This is a sequel to Gwendy’s Button Box, which Chizmar co-wrote with the prodigious Stephen King. I loved Gwendy’s Button Box. Unfortunately, Gwendy’s Magic Feather lacks, dare I say, the magic of the first book - perhaps what it lacks is King’s magic touch.

Gwendy is now in her late thirties, and where childlike innocence is appealing in a twelve-year-old Gwendy, it’s a bit odd in an adult. Gwendy doesn’t seem to have matured and developed very much at all.

The titular button box re-appears in Gwendy’s life and we never really know why. In fact, the novella as a whole just doesn’t make a lot of sense, and I’m already hard pressed to remember exactly what the plot was. It was a forgettable experience, and ultimately, disappointing.