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Slumbering An Epic Fantasy Adventure Series The Starlight Chronicles Book 1 eBook C S Johnson Jennifer Sell

Hamilton Dinger is a "typical" young high school jock. Blessed with both brains and athletic ability, he thinks he is "God's gift" to himself. He is determined to make Gwen his girlfriend. When a meteor strikes his town, he saves Gwen from harm and he thinks things are going my way, but...is he wrong.
He has had dreams about different people before, but now they are becoming more vivid and more real. He now has a Dragon shifter to help him realize what he is, a starlight warrior, and to help him learn how to use his powers. You think he would be happy, but no he isn't. It is interfering with his life! Finally, after Gwen is attacked for the third time and he almost loses his baby brother, he starts to grow up and he realizes there is more to life than just him.

The author, C. S. Johnson, has not only created a wonderful story, but also a story that tries to teach a lesson of life.


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Slumbering An Epic Fantasy Adventure Series The Starlight Chronicles Book 1 eBook C S Johnson Jennifer Sell Reviews

Slumbering (The Starlight Chronicles #1) by C.S. Johnson and narrated by Nicholas Santasier is an audible book I requested and the review is voluntary. This book is a preteen/teen book and is quite funny in many ways. The main guy of the story, Hamilton, is so incredibly self centered, narrow-minded, obnoxious, entitled (he thinks), and so much better than anyone else that he is so unlikable. The way the author makes him react to situations is so brilliant, I would have never thought of it! It is laughable and in that way he is funny but he doesn't know it. Despite all of these negative qualities, he is super popular and everyone loves him. Of course they do, just ask him! But things go crazy in town. A meteor, evil beings, and then suddenly he has super powers. What will a self serving guy with superpowers do? These superpowers come at the end of the book so the rest is the million other crazy things in his life. Mainly, there is a girl that doesn't understand that she loves him and needs to change for him. He must make her understand that. Oh and the meteor thing, town going to hell and football...The next book I imagine is all about the superpower self centered Hamilton, I am going there next. I saw so little of it here and want to see where that leads. Cute story. Not really an adult read but I think teens will really like the crazy group of teens he hangs with. Most are normal and why then are with him I am not sure. Rude to even his friends. lol
The narrator's voice would be good in other stories but not in this one. I would have preferred a different voice.
I also own the book.
Hamilton Dinger is your average 16 year old boy. Quite intelligent, athletic, popular, self-absorbed, “My parents are ruining my life!”, “I don’t understand why Gwen doesn’t want me?! I mean, I’m quite the catch!” As I said, your average teenager. Until a meteorite hits his town. Turns out Dinger, not so average!

The meteorite released the deadly seven sinister and they have broken out of their prisons. To sustain themselves, they need human souls. With Dinger’s abilities no longer dormant, can he overcome his narrowmindedness and willful ignorance to help save his city?

It’s entertaining, even though Hamilton drove me bloody bonkers. He was so into himself that he couldn’t see the bigger picture. You wanted to root for him, to end his willful ignorance once he realized the world needed to be saved, but we’re also talking about a 16 year old boy who has his life mapped out.

I thought this was entertaining, and I can’t wait to see where this goes.
What would happen if Flash Thompson (from Amazing Spider-man) or Whitney Fordman (from Smallville) acquired super powers rather than the sympathetic Peter Parker and Clark Kent. That is the premise of this inviting YA novel which details the transformation of selfish, conceited Hamilton Dinger into the struggling superhero Wingdinger.

Johnson so effectively immerses us in Dinger's limited world in the "social elite" of his high school (In Dinger's words, "Someone had to be popular... So it was my duty, my curse and blessing, to be so.") that the first third of the novel can be a painful read. How self-possessed can this teenager be? Known by his "trademark smirk," Dinger celebrates being intelligent, popular, and attractive (receiving "best eyes" in his yearbook) and frequently ignores or belittles those who do not fit his shallow definitions of what deserves his attention.

{Johnson's own background in education informs her presentation of teachers at the school (she is obviously having fun with the descriptions and characterization). She reminds us that those who take on the task of teaching high-schoolers deserve our support and sympathy.}

We see Dinger's narcissism in his relationships with fellow football players Poncey, Mikey, and Jason, but particularly in his attempts to win Gwen Kessler from drama student Tim, who plays Romeo to Gwen's Juliet in the high school's production of Shakespeare's play.

A meteor crashing into the town shakes the status quo, giving Dinger a chance to save Gwen's life, but also exposing him to something that slowly transforms him. The changes begin with dreams of stars, a vision of a menacing cloud with eyes, and a sighting of "a man in black" hurting some thirty people in the stands at the end of the homecoming football game. The last vision distracts Dinger from the crucial play that would have won the game, and those on his team wonder at his failure.

Later in the novel we discover the meteor did not give Dinger superpowers, but that he is an angel who has lost his way, who is "slumbering" in a self-centered world. Elysian, a dragon who can shrink to a small lizard to ride in Dinger's backpack or expand to full size for a battle, explains the Prince has sent Dinger to fight the Seven Deadly Sinisters. Somehow Dinger has gotten off-track. This novel portrays the journey back, how Dinger reclaims his sense of mission, and in Narnia-like fashion, there is a crucial encounter with the Prince that helps Dinger to muster the courage needed to face off against the demons.

But Dinger does not face them alone. There is a female angel named Starry Night. Although he has intimations he may have a history with her, Dinger cannot decipher who she is. Ah, but, that's another story, and indeed the next book in the series.

If you like Narnia, superhero adventures, or coming-of-age tales, definitely give this book a try. I look forward to seeing where the story goes.
Hamilton Dinger is a "typical" young high school jock. Blessed with both brains and athletic ability, he thinks he is "God's gift" to himself. He is determined to make Gwen his girlfriend. When a meteor strikes his town, he saves Gwen from harm and he thinks things are going my way, but...is he wrong.
He has had dreams about different people before, but now they are becoming more vivid and more real. He now has a Dragon shifter to help him realize what he is, a starlight warrior, and to help him learn how to use his powers. You think he would be happy, but no he isn't. It is interfering with his life! Finally, after Gwen is attacked for the third time and he almost loses his baby brother, he starts to grow up and he realizes there is more to life than just him.

The author, C. S. Johnson, has not only created a wonderful story, but also a story that tries to teach a lesson of life.