Although I have read many, many comments through various booksellers that this book is an amazing stand alone that you could read without having read the first, I have this weird obsession with starting everything from the beginning. I can’t even watch a T.V. show unless I start it from the premiere and move onward. Because of this odd tic, I had to first go and purchase Morpheus Road: The Light (the 1st book in the series) before reviewing Morpheus Road: The Black. A good book deserves to be purchased, I wouldn’t tell you to purchase a book I wouldn’t buy. I figured that if this book was as great as it claimed to be then I’d want to get the first one regardless. I am very glad that I did!
“Cooper Foley always had a knack for finding trouble, but nothing he’s ever experienced could have prepared him for his latest adventure: He has landed square in the middle of a border war between the worlds of the living and the dead.
At the end of The Light, Book One of Morpheus Road trilogy, Marshall Seaver learned the truth about what happened to his missing best friend, Cooper. Now the mystery continues to unfold, only this time through Cooper’s eyes.”
Morpheus Road: The Light and Morpheus Road: The Black are in essence the same story seen from two different perspectives. The Light refers to the Living World and The Black an in-between where souls go while waiting to see if they continue on. So it makes sense that The Light is from the perspective of Marshall Seaver whose best friend Cooper has gone missing and The Black is his friend Cooper Foley’s story, from the other side. These books are like fraternal twins; born of the same pen and yet altogether different. With so many unexpected twists so seemlessly weaved together, I found myself often sitting on edge the whole time! Seriously, it was one of the books you can’t ever put down because there is no good place to stop. If you do all you will think of is what is waiting beyond the next chapter and the next until you are finished. So when you are through with one book the knowing is still there that its twin is waiting with more answers, and more secrets and you. just. can’t. stop. Do yourself a favor and have whichever one you aren’t reading waiting, because otherwise you’ll find yourself trying to hunt it down after midnight on a weekday. I’ve been there. Morpheus Road Trilogy is just that good.
D.J. MacHale is an amazing storyteller and the New York Times Bestselling Author of the book series, Pendragon. He has also written, directed and produced many television series and movies for young people on Nickelodeon, The Disney Channel, HBO, Showtime, PBS, Discovery Kids and your everyday broadcast networks. If you hadn’t heard of Pendragon then I’m sure you have heard of Are You Afraid of the Dark? I watched this when I was younger and also my son when a revised version aired on SNICK; it was a wonderful way to share a love of creepy movies with my son without having the more adult themes that sometimes come with them.
Morpheus Road: The Black is not the end and I wait with excited anticipation for the third book of the trilogy. There are just some series you don’t want to miss out on, especially during the summer! It’s the perfect book for young adults (My son is wrapped up in Morpheus Road: The Black currently.), but again… these young adult books are still fantastic reading for adults so don’t let that dissuade you or you will truly miss out on a great mystery/psychological thriller/creepy novel. All you should be considering at this point is where to begin on Morpheus Road, The Light or The Black?
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You can buy Morpheus Road: The Light for $12.59 and Morpheus Road: The Black for $10.03, or get both of them together for $18.02 on Amazon.
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