Disney Disappointment

Ridley Pearson's KINGDOM KEEPERS: DISNEY AFTER DARK

is the first in the KINGDOM KEEPERS series. As a lover of all things Disney, I was definitely intrigued with this series, and I have been anxious to read it. A sweet friend loaned me the first three books. It's taken me almost half a year to find the time to read it, but I finally got to it!

I can't say that I really enjoyed it, though. I liked it, but I didn't enjoy it. It is very much like the MAGIC TREE HOUSE BOOKS. I think that I didn't enjoy it as much as I'd anticipated simply because it's written for a much younger audience. There are a lot of great teen/tween books that cross over into adult reading very easily and really don't read as teen novels. This one very much reads as a teen novel with an obvious intention of being directed at 12 to 14-year olds. I'm very sure that kids within that age range, and a few years older or younger--give or take, will thoroughly enjoy this book (series).

As an adult in her mid-forties, though, I just found it trying too hard. If you like THE MAGIC TREE HOUSE books and/or if you like Disney, you'll more than likely really enjoy the KINGDOM KEEPERS series. Please don't take my lack of enjoyment as bad press, so to speak.