This one might be my favorite Wayward Children book yet! Oh my goodness!! This is probably one of my favorite covers.


Nadya was born with a missing arm and lives in an orphanage. She’s adopted out, but she never really feels at home. Her parents want to “fix” her when she doesn’t think she needs it. It was so heartbreaking reading this. I get both sides, but these parents were so wrong. Love the child as you adopted her, and that’s all. Nadya is one that I connected with right away, and I wanted nothing but the best for her. She eventually finds what she’s looking for. I had to keep reminding myself, “this is the Wayward Children series,” and things are sometimes very dark. Her life under the lake was so beautiful and so lovely. I thought it was such a beautifully created world and enjoyed it so much. Then Seanan McGuire had to go and break my heart in the end!!


I adored this one and got through the whole book in one sitting. I have had my favorite and not-so-favorites in this series. I believe this might have just climbed to the top!!


Thank you, Tor/tordotcom, for the e-arc through Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.