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Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
5.0
adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The third installment in the Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire, we find ourselves back and Eleanor West's school for Wayward Children - at least for a couple chapters, that is! 

While these novellas 'could' be read as stand-alone's, I definitely recommend reading the first novella in the series before this one as there are some cross-references that might not make complete sense otherwise. 

When a seemingly magical girl falls from the sky landing in the Turtle Pond, she convinces the students, and Eleanor, that the world of Confection NEEDS their help. Without question; Kade, Cora, Nadya, and Christopher take off on an adventure with a rough center and bittersweet (ha!) ending. 

As a forever chubby girl with a sweet tooth, (whose favorite childhood game is admittedly Candyland) Confection is my kind of world. I love the nonsense it brings and thing that so far, it would be my most favorite door (or home) to visit! I also loved that some of my favorite characters from the first novella were brought back for the adventure! 

As with novella #2, I don't want to give too much away - but again, this is your sign to READ THE DAMN SERIES. What are you waiting for?!