Well, after Claire receives a beauteous onyx and ivory cameo necklace from her grandmother for her fifteenth birthday, her dreams get more real, even weirder, way more meaningful and even more serious. Piecing together the clues like the heroine in the Agatha Christie books she reads, Claire has to decipher these dreams before anyone, namely her best friend Becca's family, gets hurt.
I instantly liked the main character, Claire. She's never witty at the right moments, but she has a huge heart and a sense of humor. With a French father who is an NYU French professor, a mother who thinks she's French and ghostwrites books for C-list celebrities, a creative genius for a younger brother, an ex-New York socialite for a grandmother and an American princess for a best friend, she's got a very interesting life and appreciates it all. And watching her find herself is as interesting a storyline as the mystery she's trying to solve through her dreams.
Lauren Mechling, who also co-authors the 10th Grade Social Climber books, has some imagination (much like Claire) to come up with the book's setting and characters, which is unlike anything other book I've read. It's a very refreshing and entertaining read.