In An Absent Dream, by Seanan McGuire
Book 4 of The Wayward Children Series
MacMillan Audio - 2019
Fantasy
Audiobook
Narrated by Cynthia Hopkins
MacMillan Audio - 2019
Fantasy
Audiobook
Narrated by Cynthia Hopkins
4 Hours, 57 Minutes
My Rating (out of 5)
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I think this was my favorite book of the series.
We met Lundy in the first book Every Heart A Doorway, as a teacher at Eleanor West's School for Wayward Children. In this novella, book four of the series, we learn all about Lundy and her back story.
As a very studious dreamer, Katherine Lundy never really felt like she fit in. The daughter of the school principal, she was often the target of child-bullies. When a doorway appears in a tree one day, she goes through it. She ends up in a strange and different world, that somehow seems to make sense to her. She makes friends and learns the rules of the Goblin Market, and finds a measure of happiness there that she cannot find in the world she comes from. She passes through the doorway more than once; but rules are rules and Lundy is ultimately banished when she breaks one of them.
Lundy was one of the more intriguing characters met in the first book. for myself, I was just itching to know what her story was - and now I know it.
The Wayward Children Series is a collection of novellas, so they are all fairly short, which is really their only downfall. I am always left wanting for more!. I am hoping that McGuire bestows us with another addition or two to this series!
Narration was expertly performed by Cynthia Hopkins. Her range of character is without reproach and her performance is always emotionally in tune with the story. She is quickly becoming a favorite narrator of mine.
For my reviews on the other books in the series, click on the cover pictures below.
We met Lundy in the first book Every Heart A Doorway, as a teacher at Eleanor West's School for Wayward Children. In this novella, book four of the series, we learn all about Lundy and her back story.
As a very studious dreamer, Katherine Lundy never really felt like she fit in. The daughter of the school principal, she was often the target of child-bullies. When a doorway appears in a tree one day, she goes through it. She ends up in a strange and different world, that somehow seems to make sense to her. She makes friends and learns the rules of the Goblin Market, and finds a measure of happiness there that she cannot find in the world she comes from. She passes through the doorway more than once; but rules are rules and Lundy is ultimately banished when she breaks one of them.
Lundy was one of the more intriguing characters met in the first book. for myself, I was just itching to know what her story was - and now I know it.
The Wayward Children Series is a collection of novellas, so they are all fairly short, which is really their only downfall. I am always left wanting for more!. I am hoping that McGuire bestows us with another addition or two to this series!
Narration was expertly performed by Cynthia Hopkins. Her range of character is without reproach and her performance is always emotionally in tune with the story. She is quickly becoming a favorite narrator of mine.
For my reviews on the other books in the series, click on the cover pictures below.
Happy Reading,
Christine
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