Dreamfall by Amy Plum

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Synopsis:
A Nightmare on Elm Street meets Inception in this gripping psychological thriller from international bestselling author Amy Plum. Seven teenagers who suffer from debilitating insomnia agree to take part in an experimental new procedure to cure it because they think it can’t get any worse. But they couldn’t be more wrong.
When the lab equipment malfunctions, the patients are plunged into a terrifying dreamworld where their worst nightmares have come to life—and they have no memory of how they got there. Hunted by monsters from their darkest imaginations and tormented by secrets they’d rather keep buried, these seven strangers will be forced to band together to face their biggest fears. And if they can’t find a way to defeat their dreams, they will never wake up.

This book was amazing! I loved everything about it! It is easily my favorite book of 2017 thus far!
Dreamfall reminded me a lot of Inception without the whole trying to implant thoughts into someone's head and having to go through dream layers. I loved all of the characters and enjoyed getting to know each of them better as the story progressed. They were all so different which made sense because they were a part of a experiment of sorts. Amy Plum had an interesting way of delving deeper into the backstories and personalities of each of the characters. She did this through the nightmares that are introduced as the book progresses. I  felt like the nightmares were able to show a deeper hidden side to each character as well as how they react to the fear that they experience. It also showed how their life experiences shaped their dream world because it was how they perceived the things that happened to them. 
I thought that the author's use of Jaime (the medical intern) as one of the points of view was brilliant! Through his point of view we are able to know what is going on in reality and how events in the dream world effect the seven teenagers enduring the treatment. It was also a great way to give a more thorough background on each of the characters as well as the science behind the experiment. Jaime reads each of the files and then Cata and the others experience how the person's background shapes the dream world. 
The nightmares in this book were horrendously creepy! I loved how dark and twisted they were because there had to be a reason why Cata, Fergus, and the others weren't sleeping.  It would only make sense if the nightmares were something so awful that they would make these characters not be able to sleep. Some of the nightmares actually reminded me of ones that I have had which automatically made the book more relatable to me. 
The book does end on a bit of a cliffhanger which I normally hate but I loved this book so much that I don't even care. I want to read the sequel so bad now and it's not even coming out until next year.