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Sweet Nightmare by Tracy Wolff is a spin-off to the Crave series, and while you meet a character or two from Crave, you can read this book without feeling like you are missing too much. I do highly recommend reading the Crave series as well, though. Calder Academy is the school for the paranormal kids who have done something wrong. As a result, this school locks down the student's powers from the moment they step on the island school grounds to the moment they graduate. Clementine, the daughter of the principal in charge, thinks this is the worst idea cause if they are dangerous because of their powers, wouldn't it be wiser to teach them how to use them for good and have control before being set loose in the world? Just like in Crave, we have one central character's eyes that we see the story through, and this time, it is Clementine, the half-manticore human who has no idea how to be a manticore and who has never left the island and who soon finds out she may never do so. There are a lot of secrets brewing, and this book kept me on my toes. Like its predecessor, the chapters are short and flow quickly, one after the other, making the book very hard to put down and walk away from. I am excited to see what the sequel brings next year.