Slumbering (The Starlight Chronicles Book 1) by C.S. Johnson

Hamilton Dinger, our protagonist, is a narcissistic teenager turned hero when evil crashes down in the middle of Apollo City.  Dinger saves Gwen, the girl he likes, but then finds himself having visions.  With the possibility of insanity, Dinger trudges on without letting anyone know what is happening to him

 
When the meteorite crashes, it destroys a rival high school just before the homecoming game. After the city settles, the game is on!  Dinger, a star athlete, and his friends go head to head against their rivals.  It comes down to the last few seconds when Dinger misses his opportunity to bring home the glory.  His teammates blame him for losing the game, but to his defense, he was worried about the thirty people in the crowd that were attacked by a sinister man cloaked in black. 

After the game, school life continues as normal as everyone gets ready for the big play, Romeo and Juliet.  Dinger, although reluctant, attends the play.  The skies roar and lightning crashes through the ceiling and hits the stage and Maia, one of the antagonists, appears.  Maia attacks the audience, sucking the souls from anyone she could get her hands on, including Gwen.  Here comes Dinger to the rescue!  He blocks Gwen from Maia only to be thrown to the side like a sack of potatoes.

In service to the Master of the Void, Orpheus and his gang of Sinisters try to carry out their mission-to turn earth into a world of complete emptiness.  Dinger and his new friends, Starry Knight and Elysian battle against Maia and unlock Dinger's dormant abilities.  Dinger discovers he is a Starlight Warrior that crashed to earth.  His mission, given to him by the Prince of Stars, is to capture the Seven Deadly Sinisters before they completely destroy the planet.

Guided by Elysian, a changeling dragon, Dinger accepts the truth of his existence and claims his mantle as the protector of earth.

At 330 pages, C.S. Johnson develops a world all her own.  Overall, I had a hard time getting into this novel.  I could not connect with the characters and the roles they play.  I found Dinger's inability to accept reality annoying.  His friends are judgmental and the the girl he cares about is clueless about the world outside of herself.  There were some scenarios that I found unlikely such as when Maia attacks the school and then the students attend class like normal the following Monday.

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