blue is for nightmares by laurie faria stolarz

While the pacing is uneven in spots, the book is written and illustrated well enough to keep reader’s attention. This is artist Janina Görrissen’s first published project in the United States, but she has works published in Spain and France. Script art director Barbara Kesel is a long-time writer for Dark Horse Comics and DC Comics, and her editorial credits include Hellboy, Star Wars, and Aliens. Laurie Stolarz developed this bestselling series, which began with Blue is for Nightmares. They light special candles to help people sleep, to stop bad secrets, to provide strength or affection, or to give clarity. Instead, the heroes make potions out of household objects. No fireballs, lightning, or earth spikes. The magic in this book is probably not the type of enchantment you’d expect in novels of this ilk. While they still love each other, Jacob’s move to Massachusetts complicates the relationship.

Stacey and Jacob try their best to cope with their problems and rekindle their romance. Not only that, Jacob can remember Kira, but he doesn’t remember Stacey. When Stacey comes to visit, Kira sticks to them like a magnet slathered with superglue. As this novel unfolds, he is recuperating while his ex-girlfriend Kira spends her free time helping him remember his past. After that incident, he moved back to his hometown in Massachusetts to try to recover his memories. In the prequel to this novel, Jacob developed amnesia after falling off a cruise ship while trying to save Stacey’s life. Yep, they can only see bad things in the future, shocking portents like a stalker who will nearly kill one of Stacey’s best friends or a drunk driver who will kill the girl for whom Stacey baby-sits. Stacey and her boyfriend Jacob, another user of magic, are able to see the future…through their nightmares.

But with magic powers come some arcane problems: dreadful stuff, like malevolent premonitions. Meet Stacey, a young woman who can perform magic. Black is for Beginnings (Blue Is for Nightmares)

Blue is for nightmares by laurie faria stolarz