I read the first two books in the days of the week series and didn't feel compelled to go further, but my husband listened to them on CD and enjoyed them (all except Thursday which the library didn't have as an audiobook. He read that in paper).
Based on what I remember they do skew a bit younger, but they're actually fairly dark. They're about an ordinary boy named Arthur from our world who gets grabbed as the heir to the Architect, the one who created all of reality. The Architect has been gone for centuries, and her (I think it was a her) realm has been divided up among trustees named for the days of the week. These trustees don't want to give up power, naturally. It all gets fairly complicated, and Arthur's home world and family suffer at the hands of the trustees.
The Architect left a will that is sentient and self motivated. The will has been chopped into pieces, and each piece is in the hands of a different trustee so that putting the will back together is a goal. Likewise, each house (the realm of a specific trustee) has a key that gives one access to all that house's powers.
My impression, from what my husband said, is that the books get darker as they go along. Arthur doesn't much like the realm of the Architect and definitely doesn't want to be the new Architect, but he doesn't have any choice.
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Based on what I remember they do skew a bit younger, but they're actually fairly dark. They're about an ordinary boy named Arthur from our world who gets grabbed as the heir to the Architect, the one who created all of reality. The Architect has been gone for centuries, and her (I think it was a her) realm has been divided up among trustees named for the days of the week. These trustees don't want to give up power, naturally. It all gets fairly complicated, and Arthur's home world and family suffer at the hands of the trustees.
The Architect left a will that is sentient and self motivated. The will has been chopped into pieces, and each piece is in the hands of a different trustee so that putting the will back together is a goal. Likewise, each house (the realm of a specific trustee) has a key that gives one access to all that house's powers.
My impression, from what my husband said, is that the books get darker as they go along. Arthur doesn't much like the realm of the Architect and definitely doesn't want to be the new Architect, but he doesn't have any choice.