Absolute magic.

NEW (AND FREEEEEE) LUNDY STORY JUICE LIKE WOUNDS DROPPING OVER AT TOR.COM ON MONDAY 7/13 - BASTILLE DAY EVE!!! LET US EAT FREE STORIES!! it is INCREDIBLElink here: https://www.tor.com/2020/07/13/juice-...The Lundy who had stepped through the door for her second visit to the Goblin Market would barely have recognized the one who came stumbling through it for her second return to the world of her birth. This Lundy was thin, her arms and legs wiry with new muscle, rendered lean by physical labor an...

This Wayward Children book SHOULD NOT be missed, even though it's very bittersweet. Maybe my favorite of the entire series. Like the second book, this one is also by way of a prequel to the first book, Every Heart a Doorway, so you can read it without having read the earlier books in the series, though knowing what happens in the first book does add depth (view spoiler)[and sorrow (hide spoiler)]to this one. I loved Seanan McGuire's concept of the Goblin Market as a fantasy portal world, and ho...

*4.5/5God, I just keep letting these books break my heart.

“What’s the Goblin Market?”“It is a place where dreamers go when they don’t fit in with the dreams their homes think worth dreaming. Doors lead here. Perhaps you found one.” When I read Every Heart a Doorway, Down Among the Sticks and Bones, and Beneath the Sugar Sky, I thought I knew what it was to fall completely, utterly, in love with fairy tales. I knew nothing.This is my favourite book yet in this gorgeous series. If I could rate it higher, I would. It's a beautiful, evocative fairy tale

After Beneath the Sugar Sky I was afraid the series had run its course and the new books would have nothing left to say. I was pleasantly surprised to see a fresh new story that rekindled my love for these books.The main themes are still the same: children who cannot fit into their world because of parental neglect or other problems discover portal worlds where they feel at home. But unlike Down Among the Sticks and Bones, here the protagonist comes from a loving family, who at least tries to gi...

Rating: 3.5 starsProbably my least favourite so far, but this was also the first one I listened to on audio so perhaps that influenced my enjoyment in some way.I was SO intrigued by the Goblin Market. Loved the concept. My main issue was that I felt like all of the exciting things Lundy did and experienced happened behind the scenes. I understand that not everything could have been included in this as a novella, but so many of her adventures were mentioned in passing after jumping forward in tim...

ARC provided by Tor in exchange for an honest review.1.) Every Heart a Doorway ★★★★★ 2.) Down Among the Sticks and Bones ★★★★★ 3.) Beneath the Sugar Sky ★★★★ “Death wasn’t fair value for anything…” In An Absent Dream stars Katherine Lundy, the therapist who leads the group sessions in Every Heart a Doorway. She is Eleanor’s second in command, and claims to be eighty-years-old, despite only looking around eight. And this is her story, about her time in her world, the goblin market. And...

Wasn't planning on reading it.... yet here we are!This was probably my favorite story/world to explore in this series.I've read a few of McGuire's books (6?) and in all of them I've felt like "something" was missing. They're very atmospheric, the writing is beautiful and the world building is interesting but the stories always feel a bit empty. For example, in this one you totally get a fairytale but better feel but every time any action would happen we fast forward to after the events have unfo...

Re-read 1/3/20: Excuse me while I continue to lay in bed crying for the rest of the nightOriginal read 2/19/19: Excuse me while I lay in bed crying for the rest of the night 😭😭

4.8/5 Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️“If you want to help her, you need to help yourself first. No one serves their friends by grinding themselves into dust on the altar of compassion.”YES YES YES! THIS WAS INCREDIBLE AND MY FAVOURITE ONE OF THE FIVE! This book was so so so good! I just can't describe it, I'm so so glad I kept going with this series despite not really liking the first book. Holy shit man. I know Lundy for 200 pages and I would do everything for her. Her story impacted me so much and I sympathi...

Be sure to visit Bantering Books to read all my latest reviews.I adore a good fairy tale.I always have. I probably always will.Fairy tales bring me back to my childhood. They fill me with such wonder. Such magic. As does Seanan McGuire's Wayward Children series. In an Absent Dream is the fourth installment in McGuire's series of short novellas -- and it is definitely my most favorite so far. I wish I could give it more than five stars; I love it so much. This time, McGuire rewinds and tells the

Rule One : Ask for nothingRule Two : Names have powerRule Three : Always give fair valueBe Sure. Welcome to the Goblin Market

In An Absent Dream is a story about a girl who does not fit exactly what a girl should be, who would rather dream than be a perfect girl. In this book, we follow her journey through the Goblin Market, where there are only three rules: Ask for nothing. Names have power. Always give fair value. It is this final rule that becomes the undoing of so many characters. To be a child is to be a visitor from another world muddling your way through the strange rules of this one, where up is always up, ev...

Four enchanting, dreamy, fairly valued stars!The door leads little Katherine to the world called Goblin Market where you go when you don’t fit in with the dreams your homes think worth dreaming. Bookworm, introvert and smart Katherine realizes she does not fit in her own world, living friendless, restricted by her father’s overprotective walls, hold onto her books to breathe and exist. Finally she sees, there are other worlds for the people who are sure enough to take risks and start their journ...

By far my favourite in this series.Absolute magic ✨✨✨✨

“You forgot that sometimes, fair value comes from change, and death, and sacrifice. You can’t have everything and give fair value.” Sometimes you can’t help but feel that you don’t belong in the world you were born into. Too much may be expected of you, or too little, or everything is just a bit of wrong and you don’t even realize it until you get a glimpse of the world where those subtle wrongs are replaced with undeniable sense of rightness. So what do you do? You’d like to think you’d aban

WHY CAN’T EVERY BOOK BE A MAGICAL WONDERLAND-Y BOOK ABOUT GOBLIN MARKETS.I basically only want to read magical realism about strong bookish girls going on adventures and exploring unapologetically.I could do without the bittersweet endings that make my heart hurt, but I get the appeal.Even though this series is, on paper, perfect for me (magic and murder and Candyland and books and mystery and rabbit-holes and all of it in a world where Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is real, and also all of t...

**3.5-stars rounded up**This crushed my heart a little bit, not going to lie.I found Lundy's story to be so incredibly sad. It truly hit me hard, y'all. The choices she had to make were really powerful.The idea of childhood innocence being dashed upon the rocks of reality, it was tough to read. Also, I found the dichotomy between Lundy's serious-side, paired with her rebelliousness, just so dang relatable. You cannot outsmart the market; you cannot have it all. I felt that was so heavy, you know...

It would almost feel too cliché to use the title of a book to describe it, but in this case, it’s too fitting, too accurate, it too perfectly captures its essence, so as not to. “Rule 1: Ask for nothingRule 2: Names have powerRule 3: Always give fair value” In an Absent Dream takes you on a journey to a whole new world that is curious, and whimsical, and leaves you feeling like you woke up from from a deep slumber with a wondrous tale faintly imprinted in the back of your mind—it gives you the...