Down Among The Sticks And Bones, by Seanan McGuire
Wayward Children Series - Book 2
MacMillan Audio - 2017
Fantasy
Audiobook
Narrated by Seanan McGuire
MacMillan Audio - 2017
Fantasy
Audiobook
Narrated by Seanan McGuire
4 Hours, 04 Minutes
My Rating (out of 5)
⭐⭐⭐⭐
In Every Heart A Doorway, the first book in this series (review of that book can be found HERE), we were introduced to a group of characters. All of the characters had traveled through their doorways to other realms. In this the second book in the Wayward Children series, we take a closer look at the story of Jack and Jill.
In this installment we are treated to the back-story of the twins Jaclyn and Jillian. Raised by parents who treated them each very differently, their personalities were like polar opposites. One always dressed in frills and lace, the other a tom-boy.
When they are twelve, they find an odd and hidden staircase in their grandmother's room and descend it. They enter the dark and magical land called the Moors and are separated shortly after arriving there. One resides in a castle with her master, the other living with and assisting a doctor of sorts.
They spend many years there before it all goes awry and they are ejected back into our realm, where of course they will ultimately end up at Eleanore West's School for Wayward Children where we met them in book one.
McGuire certainly has a fantastic imagination. While many fantasy books explore other realms, this series has multiple realms all integrated into one cohesive story.
McGuire narrated this one herself. In my opinion it is not always the best idea for an author to narrate their own audiobooks, and at the beginning I wasn't sure how I felt about McGuire narrating part of they story that to me should have been narrated by the previous book's voice - Cynthia Hopkins. It didn't take long however for me to get used to the change, and McGuire actually did a fine job of it.
While these books are short, they are well imagined, well written, and a pleasant diversion. This book could be read as a stand alone, or out of order, but in my opinion they are perfect in the order they are published (so far at least!).
I am looking forward to book three Beneath The Sugar Sky.
In Every Heart A Doorway, the first book in this series (review of that book can be found HERE), we were introduced to a group of characters. All of the characters had traveled through their doorways to other realms. In this the second book in the Wayward Children series, we take a closer look at the story of Jack and Jill.
In this installment we are treated to the back-story of the twins Jaclyn and Jillian. Raised by parents who treated them each very differently, their personalities were like polar opposites. One always dressed in frills and lace, the other a tom-boy.
When they are twelve, they find an odd and hidden staircase in their grandmother's room and descend it. They enter the dark and magical land called the Moors and are separated shortly after arriving there. One resides in a castle with her master, the other living with and assisting a doctor of sorts.
They spend many years there before it all goes awry and they are ejected back into our realm, where of course they will ultimately end up at Eleanore West's School for Wayward Children where we met them in book one.
McGuire certainly has a fantastic imagination. While many fantasy books explore other realms, this series has multiple realms all integrated into one cohesive story.
McGuire narrated this one herself. In my opinion it is not always the best idea for an author to narrate their own audiobooks, and at the beginning I wasn't sure how I felt about McGuire narrating part of they story that to me should have been narrated by the previous book's voice - Cynthia Hopkins. It didn't take long however for me to get used to the change, and McGuire actually did a fine job of it.
While these books are short, they are well imagined, well written, and a pleasant diversion. This book could be read as a stand alone, or out of order, but in my opinion they are perfect in the order they are published (so far at least!).
I am looking forward to book three Beneath The Sugar Sky.
Happy Reading,
Christine
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