" el padre empeora. Y no hay un día donde no la maltrate. Ella en una de sus pocas salida para obtener un poco de aire y de paz se encuentra con Damien. Se enamoran y con el tiempo planean escaparse. Todo esto termina mal cuando el padre los descubre y mata a Damien, y en esa situación admite haber matado a la madre de Adelaide. Hasta ahí vamos bien. Luego la mandan al "loquero" (como a mi me gusta decirle) porque luego de un ataque los policías deciden que necesitan ayuda. El libro se divide en un “antes y después”. Y tenemos una Adelaide que no tiene memoria. En el libro aparece Elijah. Él es su doctor y con el tiempo se descubre que es su marido que dice que nunca se rendirá en curarla así puede salir de ahí y juntarse con él y su hija. Bueno acá va la parte que no cuadra.

Cuando lees el segundo libro te enteras cosas tipo como se conocieron Elijah y ella. Y como fue la primera vez que ella fue al "Loquero". Todo perfecto. Pero las cosas no me empiezan a cuadran a partir de acá. Mencionan que Elijah es doctor. Pero un dato que nos da es que cuando ella ingresa porque la chocaron. Un doctor le dice algo a Elijah tipo "Seras buen cirujano" bueno, lo deje pasar. Pero con el tiempo nunca dicen que especialización tiene Elijah. Él esta en el hospital y cura gente. Por ende es medico clínico. Pero él hace poco que es medico. NUNCA mencionan que el se especializa en la locura. Ya llegamos a donde quiero ir. Luego él ve en ella a si mismo. Y la salva, le da un hogar, se enamoran, tienen un hijo. Y el fin del segundo libro es ellos estando perfecto. Todo en cierta parte bien. Hasta ahí.

Pero cuando llegamos al tercer libro es donde todo se desborda y algunas cosas no cuadran. El tercer libro con sus “antes y después”. Empieza con un tipo de sueño de Adelaide donde pierda a su esposo y a su hija. Luego comienza el primer capitulo con Adelaide estando loca pidiendo por Elijah. Pero entre el “antes y después” me surge algo interesante. Ella cada vez que pide por Elijah en el "Loquero" le dicen que no existe ningún Dr Watson. Acá va mi teoría.

¿Y si el final del primer libro es parte de la imaginaron de Adelaide? porque vemos en el libro que Elijah se suicida porque piensa que esta muerta por el accidente. Y esto fue antes de que ella ingrese por segunda vez. Y se supone que Elijah la trata la segunda vez que ella ingresa pero él ya estaba muerto en ese tiempo, ya que la segunda vez que ingreso fue luego del coma que el accidente le produjo y ahí escucha que las medicas hablan del suicido de Elijah y se vuelve loca. Porque recordemos que ella al principio quería ver a Damien. Entonces tenia delirios en donde veía a Damien. Y él ya estaba muerto ¿Y si hizo lo mismo con Elijah? Si su subconsciente quería de una forma justificar las cosas y le daba visiones con Elijah salvandola? Ella misma admitió que le gusta alucinar, que es mejor que la nada.

"A veces pienso que la vida que estoy viviendo ahora es una ilusión

Y entonces hubo un momento en donde su mente no pudo parar la ilusión de Elijah atendiéndola. Lo mismo paso con Damien. Llego un momento en que ella no quería seguir viéndolo pero él seguía apareciendo. Ella ya no controlaba su mente.

"Solia pensar que nunca quería que se fuera.
Solia esperar, desear y rezar para que estuviéramos juntos por siempre y para siempre.
Y la triste realidad es que no lo estamos.
El esta muerto.
No lo puedo traer de regreso"

Llego un momento que entre tanta perdida, tanto dolor. Simplemente se perdió en ella misma. Nunca pudo dejar el pasado. Estaba tan bien con su hija y marido y un día normal conduciendo aparece el fantasma de su padre. Y ahí es donde dijo basta. Ahí es donde se perdió ella misma. En ese momento fue donde lo que quedaba de la verdadera Adelaide murió. Su mente era un espejo roto. En donde miraba los pedazos rotos, cada pedazo roto era un poco de su verdadera vida. Ella ella estaba loca. O sea que en el primer libro ella ya estaba loca. Elijah murió antes de que ella ingrese por segunda vez por ende. Todo fue imaginación de ella. Su subconsciente al ser Elijah medico la hizo alucinar que él volvía para salvarla. Que la quería rescatar. Porque si no todo no entra.

Acá va lo que yo pienso que pasa en verdad en toda la historia y como iría cronológicamente.

Para mi lo que su padre la golpeaba y que mato tanto a su madre como a Damien es verdad. Que los policías la mandaron al "loquero" para que mejore es verdad. Que en ese "loquero" en vez de sanar a la gente la volvía más loca es verdad. Que luego este cansada de estar encerrara en un lugar donde no la ayuda, y escapar con Aurora y en el intento solo logra escapar ella. Es verdad. Que la huida haya terminado en el hospital con heridas y Elijah la haya salvado llevándola a su casa y luego enamorándola. Es verdad. Que luego se hayan casado y tenido una hija. Es verdad. Es más esto se comprueba cuando la hija 20 años después la fue a visitar. Así que su vida con Elijah era cierta, mucho más su hija. Que luego un día normal haya ido con su hija en coche y ahí luego de mucho tiempo su cerebro se haya quebrado mientras manejaba y ver la ilusión de su padre frente ella que eso ocasiona el choque. Es verdad. Que luego de ahí Elijah se suicida. Es verdad. Su tiempo en coma. Es verdad. Que luego que despierta ya con su mente rota la hayan mandado de nuevo POR SEGUNDA VEZ al "loquero" es verdad. A partir de acá paremos. y pongamos las cosas que para mi no son verdad.

Hay una parte del libro en donde se reúnen ella Aurora, y Damien y en una charla Damien le dice algo así como "¿No te das cuenta? ¡Estamos muertos" AHÍ es donde saco la teoría que a Aurora cuando se escaparon la metieron en el sótano y no salio viva de eso. Para mi cuando ella ingreso por segunda vez Aurora estaba muerta. Esa su fantasma, su ilusión. O como quieran decirle. Porque Aurola desaparece de repente en el tercer libro. Y esa escena no fue por nada en donde dice que todos están muertos. Así que todo lo que ocurrió con Aurola en el primer libro todo fue mentira porque ella estaba muerta. Bueno lo de Damien es obvio. Él ya esta muerto. Lo del Dr Watson eso fue mentira. Elijah en ese tiempo estaba muerto. En resumen TODO lo del primer libro que paso en el "loquero" fue mentira. Creo que lo único real en el primer libro fue su historia con su padre/madre y Damien. Algo que su mente dañada creo para intentar darle sentido a su vida. Todos sus recuerdos están rotos. En el intento de juntarlo su mente para sostener su historia inventa la mayoría de cosas

Y a todo esto hay cosas que ni Adelaide recuerda o sabe. Por ejemplo la que se quedo con su hija fue la hermana de Elijah. Y o casualidad ella no recuerda nada de ella. Para mi hasta la llego a conocer pero la mente de Adelaide ni se acuerdo. Y no es una teoría tonta porque incluso cuando pasan los años y conoce a su hija. Ella misma le dice que hay cosas que no recuerdas. No recuerda hasta al final cuando muere y se encuentra con Elijah que fue lo menor de todo el libro.

"- Bueno, Sra. Watson. ¿Me recuerdas ahora?
- Si, Sr Watson. Si lo hago"

Acá hay un juego de la autora. Lo explico. Vieron cuando dicen que alguien muere ve toda su vida. Bueno cuando Adelaide muere recuerda todo. Por eso cuando esta muerta encontrando la paz se encuentra con Elijah y se dicen eso. También es una trampa de que lo que le paso con Elijah es cierto. Porque la pregunta del millón de este libro es que carajo es real. Y acá nos deja ver que esto si paso. Como se conocieron es real, su casamiento es real, su hija es prueba de eso. Y otra mini trampa que puso es que no le dijo " Dr Watson" le dijo "Sr Watson" esto apoya mi teoría de que él nunca la atendió la segunda vez en el loquero que todo fue su imaginación. Él ya estaba muerto en ese tiempo. Así que la mayoría del primer libro fue todo una mentira e imaginación de Adelaide. Ella en el primer libro ya había ingresado por segunda vez. Ya estaba completamente loca.

Es una historia triste. Una parte de mi sabia que la mayoría de las cosas era imaginación de ella. pero otra quería pensar que se iba a curar y que iba a salir de ahí y formar una familia y la paz que nunca tuvo con Elijah y su hija. Pero.. ¿Saben qué? al mismo tiempo no le cambiaría nada a esta historia.

[Dalimar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Este libro lo estuve como todo el que leyó la serie,esperándolo con ansias,pero justo el día que salió leí un spoiler en Amazon y posteriormente lo confirmé en Twitter de algo tan triste para mi que no lo acepté y me negué a leer el libro. Pero siempre me quedó la duda y como me dijo mi amiga Silvia,léelo para que cierres con los personajes y hoy al fin tuve el valor de enfrentarme a esta historia tan desgarradora.

Estar dentro de la mente de Addy no es nada fácil. El primer libro me dejó con migraña,el segundo con la primera resaca literaria de mi vida de lectora,pero este me rompió el corazón. No importa si sabía el resultado de algunos eventos,el dolor es fuerte,más cuándo te enamoras de un personaje.

La autora ha sido tan cruel con Addy,creo que se inspiró en su peor enemiga,porque nadie merece sufrir tanto ni siquiera un personaje literario.

Aún así se reconocer cuándo una historia es genial y ésta sin dudas los es. Pero no es recomendable para quienes sean sensibles,porque no es triste,es lo que sigue. Mi única queja es que la espera fue larga,el libro muy corto y como que me dejó la sensación de quedar con cabos sueltos para cerrar una saga. Ya se que viene una historia de la amiga de ella. Yo no sé si esté preparada para sufrir más.

Ahora a buscar libritos ligeros que tanto me gustan!!! Despues de Vain y de éste los necesito urgente!!!!!

[Demtrizxia · Rating 5 out of 5]

¿¿¿QUÉ DEMONIOS ACABO DE LEER???



Oh, por Dios!! Qué es esto?



Lauren Hammond, cómo pudiste hacerle esto a Adelaide? y Elijah??



No pudiste darle un maldito final feliz??!!! Se supone que ese final es FELIZ?? Por qué tenías que ser tan cruel?



Arruinaste mi vida, la arruinaste...


Yo pensé que era un tipo de alucinación... Pero, pero... DIOS!!
Eres una malvada y te odio por eso.



Estos libros, en especial Beautiful Nightmares, han sido de los más depresivos que he leído hasta el momento.

Estoy en depresión... Odio/amo estos libros

[IC · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved it but it was too short. :(

So we get a lot of answers, I'm sure there were some left unanswered but I am satisfied right now.

I felt so bad for Addy, man she had a hard life, like really hard. She's been through so much.

I'm glad she has her happy ending.

I am soo sad about Damien even though he was, you know. But I wanted him!

Great trilogy as I said before Lauren, and I cannot wait for Aurora's story.

[Mari]

8/6/13
It's out next month, I guess....


1/18/13
Still no sign of this book....:(

12/15
WHERE IS THIS BOOK!?!?

So I read in her blog this would be released Oct 16... Well this book better be out by then!

11/19
Well, this book is not out yet! I need to read it! Why the wait! Whyyyyyyyyy?????!