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A review by wanderlustlover
Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire
4.0
(Combination review for Wayward Child #8 & #9)
Thank you to Seanan McGuire (author), Jesse Vilinsky (narrator), Macmillan Audio, and NetGalley for this advanced listener copy of ""Mislaid in Parts Half-Known," book 9 of the Wayward Children Series.
I've always had a ho-hum relationship with this series. It has everything I should want in a portal fantasy, and yet it's always fallen flat. And yet, unable to stop reading them because I have a yearly dedication to reading all the Hugo Award nominees and Wayward Children remains in there, I have remained doggedly in this race as well. Interestingly enough, this is the first time I've decided to ALC one.
Having last stopped at "Drowned Girls," this was a skip of two short stories and a novel since I left off last fall, but that turned out for the best. This book stepped up its game massively, and it's the first novella in the series to leave being marked at only 3 stars. This is FINALLY more like what I wanted. Falling through multiple doors successively. Finding a nexus. Talking about surety & ownership & the moral ambiguity between the world vs. the child it summoned, children who don’t want to go back being just as right as those who do, & what is the healthy or unhealthy way to handle all those things.
If you've stuck out this series this long, things are looking up! I'm cautiously almost looking forward to the next one now, and not dreading the catch-up on the three pieces I missed.
Thank you to Seanan McGuire (author), Jesse Vilinsky (narrator), Macmillan Audio, and NetGalley for this advanced listener copy of ""Mislaid in Parts Half-Known," book 9 of the Wayward Children Series.
I've always had a ho-hum relationship with this series. It has everything I should want in a portal fantasy, and yet it's always fallen flat. And yet, unable to stop reading them because I have a yearly dedication to reading all the Hugo Award nominees and Wayward Children remains in there, I have remained doggedly in this race as well. Interestingly enough, this is the first time I've decided to ALC one.
Having last stopped at "Drowned Girls," this was a skip of two short stories and a novel since I left off last fall, but that turned out for the best. This book stepped up its game massively, and it's the first novella in the series to leave being marked at only 3 stars. This is FINALLY more like what I wanted. Falling through multiple doors successively. Finding a nexus. Talking about surety & ownership & the moral ambiguity between the world vs. the child it summoned, children who don’t want to go back being just as right as those who do, & what is the healthy or unhealthy way to handle all those things.
If you've stuck out this series this long, things are looking up! I'm cautiously almost looking forward to the next one now, and not dreading the catch-up on the three pieces I missed.