Ahoy there me mateys!  I received a copy of this young adult fantasy novella eArc from NetGalley in exchange for me honest musings.  This be the sixth book in the series.  While I try to post no spoilers, if ye keep reading this log then ye have been forewarned and continue at yer own peril . . .

I say this every time I finish one of these novellas but I seriously could read dozens of books set in the various worlds.  This be the sixth installment and ye do not have to read any of the others for this one to make sense.  I actually highly recommend reading this series in publishing order because I feel that the reader gets the best flow that way.

This one completely floats me boat because it deals with ponies (me first love).  Not just ponies but kelpies, centaurs, unicorns, etc.  I was absolutely delighted with the world.  I was also delighted with the character of Regan and her new found family.  The chosen one trope is twisted here.  The evil in this book is found both in our world and in the doorway world.  The idea of cruelty in children is spot on.  Yet there are loving parents in this one.  There is love and kindness all over the place.  There is also selfishness, conformity, wrong choices made, and manipulation.  The major complaint with this book is that it felt like it needed to be longer and more fleshed out especially towards the end.  The ending itself left me unsatisfied though it made sense with the rest of the book.  Perhaps I just need more of Regan because I loved her so.  Arrrr!

Side note: The next book in the series, where the drowned girls go, is scheduled for January 2022.  Apparently there be three more after that, one each following January.  I will be waiting.  Arrrrr!