Dinosaurs and portals, and a girl who can find both in the latest book in the Hugo and Nebula Award-Winning series.
Antsy is the latest student to pass through the doors at Eleanor West's School for Wayward Children.
When her fellow students realize that Antsy's talent for finding absolutely anything may extend to doors, she's forced to flee in the company of a small group of friends, looking for a way back to the Shop Where the Lost Things Go to be sure that Vineta and Hudson are keeping their promise.
Along the way, temptations are dangled, decisions are reinforced, and a departure to a world populated by dinosaurs brings untold dangers and one or two other surprises!
A story that reminds us that finding what you want doesn't always mean finding what you need.
Title : Mislaid in Parts Half-Known
Author : Seanan McGuire
Series : Wayward Children (book nine)
Format : eARC
Page Count : 160
Genre : fantasy
Publisher : Tordotcom
Release Date : January 9, 2024
Reviewer : Hollis
Rating : ★ ★.5
Hollis' 2.5 star review
After how much I loved book eight, I am super bummed to be here with this particular rating, feeling this particular way about the follow-up. Because as happy as I am that Antsy found her place and purpose, this whole instalment just felt.. all over the place and kind of meandering. Which is annoying because it did have some one or interesting observations but the problem became we had to hear them repeated over and over -- or at least it felt that way to me.
Even though I don't reread these like a lot of other fans of the series, I've never really felt the lack of that. But this one I think really needs a refresher or at least a solid understanding of the who is who and all the various dynamics. And so having so many people around, all with their little injokes and references (there's even a joke about this!), wasn't doing much for me because there were too many characters floating in and out of the page at any given moment.
But despite all this I think there's some fun stuff on the horizon (is something going to go down with Eleanor?) and I will continue to pick up this series.
** I received an ARC from the publisher (thank you!) and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. **
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