City of Nightmares: The thrilling, surprising young adult urban fantasy

Paperback Published on: 22/02/2024
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Bookseller Reviews

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City of Nightmares
Upbeat, Modern Fantasy
A light-hearted, upbeat fantasy full of thrills and mystery, City of Nightmares is compulsively readable and will keep you on the edge of your seat. The b... READ MORE
Clara at Barnet
City of Nightmares
Horror comedy with a mental health focus!
Part horror comedy, part exploration of anxiety and childhood trauma - City of Nightmares is an instant favourite. The book follows Ness, a deeply traumat... READ MORE
Morgan at Exeter Roman Gate

Synopsis

Face your fear . . . or become your nightmare.

Gotham meets Strange the Dreamer in this thrilling young adult fantasy about a cowardly girl who finds herself at the center of a criminal syndicate conspiracy, in a city where crooked politicians and sinister cults reign and dreaming means waking up as your worst nightmare.

Ever since her sister became a man-eating spider, Ness has been terrified of waking up as her own Nightmare. Because in the city that never sleeps, dreaming means becoming your worst fear.

Ness seeks protection with the Friends of the Restful Soul, which may or may not be a cult. To prove her worth, she accepts what is meant to be a simple job. Only for it to blow up in her face. Literally.

Ness and the only other survivor of the explosion - a Nightmare boy with an agenda of his own - must find their way back to the city and uncover the sinister truth behind the attack...

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
  • ISBN: 9781399712149
  • Number of pages: 400
  • Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 30 mm
  • Weight: 280g
  • Languages: English

Customer Reviews

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City of Nightmares
Chaotic nightmares running free, what could be more fun?
Oh, I'm OBSESSED with this book. Which I honestly wasn't expecting but I'm so glad that's the case, because this book is amazing. Ness lives in a crime fi... READ MORE
Milica S.
City of Nightmares
An extremely funny and light book
City of Nightmares is an extremely funny and light book, full of humor and funny dialogues but it is also a book full of different elements, it talks about... READ MORE
@iam_addicted_to_books
City of Nightmares
If Buffy was set in Gotham! This book is a great story about overcoming your fears.
Ness' anxiety is very well portrayed, and I find it to be a realistic representation of how people who live with anxiety experience life. This also goes ha... READ MORE
Cee O'Neill
City of Nightmares
Entertaining fantasy
I loved the audio version of this fun, fast paced, fantasy mystery thriller. Written for YA, will be enjoyed by all mature readers. This is the first in a ... READ MORE
Peter Thorburn
City of Nightmares
Welcome to the City of Nightmares
City of Nightmares by Rebecca Schaeffer is a high-octane, action-packed adventure through a city where people have become desensitised to the nightmarish h... READ MORE
Gemma Askham
City of Nightmares
Interesting and thrilling fantasy read
When a book is described to me as Gotham meets, well, anything, I’m going to check it out and from the cover to the synopsis everything about City of Night... READ MORE
Heather @justgeekingby
City of Nightmares
I urgently need the sequel!
Welcome to Newham, a city that can literally crawl with villains, where the authorities are more likely to bribe you than help you. It’s mouldy, it’s smogg... READ MORE
Schizanthus  Nerd
City of Nightmares
Really clever premise, genuinely entertaining.
I really loved this. Immediately gripping and such a clever premise. Imagine if you turned into your nightmare? It would certainly change the world. This ... READ MORE
Elizabeth Wilkins
City of Nightmares
Just about fine
This was a fine and good enough book. There was a humorous undertone throughout all of the dialogues which honestly were not only the best part of this bo... READ MORE
Anna