Morpheus Road (The Light)

Title: Morpheus Road- The Light
Author: D.J. MacHale
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Pages: 341
Source of Book: My local public library


Summary: (courtesy of http://djmachalebooks.com/books/morpheus-road/the-light/)


Marshall Seaver is being haunted. In the first installment of this chillingly compelling trilogy, sixteen-year-old Marshall discovers that something beyond our world is after him. The eerie clues pile up quickly, and when people start dying, it’s clear whatever this isit’s huge.
Marshall has no idea what’s happening to him, but he’s soon convinced that it has something to do with his best friend Cooper, who’s been missing for over a week. Together with Coop’s sister, Marsh searches for the truth about what happened to his friend, ultimately uncovering something bigger than he could ever have imagined.

My Rating: 8.5 out of a possible 10
Explanation: This book caught my attention primarily because it was displayed in my library, so it was newer. I picked it up on a whim, and I'm glad I did. I was pleased to discover D.J. MacHale wrote the Are you Afraid of the Dark? show that both fascinated and terrified me as a child. Also, I know the pendragon books are well known, although I have never read them.
 
I found the character a bit unrelatable, but that was most likely due to not having ever been a teenage boy. Also, the things that happened to Marshall intrigued me, but I got slightly bored hearing about them and was more than ready for the answers when they began to arrive. I would suggest reading this during the day, however, and not when you're alone in a house. I read it at 10am on a snowy morning with my mother snowed home from work, and I was spooked.
 
 The end took the buildup of what was expected and crushed it in an instant, further complicating things. This would have annoyed me in a television show, but I found it somewhat fun in a novel. I am excited for the sequel in this [future] trilogy, but I don't mind waiting until April. I really enjoyed the book, and am excited to find more answers and how certain characters are tied into the plot. .