"No one should have to sit and suffer and pretend to be someone they're not because it's easier, or because no one wants to help them fix it."

I love McGuire's macabre fantasy and matter-of-factly diverse characters, but to be quite honest I found this one a little disappointing? Maybe I've just read too many books by McGuire (aka Mira Grant) in too short a time period, or maybe I'm kind of over the Wolcott twins and the Moors. And I really, really want to read about Kade's and Christopher's doors.

But that's all relative to the previous books in the series. Come Tumbling Down is still an enjoyable read in its own right; there's unsettling worldbuilding, epiphanies on heroism, an exciting adventure, and, inevitably, bittersweet goodbyes.

content warnings:

Spoiler

dysphoria (bodyswap), major character death(s), sororicide, mentions of transphobia

rep:

Spoiler

trans male MC, WLW MC with OCD, WLW secondary character who signs (ASL-adjacent), F/F established relationship

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CONVERSION: 11.85 / 15 = 4 stars

Prose: 8 / 10
Characters & Relationships: 8 / 10
Emotional Impact: 6 / 10
Development / Flow: 7 / 10
Setting: 9 / 10

Diversity & Social Themes: 5 / 5
Intellectual Engagement: N/A
Originality / Trope Execution: 4 / 5
Rereadability: 4 / 5
Memorability: 4 / 5