***Book Review*** 

 

Down Among the Sticks and Bones 

By. Seanan McGuire 

P. 187 

Format: print/audio 

Rating: **** 

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Down Among the Sticks and Bones is the second book in the Wayward Children’s series. Having started with the first book I knew more what I was getting into. The books are dark and gothic. Although, I would ironically say the second book is less so than the first. 

 

The book follows Jack and Jill and their life inside their doorway. While the book could be read as a stand-alone, I would not recommend it. To be honest I am not sure I would have cared as much if I had not already been introduced to the characters. I feel like the twins would have fallen flat without the build up they had in the first book. 

 

However, reading them in order I really wanted to know their story and to understand their world better. McGuire left out the more gruesome aspects that were hinted at in the first book. Or rather, she did not describe them in detail. I appreciated this as I am not one for horror. I also appreciated seeing the more humanitarian side of Jack.