Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming by Sara Crawford

To find her Muse, she must first find herself.

Sylvia Baker used to live for music: constantly listening to artists like M83 and Moonlight Bride, writing songs, and playing drums in a band. But now, the soundtrack of her life is silence. If she lets the music back in, she’s worried she will return to her delusions about the Muses–the mystical beings who inspire artists to create art. She’s worried she’ll have to face the wounds of losing Vincent, her Muse, her love.

She tries to move on, immersing herself in the real world–working at the grocery store, mending her relationships with her friends and her father, and developing a new love for hiking. But in her dreams, she is forced to face the questions growing in her heart.

What if they never were delusions? What if a vicious battle between the traditional Greek Muses and modern Earthly Muses tore her from the world of the Muses? What if she never lost Vincent at all? And what if he’s the one who needs to be saved?

Review: I challenge all of you to take a moment and turn on your favorite movie or television program. Now, turn off the sound. Do you still get the same enjoyment out of the program? If it were possible to listen to a movie or TV show with just the dialog intact, but without the music, it would be a very different experience. For me, personally, a life without music would be a very poor life, indeed. In this second installment of the Muse Chronicles, Sylvia is dealing with the aftermath of being outed as someone who sees and interacts with Muses. Unfortunately, the “normal” people around Sylvia, including her musician father, Dylan, believe her to be suffering from a break with reality and, at the end of the first book, she spends some time in an in-patient facility doped up on anti-psychotic medications and she spends the bulk of this second book fighting her way back to normal, or at least normal for her. And, for Sylvia, she feels that “normal” needs to be a life without music, which makes life very difficult for her. While Sylvia finds her new status quo, the Original Muses and the Earthly Muses continue to wage a fight that will leave some dead, and some fighting for inspiration for themselves and their artists.

Like many second books in a trilogy, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming is spent setting up the action of the third book, which I cannot wait to read. I have truly enjoyed the new spin on the Greek Muses, on Inspiration and the inspiration we all take for granted each and every day. As was the first book, this book is also very much a love story dedicated to music and the author has created several playlists so that her readers can enjoy the music she references, which I really appreciated. While some middle books in a trilogy can be dull and rote as they set up the action for the final installment, this one stayed fresh and enjoyable and I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys the stories of the Greek Muses and who are lovers of music, as I am.

Reviewed by HR Duby for Romance Authors that Rock

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