None of the characters really latched onto me. Maybe I would like this style of storytelling at that age but now it feels too old hat. Some of the kiddy slapstick things that happened to Aiden made me roll my eyes. I know this book is targeted to Middle Graders but I’ve read books like Percy Jackson and the Olympians as a teen and an adult and the books still have a universal appeal. And though Narnia was obviously omniscient, this book seemed third person limited until all of a sudden there was head-hopping. Narnia had more subtly and finesse than this book in my opinion. The backstory plot read by Aiden in scrolls is basically the story of Christ and Lucifer and one of the main subplots is Aiden leading his dad’s parallel universe twin to Christ. It has very heavy Christian allegorical themes that have distinctive similarities to Narnia and then there are people there that resemble those in the real world like The Wizard of Oz or Ni No Kuni. I’d pitch it as The Chronicles of Narnia meets The Wizard of Oz. It’s a pretty typical fantasy plot with a modern twist. One of my good friends prompted me to get it while at Realm Makers and I even got the book signed by the author, but as much as I wanted to like it the story just didn’t do it for me. I’ve heard of this book for years but never got to it until recently. Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc First Edition Third Printing edition (August 9, 2005)
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