First sentence: Henry, Kansas, is a hot town.
Premise/plot: Henry York’s parents are missing—he doesn’t seem overly concerned since they are absent much of the time—and so he has gone to live with his Uncle Frank, Aunt Dotty, and cousins Anastasia, Penny, and Henrietta. His bedroom is in the attic. All the adventures, well, except for the baseball sort, stem from the attic and the cupboards within. For the cupboards are ways or gateways to other places, lands, universes, realities. Henry may not intend to travel to “fantasy lands” and have showdowns with evil—an evil witch to be precise. But the whole family may be in great danger once these cupboards are active.
My thoughts: I really loved this one the first time I read it. Though I never did read the rest of the trilogy. In my defense, I read this one before it was even released let alone the other two books. By the time they released I had forgotten the first book and didn’t work up the energy to reread the first book and properly read the series as a whole.
I didn’t love it quite as much the second time though I still loved the actual writing and narrative. I was confused by having read the prequel. So there were dozens of questions in my mind that probably shouldn’t have been there.
I am going to try to read the other books this year. Maybe my questions will be answered.
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