*Goes out & purchases entire collection of the Wayward Children!* Yes, I know I have a habit of doing that...consumerism at its best! Keep that economy goin' ya'll! ;) 

So, considering this book technically classifies as Fantasy, I am almost 100% certain that it would not have ever been on my radar if it weren't for Alexandra Roselyn on BookTube. I don't think that she has ever lead me astray when it comes to a book recommendation and I'm excited to say that once again she has killed it! 

This particular story is following Nancy as she attends Eleanor West's School for Wayward Children after a recent visit to an Underworld. She longs to return to the place that she calls home and although the children at her school have visited their own doors and worlds; she doesn't really feel like she fits in or belongs here - especially when a series of events has the whole school looking at her like a suspect. 

Seanan McGuire writes in a way that is so simplistic, yet the meaning behind it is so much heavier. Even with as short as this story is, my copy was FULL of tabs. She touches on topics of Transgender and Asexuality. Of longing to be loved for who you are, not what others want you to be. She even touches on the differences between boys and girls and why the expectations for each are different.

Because the story is so short, I don't feel like there is too much more that I can say without giving away major storylines but I can truthfully say that I loved everything about this and the ending made me cry! I can't wait to read the rest of the series and hopefully fall in love with even more characters.