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Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
4.0

Me: So why are we giving this one a four?

13y/o: I do really love this and think Cora is great, but we spent so much time in Confection and didn't really learn enough about the inner workings, and I KNOW Kade has ideas about it, but I NEED MORE. 

Me: Okay, but this is one of the odds, so it's technically a SCHOOL book, we have to wait for one of the evens to get something like that. This was just a quest. 

13y/o: NO. QUESTS. 

Me: Yeah, but...Eleanor sent them on this quest, didn't she?

13y/o: I didn't think of it like that. 

So, yeah, the sign is bullshit. But we love Cora and I can't think too much about the implications of how her door appeared without sobbing; she might be the most relatable character in the whole series for me for a few more books. Altho I'm p sure the kid would disagree and tell you without a doubt that I am 100% a Katherine Lundy. Which I will talk about when we finish reading the next book aloud.