***Book Review***

Every Heart a Doorway
By. Seanan McGuire
P. 173
Format: print
Rating: ****
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I inadvertently read a book in the middle of the Wayward Children’s series and I wanted to make it a point to read them from the start this year. I did not expect Every Heart a Doorway to be so gruesome. Although, I suppose that is on me as I read Middlegame last year also.

The series is about a boarding school for children who have returned from magical doorways. Each doorway experience is different, but children who return are often seen as psychotic by their parents. The school run by Eleanor West is basically a residential facility for troubled teens. Except, that she knows the doorways are real as she has been through one herself.

The main character of Every Heart a Doorway is Nancy. She went to the land of the dead and wants nothing more than to make her way back. Except for now she has to settle for a school of people who at least believe her world existed.

I love the premise of the book. I was overdone by the horror factor of it. There was one part that I was reading while drinking my protein shake and my stomach became unsettled. Although, that also speaks to McGuire’s writing. You can see everything in detail. I cannot wait to read more stories in this world and see what characters will make more of an appearance.