Sleepwalker

Dreamwalker Chronicles #3

by Zile Elliven

Alternate cover edition of ASIN B08SLFJDR1


Aeyli has everything she's ever wanted. A name, a family, and control over her wild magic.

And with Fourteen free from the Company's control, she should be ecstatic, but with his whereabouts unknown, the Company still at large, and political fallout from helping the twins breathing down their necks, she and Fire are trapped in a holding pattern.

They are waiting for news of Fourteen.

Waiting for the Guard to drop the hammer on them for illegal magic.

And then there's the strange new tension that keeps popping up between Aeyli, Marshall, and Jack. And it's only growing.

How's a girl supposed to hunt down and end the Colonel with all of these distractions?

Sleepwalker is a reverse harem romance with 18+ content and m/m sub pairings.

Genres: Fantasy, Romance

277 pages, ebook

Published January 31, 2021

Reviews

[Daisy Delfin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pages: 277
My rating: 5
Read other books by this author in the future: yes
MC: Aeyli, Fourteen, Marshall, Jack
SC: Niko, Nova, Adelle, Callum (Marshall’s old mentor), Samantha, Clayton (majordomo), Sterling,
Colonel, Todds, Handlers, Rust

I really love this series, and this is the third book but not the last. According to the author there will be one more. And I definitely need to reread the series because it is good and still different to most rh I have read.
I loved Aeyli because she is so loyal to Fourteen and all members of Team fire. I hope we will find out what will happen with her family too in the next book.
I loved Team Fire because they are a little family.
I loved Samantha and her consort the Demigod but get to see little of them. They do everything they can to help Team Fire.

I hated the Colonel, Rust and the Todds. Because they were evil.

The author makes us feel all the love, the hate and other complications like she (presumably) intended. And I am lucking forward to the next book, because I was really relieved that the series doesn’t end here. I want to be part of other adventures of Team Fire, and I get this in book 4 but that one is supposed the last one. But I think this world has so much potential, that Zile Elliven will find some other stories to tell and maybe we get a gimps at Team fire again.

Extended Summery of the book with tons of spoiler (aka reminder for myself of the story).
Fourteen is hiding and trying to destroy the Company bit by bit. He also is on a mission to recover some of the weapons he created, which withstand magic. But when he meets Rust on a mission, Rust gets to him by telling him, that Rust knows about Aeyli and he will get her. Fourteen escapes and and goes to Boston, but before he can get Aeyli he needs to weapon up. He goes to the sewers, because he has a feeling that there is a place where he can get what he wants. While going there he meets Mal. He is a supernatural on a mission and protection three children of the Benighted (other supernaturals). And they try to get information from the other but both are good at keeping information a secret. After meeting them Fourteen finds his safe place, where he has weapons stored and a place to live. Meanwhile Aeyli is practicing her magic. Her Tutor is Marshall, but Marshall is distracted. Because Nova and Niko (the twins who have one soul split between them) are still in need to touch each other and gravitate toward Marshall, because his souls is bound to theirs. And this is draining Marshall. Also Callum is trying to get access to the Bosten Chapter House, where Team Fire is hiding. Because Callum want to kill the twins and he thinks that they are trying to eat up Marshalls soul. So Marshall puts them on a lockdown.
Aeyli tries to leave with the majordomos for a grocery run, but Marshall stops her. But after that, Jack takes Aeyli to visit her family. Meanwhile their tech guy breaks into a encoded usb stick and gets a lot of information about Fourteen and the operation. And he brings it to Marshall so he can read what was done to Fourteen. After that Marshall is more compassionate toward Fourteen. Jack and Aeyli: the family does not take well to the visit. The only one happy to see her is her brother Sterling. But the others are afraid of Aeyli. At the end of the visit her uncle Liam or somebody else stirs a riot in the front yard which is blamed on Aeyli, because she can’t control her magic - which is not true anymore. Jack and Aeyli leave, only to be hit by a missile. Rust is after them, but they can flee. Jack gets shot seven time with anti-magic amo, but still they get away. Aeyli heals him and finally makes out with him, only to be found by Fourteen. She is so happy to have Fourteen back and since all are in the sewer they move to Fourteens save house. There Jack and Fourteen share Aeyli and tell her that it is okay for them to be with her like that. And Aeyli finally accepts that she will have two boyfriends. After the encounter Mal knock on the door of the safe house and he tells Fourteen that the Company is taking the Benighted and the guard have to free them. So Jack goes to get Adell from the Chapter house. While they are gone Marshall decides to make a move on Callum. The Twins and he escape to the Scape and as expected there are the guard waiting to take Marshall. And the get him into a difficult situation where he risks everything: he calls up his essence and when his essence is not enough, he ask the twins to poor some into him. The Guard, Marshall and the Twins are visited by VIs the god of the Dreamwalkers. He tells them that he needs Marshall to get going because there is a long way before him and he give the hint, that Aeyli is the one who can help him. The guard stop the fight after this and are on his side now. So they move to the Chapter house to tell the other guards and the people in the house what happened. Marshall goes to Alana to stretch his soul.
When they return, the guard, Team Fire and Fourteen decide to go against the Company and save the Benighted. Mal gave them a place to start. And when they get there they follow the Company soldiers to the docks where they are loading the Benighted into shipping containers. They have to split, so Fourteen stays with Aeyli in a safer place and Marshall, Jack and Adell go after the soldiers. But everything goes wrong and Rust sneaks up behind Fourteen and gives him one of the commands, where he freezes. He tries to protect Aeyli but both are taken and separated into different SUV. Marshall, Jack and Adell retreat and see the SUVs. The one with Fourteen gets away and the one with Aeyli tries, but is stoped by three members of Team Fire. The safe Aeyli but Fourteen is gone.
So they decide to go and rescue Fourteen, but they need to get information where to find them. Aeyli and Marshall have a training session and Aeyli feels that Marshall is disintegrating and to save him she goes after him and gets rid of this problem. Marshall is saved and his soul connection to the twins is sewered.
The tech guy finds the place where Fourteen is kept and the guard and Team fire take off to go to Berlin.
Fourteen is trappet in his head, he lost his body armor. But he is used to it and he retreats to his workspace in his head. But suddenly he is not alone anymore. Vis visits him. They talk and Vis turns him into a Dreamwalker. Fourteen uses the power and while his capturers want to reprogram him, he explodes the machine that is used for this, killing some soldiers. He drains himself but discovers that the can teleport to Vis. Vis helps him to replenish the energy and tells him how to do it in future. Fourteen teleports himself to Rust and tries to kill him, when the wall behind Rust crumbles and he is confronted with an army. Of course he kills them. Meanwhile Team Fire and the the backup has arrived at the facility and they see that the center of the building is on fire. They suspect that Fourteen is wreaking havoc in the building and they feel that there is a rogue Dreamwalker there. Also the Benighted are trapped in the building. So they split again. Marshall and the backup goes after the rogue Dreamwalker and Aeyli, Jack and Adell try to free the Benighted. When Marshall finally find the Dreamwalker and Fourteen he stays with him and tells him he has Fourteens back.
Aeyli rips the Benighted from the soldiers who used them as a shield. But then the Colonel makes an appearance and with him a demon. Marshall tells Fourteen to take Aeyli with him. The go after the Colonel and the soldiers he took with him. The others go after the demon. Aeyli and Fourteen take Rust and the Colonel down. Marshall starts to take the Demon down, but Aeyli has to help him otherwise he would be dead. The all survive pretty drained. Fourteen send Marshall to the Scope to replenish and after that he goes to Alana to undo the soul stretching.
There is an epilogue, where Marshall sends the signal that he is dead. Team Fire can’t believe it. Jack wants to go after Marshall and the others follow. Jack takes them to the underworld where they meet Death. Death tells them that Marshall is not dead. The Epilogue is the chapter connecting the third and the fourth book, which will be about Jack.

[OneDayI'll · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not just any old Scooby gang

Aeyli has gone from shut in, to hunted, to almost possessed, to learning her true powers and becoming her family's matriarch. It only sounds like an upgrade. It's very much a burden because it's the same family afraid of her and trying to kill her due to the previous possessed matriarch's smear campaign. She's still looking for Fourteen. Marshall has some interesting side effects from tracking Nova down. She's pretty sure Jack is making some interest known. And she's still fighting to not be like dear departed demonic mom with a bevy of consorts. When is the R&R supposed to begin?

Spoilers ahead.
This is as much fun as the previous 2. A lot of people didn't care for softer Aeyli but I think it was appropriate for her to be a little fragile after everything. You can't be a hard*ss all the time. She's powerful but stunted emotionally because of her 11yrs locked away and months hiding and running. She's learning, but outside circumstances put her at a slower pace. I love the mystery revolving around Clayton, though. It's almost like his ability is really near fatal clumsiness instead of the talking to elementals he claims. I still have aw questions about the Beloved/Benighted parts of Other society. Especially after this book. I'm hoping a little more world building gets snuck into the next book, as it's the last. And the Jack mystery in the epilogue is a good hook to lure us back in lol. I'm going to hate to see this end but I'm excited for the way it looks to be wrapping up. Maybe we get to revisit this world via Adelle or Clayton or Samantha? Samantha's story truly intrigues me. And I think Clayton would be such a fun read. I also am curious about the hint Adelle gave about her feelings for their former charge. There's an incredible amount of possible tales to tell.

[Vickie D. · Rating 1 out of 5]

Why do authors not have editors with a brain.

The 1st book in the series was good and pointed it's way towards a solid track of being a worthy read. The 2nd book jumped off a cliff, took a nose dive and tanked. The Nova and Niko characters are marginal and should have been used like Clayton, Samantha and other characters in the book but took up bit chunks of wasted time that had nothing to do with the main plot. The 3rd book was worse with more Nova and Niko being of no substance and wasting space and words. This is supposed to be a reverse harem. No where do you see it because the character development between the FMC and love interests never gets fleshed out to really be developed indepth like it should. Book 2 & 3 need a huge rewrite. Hopefully the writer will remove head from rear and figure out how to fix and redo the story otherwise it is a total waste. The premise for book 4 appears to be a Jack POV, which would be fine if the other characters had been fleshed out but Jack never had and POVs through books 1-3 and has been only a supporting character so there is no smooth transition into book 4. Again there needs to be a huge rewrite of book 2 & 3 ,plus from the sound of things it's safe to say book 4 will probably need to be redone also from the sound of what is planned.

[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great addition to the series

This is the third book in this series and the others should definitely be read first to understand the story. Well edited, the story is fast paced with both humor and romance, and several unexpected twists. The overall storyline moves forward dramatically, and we learn lots about Fourteen. Jack and Marshall are also heavily figured in the story, while a certain set of twins are thankfully moved to the background. There is a cliffhanger in the same way the other two books ended on a cliffhanger. Normally that would be enough for me to wait to read until the series is complete. But it's worth dangling on the edge of this cliff for however long it takes until book 4 is released for the pleasure of reading this book. If you have not yet started this series, you have the advantage of being able to read three books in a row, and I'd highly recommend doing so. I very much enjoy exploring this world the author has created, and am grateful that more in this series, (as well as possible spinoffs?), will be coming in the future.

[michelle rivera · Rating 5 out of 5]

One Hell of a Journey!

Wow! This series has definitely been one hell of a journey. I absolutely adore ALL of the characters in these books, well.... not the bad guys of course, they deserve every rotten thing coming their way. Speaking of, I would really like to see our beautiful heroines family get their just deserts! Hopefully, that will happen in the next adventure. The only bad thing about these books, is the wait time in between and the only reason I say that is because I can't wait to dive into the next adventure. So, I actually went back and read books one and two before diving into three and I still enjoyed reading the first 2 as much as I did when I originally read them. There are so many wonderful characters, intriguing plots, growth and humor that it is impossible to not get sucked into this fascinating world. I would absolutely recommend! Happy reading everyone.

[Addicted2Books · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well worth losing Sleep!

Let me say this: if you have not read Zile Elliven, then you are TRULY missing out. Her world building is unique and beautiful and ever so well done! From Book 1 of this series I was drawn in and could not, would not come up for air until I was done! It was well worth losing sleep (and I do not say that lightly as Sleep comes before chocolate in order of importance)!

[Bookworm · Rating 5 out of 5]

So. Good!

Zile Elliven is seriously a fantastic writer. I thought this was the final book in the series and am not even mad I was wrong. Because more Dreamwalker Chronicles? Yes please! Anyway, book 3 has some major surprises. Aeyli, Fourteen, Marshall, and Jack find out what they all mean to each other, and there are some happy surprises there too. I highly recommend this book!

[M Janee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loving this series. Book one started off slow but once it picked up the pace the series really took off.
I really can't wait for the next book!