Alice has always had vivid dreams of a perfect boy, Max. She goes to parties with him, falls asleep on his chest, and has everything she ever wanted t only when she is asleep. After her mother leaves, Alice and her father move from New York to Boston, where her father will be the head of Harvard's neuroscience program, and Alice will go to the posh Bennett Academy. On her first day, she runs, impossibly, smack into Max from her dreams. Who has a girlfriend. Who isn't the Max from her dreams at all. Things get a little more sci-fi when Alice discovers that both she and Max were patients at the Center for Dream Discovery, which explains their nocturnal connection. But can they ever really get out of each other's heads and embrace the real world? This is a solid, engaging debut. Alice is a fun, sarcastic heroine, and readers will be more than happy to join her on her journey both in and out of dreams.

When Alice moves to Boston, she's shocked to find that the boyfriend from her recurring dreams is in her high-school class. At first aloof, Max eventually admits to knowing Alice from his dreams, and the two seek to unravel their connection. Readers who don't think too hard about the story's over-the-top sci-fi elements will be pulled along by its realistic setting and dreamlike imagery.

Sixteen-year-old Alice Rowe has had extremely vivid dreams for as long as she can remember. Alice travels all over the world in her dreams and has crazy adventures. The only constant in her dreams is Max; he is the perfect guy and they are completely in love. Alice does not bother with boys in real life because she knows no one could compare to Max. Alice is hesitant to move from New York back to the townhouse in Boston where she grew up; there are too many memories of her mother, who left the family to follow her career ten years earlier. When Alice walks into her new school and finds herself face to face with a real live Max, she cannot believe her eyes. Unfortunately, the flesh and bone Max does not seem reciprocate her feelings. When Alice finds a card for the Center for Dream Discovery in her old house she starts to investigate the connection between the real Max and her dream world.Keating takes readers on a lively tour through the city of Boston in Dreamology. While the book feels a little too long in places, the characters are likable and the story is engaging. This is a fun spin on contemporary romance.Kirsten Pickel.