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Oh, to be a wayward child…

Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire

January 27, 2020 by TheShitWizard 2 Comments

Children have always had a habit of disappearing into different worlds, whether they’ve strayed off a path in the woods or climbed into a wardrobe during a game of hide and seek, but what happens to those children once they come back home? For many of those children, they never wanted to return in the first place. And for the parents of those children, they just want their child to be the one they were before they disappeared, stop talking nonsense about the fairy worlds […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, childhood, fairytale, Fiction, Seanan McGuire

TheShitWizard's CBR12 Review No:4 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, childhood, fairytale, Fiction, Seanan McGuire ·
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First big find of 2020!

Sparrow Hill Road by Seanan McGuire

January 26, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader 1 Comment

Potential favorite new author alert! I had heard of Seanan McGuire before; I saw something related to one of her more recent novels (Middlegame) which got my attention and now physically sits on my TBR bookcase. That is a longer book though and right now I don’t really have the time or energy, so instead I put in a request at my local library for Sparrow Hill Road. I had seen the sequel in a bookstore and thought it looked really interesting but I figured […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Suspense Tagged With: Ghost Stories, girl in the diner, girl in the green silk gown, road stories, Seanan McGuire, sparrow hill road, urban legend

CoffeeShopReader's CBR12 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Suspense · Tags: Ghost Stories, girl in the diner, girl in the green silk gown, road stories, Seanan McGuire, sparrow hill road, urban legend ·
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You Had One Rule, Just the One

Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire

January 18, 2020 by Jen K 1 Comment

This is the latest of the Wayward Children novellas, and it returns the reader to the world of the Moors – the home that Jack and Jill found when they went through their door.  McGuire’s second novella explored Jack and Jill’s life before they attended the Home for Wayward Children.  I actually hadn’t expected her to return the Moors, but Jack and Jill’s return at the end of the Every Heart a Doorway had certainly left the potential to explore more of their story. The […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Come Tumbling Down, mad scientist, Seanan McGuire, the Moors, Wayward Children

Jen K's CBR12 Review No:7 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Come Tumbling Down, mad scientist, Seanan McGuire, the Moors, Wayward Children ·
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My Portal to Another Land would definitely not lead to Candy Land

Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire

December 22, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

While the second Wayward Child novella delved deeper into the backstory of two characters from the first novel.  This novella, on the other hand, takes the reader back to the school grounds to meet new children trying to find their way home while also checking in on old characters. Cora and Nadya are two new characters, and they were called to magical realms where they had strong connections to water, Cora as a mermaid, and Nadya as a Drowning Girl.  As a result, it is […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Beneath the sugar sky, Seanan McGuire, Wayward Children

Jen K's CBR11 Review No:94 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Beneath the sugar sky, Seanan McGuire, Wayward Children ·
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All Our Love for The Sea Witch

The Unkindest Tide (October Daye Book 13) by Seanan McGuire

October 30, 2019 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

  Just like with the previous book in the series, Night and Silence, I can’t make any promises here with regards to spoilers. I’ll try and avoid anything too shocking from this book in particular, but the rest of the series? Be on your guard. Of all the characters in the October Daya series, I have to say that the Luidaeg is probably one of my favourites. Underneath her tough as nails exterior and her grim sense of humour lies someone who’s life has been […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: cbr11bingo, October Daye, Rainbow Flag, Seanan McGuire, the unkindest tide, Urban Fantasy

LittlePlat's CBR11 Review No:20 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: cbr11bingo, October Daye, Rainbow Flag, Seanan McGuire, the unkindest tide, Urban Fantasy ·
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Fae Murder Mystery in San Francisco

Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire

October 23, 2019 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

Rosemary and Rue is the first book in the October Daye series by Seanan McGuire. I’ve been meaning to read this forever. I’m a big fan of detective mysteries and urban fantasy. I’m very happy to review it for the And So It Begins CBR11 bingo square. October Daye, Toby for short, is a changeling and a knight errant to the Duke of Shadowed Hills. In this universe, the Fae are hidden to humans and live amongst them in secret. Toby’s mother is a powerful […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Mystery Tagged With: #fantasy, And So It Begins, cbr11bingo, detective, fae, Faerie, mystery, October Daye, paranormal fantasy, rosemary and rue, San Francisco, Seanan McGuire, Series, Sidhe, Urban Fantasy

teresaelectro's CBR11 Review No:12 · Genres: Fantasy, Mystery · Tags: #fantasy, And So It Begins, cbr11bingo, detective, fae, Faerie, mystery, October Daye, paranormal fantasy, rosemary and rue, San Francisco, Seanan McGuire, Series, Sidhe, Urban Fantasy ·
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