Kid = Me.
Candy Store = This series.

I bow down to the patron saint of books and reading , you heard my reading-slump wail!(wait, is there one? If there's one for thieves, there should be one for bookworms). I was this close to going on a full week streaming binge-watching session followed by an internal struggle to read once again followed by an overflow of snacks and procrastination while I search for something in my pile of uncracked spines. But then, I took a look at the books I haven't picked up of the counter in the corner of my mini-library and rummaged through like I was looking for a missing dollar. Found the Legion collection and here I am.

Cue the angelic chorus of hallelujah now...excellent.

The events in this book pick up almost right where the first ended - the mystery of Sandra, Oh Sandra - where for art thou? Seriously Sandra, quit playing - Stephen is actually slowly losing his mind or rather, his aspects are taking over and some are bringing friends. Looking at you Audrey and Kaylani. Which makes one wonder - can delusions have delusions have delusions, have delusions and round and round that question goes unanswered irl.

Is it weird that I feel like I'm hanging out with the aspects as much as Stephen hangs out with them. I feel their echoes when I finish reading and sometimes, if I'm doing something that feels reminiscent of a Tobias anecdote - well there he goes, giving me some interesting facts about something I've clearly just read or seen. That's what I love about books - even the bad ones, you're stuck with these murmurs of the world within the pages for a while and it makes our 3D reality all the more sweeter.

In short - an awesome, rejuvenating read.