Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon SandersonMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Yumi appears to be a young girl trapped in a life of service and ritual. Then one day she is connected to Painter. His life went horribly wrong when his dream of getting into the Dreamwatch was crushed and he lied to his friends about it. Now he has a chance to redeem himself by helping Yumi.
And Hoid (Wit) spends most of the book as a statue in Design's restaurant. How he wound up bonded to Design seems to be a story for another book.
But it turns out Yumi's world is a lie. Her people were murdered by a machine they created and they are the nightmares that Painter and his friends battle. When Yummi destroys the machine the shroud that has kept Painter's world cut off from the sun unravels and the nightmares including Yumi disappear. But Painter is unwilling to let the woman he loves disappear and he paints her back to life.
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