14
So I'm reading Peter Cline's 14
Amazon blurb:There are some odd things about Nate’s new apartment.
Of course, he has other things on his mind. He hates his job. He has no money in the bank. No girlfriend. No plans for the future. So while his new home isn’t perfect, it’s livable. The rent is low, the property managers are friendly, and the odd little mysteries don’t nag at him too much. At least, not until he meets Mandy, his neighbor across the hall, and notices something unusual about her apartment. And Xela’s apartment. And Tim’s. And Veek’s.
Because every room in this old Los Angeles brownstone has a mystery or two. Mysteries that stretch back over a hundred years. Some of them are in plain sight. Some are behind locked doors. And all together these mysteries could mean the end of Nate and his friends.
Or the end of everything...
The blurb for the book made me think it would be a haunted apartment building story -- and it may yet be -- but as I'm reading it, it's making me think... I don't know... aliens? Either that, or the place is owned by Wolfram and Hart...
Huh.
Guess I'll see. (Mulder and Scully really should be included, though. This sort of thing was right up their alley. ;)
ETA (Not Quite Half Way Through): It's not coming off like a haunted house story. It actually reminds me of LOST. Several characters of different ages and types living in the building, all of whom are coming off as likable losers (part of the allure of the apartment building is the incredibly low rent) and all of whom are working together to figure out the weirdness.
Thus far, it's been just weirdness. Nothing scary, just strange, mysterious, and odd.
Amazon blurb:There are some odd things about Nate’s new apartment.
Of course, he has other things on his mind. He hates his job. He has no money in the bank. No girlfriend. No plans for the future. So while his new home isn’t perfect, it’s livable. The rent is low, the property managers are friendly, and the odd little mysteries don’t nag at him too much. At least, not until he meets Mandy, his neighbor across the hall, and notices something unusual about her apartment. And Xela’s apartment. And Tim’s. And Veek’s.
Because every room in this old Los Angeles brownstone has a mystery or two. Mysteries that stretch back over a hundred years. Some of them are in plain sight. Some are behind locked doors. And all together these mysteries could mean the end of Nate and his friends.
Or the end of everything...
The blurb for the book made me think it would be a haunted apartment building story -- and it may yet be -- but as I'm reading it, it's making me think... I don't know... aliens? Either that, or the place is owned by Wolfram and Hart...
Huh.
Guess I'll see. (Mulder and Scully really should be included, though. This sort of thing was right up their alley. ;)
ETA (Not Quite Half Way Through): It's not coming off like a haunted house story. It actually reminds me of LOST. Several characters of different ages and types living in the building, all of whom are coming off as likable losers (part of the allure of the apartment building is the incredibly low rent) and all of whom are working together to figure out the weirdness.
Thus far, it's been just weirdness. Nothing scary, just strange, mysterious, and odd.