Dragons in our Midst

Have you ever read the Dragons in our Midst series by Bryan Davis?

The books are a little hard to get into at first, but eventually the characters are really wonderful. It's sort of a Christian fantasy series, but it takes place (at least for the most part) in our world, maybe a few decades back.

When I first started reading, it was kind of hard to get through the first few chapters of the first book. And even when I finished that first book, I might not have gotten the next books in the series had it not been for one character: Walter Foley.

He's the main character's best friend, and is he ever awesome! I was a little worried at first that he would turn out to be the best friend that ditches his friend when certain truths are made known, but not only does he stick by his friend, but he doesn't even let on that he knows anything until the friend(/main character) tells Walter himself.

Also, Walter, I believe, is the first ever character in a book to make me laugh out loud. He is renowned among his friends for his sense of humor, and it translates very well from the page to the reader. I could hardly keep reading, I was laughing so hard at one point.

And once I loved Walter enough to keep reading, I soon fell in love with the other characters: Bonnie Silver, Clefspeare, and eventually even Billy Bannister. For some reason, the main character was the slowest to worm his way into my affections, but maybe it had a lot to do with the fact that he had a lot of spiritual growth to go through. Bonnie almost seemed like a spiritual crutch for him at first, before he learned to stand on his own.

Hmmm, I think I may have just talked myself into rereading the series. It's been a while... xD Have a great day, dear readers!