In the small town of Millwood young Stuart decides to build a fort in the woods only to find a door that seemed to lead to nowhere. Upon opening it a darkness pours out, entering the young boy and unleashing something much more unpleasant. Unless the visitor can find the light that drew it to this plane and find a way to stop the black cloud that followed it not only will his escape have been for nothing this entire universe will be consumed by the darkness.
I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. While I'm not generally one to condone the death of children I didn't hate this book. I don't know many adults that would have acted as Stuart did with the door, so without that action none of this book would have been possible.
My biggest issue with the kid aspect of this book was a scene where one of the visitors from another realm tricked a young girl out of her entire childhood, making decisions within her false memories that she may or may not have went with herself during the course of her life. Other than that and the death of the kid I don't really have any complaints on this book.
You generally wanted to know if a couple of kids would be able to stop a black cloud that was devouring everything in it's path in time to save the world. The other option would be a nightmarish landscape of creatures who are a part of the darkness. For once, you do have something to fear in the dark as you read into these pages.
The book is well-written and the characters are believable as we jump between both adult and children's perspectives in different places in the town. Everything is wrapped up nicely by the end of the book with just enough of a cliffhanger to let the reader know that there could be more in the future with this story.
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