This series is a portal fantasy, that surrounds kids that have traveled to magical lands, but somehow found their way back to our world. “There is kindness in the world, if we know how to look for it. And this book heavily centers around one of my favorite characters from Every Heart a Doorway, Sumi! This is my 100th review of 2017! And I couldn’t have picked a better book! Beneath the Sugar Sky is another amazing installment in the Wayward Children series and it starts out right back at Eleanor West’s magical boarding school. I also loved that this book can be read as a stand alone, and it (and the books in the series) are all under 200 pages! THAT is a rare and beautiful thing in the world of fantasy stories.ARC provided by Tor in exchange for an honest review.Ģ.) Down Among the Sticks and Bones ★★★★★ Being preached to without warning is high on the list of things I try to avoid in books, and I was caught unaware. Mostly though, I felt like the entire book was a propaganda vehicle for hot topic social issues. There wasn’t a lot, but I was frustrated with some strong language and crass sexual content that felt out of place and out of character. I even enjoyed the surprise murder mystery!īut there was some baggage. The story is strong, the characters are well written. Is that wonderful? The book is full of them. There was still something unfinished around her eyes she wasn’t done yet. Her prose is worthy of putting it in an elegant frame and hanging it on your wall. Regarding the part I was expecting…Seanan McGuire is a wonderful writer and a prolific storyteller. And that’s the book I wanted to read!Įvery Heart a Doorway was that book, but it came with a bit of baggage I wasn’t expecting. There’s a private school for you! A place where you can live with other teenagers who’ve also been through hidden doors or holes in the ground or mirrors, returned, and found themselves changed–but trapped. You’re trapped between expectations and reality and it’s driving you insane. All you want to do is return to Wonderland where you’re understood and a hero and you don’t have to pretend not be you to make others happy. They just want their little girl back–but they don’t understand. The people who love you most can’t understand why you went missing and came back different. You’re experiences changed you, and by the time you’ve made it home you don’t fit into the “real” world anymore. Imagine you’re Alice, who visited Wonderland. Book one is Every Heart a Doorway–which makes me laugh because it sounds like the title of an Amy Harmon romance novel. Turns out it’s the Wayward Children series.

I enjoyed Middlegame my Seanan McGuire so much, I looked to see what her next most popular books were. Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1)

Every heart a doorway series