Well, halfway through Stranger Things Have Happened, I stopped reading. I couldn't continue the story, because the plot was slow to develop, and the characters lost their appeal to me. Most of Jeff Strand's books are the same way: they sound interesting, but the reading is decidedly lackluster.
Currently, I'm reading Soulfire, by Chaz Harris. After collaborating with Adam Reynolds to write Promised Land, a tale about a Prince and a farm boy, Harris went off on his own to write this full-length novel about a 12-year-old boy who finds himself in Mythika, an enchanted realm where the Muses walk in human form.
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