03-22-2022, 06:03 AM
Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire
The Wayward Children series of books continues. The series focuses on children that go through magical doorways to different lands and what happens to them once they come back. It's a loosely connected series. Some of the characters recur. Some times the books are stand alone with only thematic elements being the same. One of the big recurring themes is the fact there is a school where the children who have gone on adventures and returned can go and recover surrounded by people who understand them.
In Drowned Girls, Cora has returned from her journey as a mermaid in the Trenches world and keeps hearing the voices of the Dead Gods calling her. She wants to forget. She wants the opposite of the Wayward school. So she goes to the school that helps the magic kids forget the magic worlds. Cora immediately regrets this decision and works to solve the problem.
Like most McGuire books, McGuire is dealing with her own personal issues in the story and things she suffers . And unlike her other books where there is a lot recounting of the back story to start a book, that doesn't happen in the Wayward Children stories. It's up to the reader to remember what has gone before. I can't usually remember what has gone before. But it's okay. McGuire continues to be a good writer. The book are engaging if short at almost Novella length.
The Wayward Children series of books continues. The series focuses on children that go through magical doorways to different lands and what happens to them once they come back. It's a loosely connected series. Some of the characters recur. Some times the books are stand alone with only thematic elements being the same. One of the big recurring themes is the fact there is a school where the children who have gone on adventures and returned can go and recover surrounded by people who understand them.
In Drowned Girls, Cora has returned from her journey as a mermaid in the Trenches world and keeps hearing the voices of the Dead Gods calling her. She wants to forget. She wants the opposite of the Wayward school. So she goes to the school that helps the magic kids forget the magic worlds. Cora immediately regrets this decision and works to solve the problem.
Like most McGuire books, McGuire is dealing with her own personal issues in the story and things she suffers . And unlike her other books where there is a lot recounting of the back story to start a book, that doesn't happen in the Wayward Children stories. It's up to the reader to remember what has gone before. I can't usually remember what has gone before. But it's okay. McGuire continues to be a good writer. The book are engaging if short at almost Novella length.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm