As gorgeous and as delicious as the first book. My heart feels full. I love character development, character study so it was awesome to find out more about Jack and Jill who appeared in Every Heart a Doorway. I adore the eerie vibe this series has, how whimsical and dark it is. I believe this world exists. I’m completely enveloped in it whilst I’m reading it. But what I love more is what the undertone of the stories represent for me and as a whole. To be who you are in a world that’s telling you...

jack and jill arent my favourite characters from the first book, but what i really enjoy is how the reader gets an opportunity to finally experience life beyond a doorway in this sequel. this has all of the world building and character development that i so desperately desired/is missing from first book. and i appreciate how this stuck to one genre (it didnt throw in a mystery/thriller element into a fantasy story, like its predecessor does). i think that really helped sell the storytelling qual...

Rating: 4.75 starsReally enjoyed learning more about some of the fascinating characters we met in book #1, and exploring a new world!So dark and heartbreaking.

Re-read 1/3/20: Undoubtedly still my favorite installment in the series. I am SO excited to head back to the Moors in Come Tumbling Down!!!Re-read 2/6/2019: Honestly Jack might be one of my favorite characters of all time. This is hands down my favorite of the series bc it is just SO GOOOOOOOD.Re-read 1/19/18: Re-read this to prepare for Beneath the Sugar Sky and it was still SO DAMN GOOD. I stg, I like live and breathe for this series. I’m obsessed. Can’t believe I have something new in the ser...

I absolutely love the worlds that Seanan McGuire creates and the overall concepts of her novels, but both this and Every Heart a Doorway fell just a little bit flat for me. This isn't because of her writing style, which is beautiful, but simply because the books are too dang short for me!I will say that I enjoyed this more than Every Heart a Doorway as the plot was more focused. I actually was really loving it and invested in the story! BUT IT WAS TOO SHORT. This led to several instances of bein...

I loved Jack and Jill in Every Heart a Doorway , and I was so looking forward to their story! But now I’m sad it’s over!Serena and Chester are obsessed with order and appearances. They have to be a perfect couple with a perfect house in a perfect neighborhood, perfect at work and at various roles in society. But one thing is missing. They can’t be an image of perfection unless they are the a perfect, nuclear family. And so they decide to have a kid...Bad idea. They are terrible, terrible pare...

((Singing: Hello, darkness, my old friend...))THAT ENDING!!!Wow! I am so glad I gave this book a second chance. I started this last summer, put it down to participate in a Readathon and just kept neglecting to pick it back up.Now that I have completed it, I have such a strong urge to go back and read the first book again. This story helps to explain so much and to my delight, expanded on my two favorite characters.Jack and Jill.Born, Jacqueline and Jillian.Jacqueline the perfect princess, prim a...

4.5 Stars! This was definitely a satisfying sequel. I think I may have enjoyed book one slightly more, but nonetheless, I adore this series and would highly recommend books one and two! I believe it is written in third person-omniscient, which I find is not the most common form of narration in YA. It’s always a bit tricky to get fully immersed at first, being the prose is also quite elaborate and flowery, but I’ve consistently grown addicted to her writing style with both books.I do feel Down A...

Childhood dreams are fun to return to, aren't they? Until you remember that childhood isn't always an easy walk through the wildflowers. Until you remember that some of those dreams can turn to nightmares quick as a flash.This was definitely better for me than book one. While I thought book one had the same amazing atmosphere and a fantastic concept, this book had far more solid character work.If any of you remember my review of Every Heart a Doorway, you'll remember that Jack was by far my favo...

The Moors exist in eternal twilight, in the pause between the lightning strike and the resurrection. They are a place of endless scientific experimentation, of monstrous beauty, and of terrible consequences It got even better. It’s honestly not fair that a series of books can be this good, especially when this book was the story of what Happened with Jack and Jill when they went into their world. Honestly, I usually get bored of a series when each book has a different narrator or different ch

I loved this so much! If the series continues to explore the depths of different characters, then I'm already expecting to love every installment. It was so great getting to know Jack & Jill's characters, despite the frustrating childhood they had to endure. Someone get these children new parents ASAP! It was also nice to get to see the world their door lead them to & how it altered them in different ways. Can't wait to pick up the next book!

I just adore this series.Booktube review: https://youtu.be/g9L-nGlu2Ic?t=6m53s

ARC provided by Tor in exchange for an honest review.1.) Every Heart a Doorway ★★★★★ This book is beyond words. No amount of word combinations I could possibly string together could do this book justice. This series is truly a gift from above, and I can't urge you enough to drop any and everything you're reading to pick up this or Every Heart a Doorway.I didn't think it would be possible, but I actually enjoyed Down Among the Sticks and Bones more than Every Heart a Doorway. Once I turned that l...

Some adventures require nothing more than a willing heart and the ability to trip over the cracks in the world. I love McGuire's dark little fairy tales so so much.I was captivated by Every Heart a Doorway last year, and couldn't wait to get into more of the author's weirdness with Down Among the Sticks and Bones. It doesn't disappoint. This second in the series is a completely new story, so it can be easily read as a standalone. But also has all the unsettling atmosphere of its predecessor.I

4.6/5 Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️“Some adventures require nothing more than a willing heart and the ability to trip over the cracks in the world.”And now this series finally begins! I don't consider the first book the beginning of this series... I consider this one. At this moment, I have read the entirely of it in like... 3 days. I can wholeheartedly tell you that I would much prefer if she started the series off with this book which feels much too personal and beautiful and have the first one be the thir...

NOW AVAILABLE!!!this woman….according to miranda, between her two author-personas; Seanan McGuire and Mira Grant, this woman has SIX books coming out in 2017. which is crazy. and some of them, like this one, are on the short side, but they are in no way flimsy, tossed-off sketches. the amount of thick detail and lingering emotional resonance here’ll make your head spin. ‘cuz while this one may be short, it sure ain’t sweet.i mean, it’s sweet in the “OH MY GOD, MY HEART IS BREAKING” way that appe...

4.5 stars. This is my favorite of the whole Wayward Children series, along with In an Absent Dream. This is a prequel to the first book (and I actually liked this one much better) so if you missed the first book, you're good to start here ... but if you keep going with the series, you actually do need to read Every Heart a Doorway. :) Review first posted on Fantasy Literature:Since Down Among the Sticks and Bones is a prequel to Every Heart a Doorway and since I was going into it already knowing...

#1 Every Heart a Doorway ★★★★★#2 Down Among the Sticks and Bones ★★★★★#3 Beneath the Sugar Sky ★★★★★#4 In An Absent Dream ★★★★★#5 Come Tumbling Down ★★★★★#6 Across the Green Grass Fields ★★★★★#7 Where the Drowned Girls Go ★★★★★I genuinely did not think that anything could top Every Heart a Doorway for me, and then this book came in and blew my expectations out of the water. Seanan’s writing is always masterful and poetic, but the underlying messages she wove into this novella made it even more m...

1.) Every Heart A Doorway ★★★★2.) Down Among The Sticks and Bones ★★★★.53.) Beneath The Sugar Sky ★★★★.54.) In An Absent Dream ★★★.55.) Come Tumbling Down ★★★★6.) Across the Green Grass Fields ★★★★-----------------------------------------------Great discussion on gender roles and a beautiful but heartbreaking fairytale-like story.

(3.5) I'm not 100% sure how to rate this book...I liked it but not as much as the first one. I'm definitely planning on reading the next one since I want to hear more about the other worlds!