04-05-2021, 06:42 AM
Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan Macguire
Maguire writes fast. She releases, it seems, every couple of months. She has a series that drops in the fall and one that drops in the Spring. In between she releases stand alone novels or she releases books as Mira Grant. She dumps poetry and short fiction on her Patreon page every week. it's impressive.
Then there is the Wayward Children series of novellas of which Across the Green Grass Fields is the lates installment. The book's basis is what happens to children when they enter the magic doors that lead to fairytale realms. And also what happens when they come back.
In ATGGF, Regan enters one of these doors after a traumatic experience at school. Her parents have informed her that despite presenting as a girl she actually has XY chormosomes. Her best friend at school treats her horribly and she runs off. She enters a realm populated by centaurs and other animal hybrids. Regan is treated as something special because she is the only human around. And a human portends mighty things are about to happen. Adventures ensue.
She eventually gets kicked back to our world. I wanted to know what happens then but unfortunately that is all for this chapter. It was understandable place to stop but also very unsatisfactory.
And I don't if this intentional or not, but if you follow Maguire on Twitter, you soon find out she has a tremendous love for the My Little Pony series of toys. She spends a lot of money buying every Pony she can find from all over the world. I got the feeling that Hoofland, the magical realm in the story, was just a place to put all her Pony Love into book form.
Maguire writes fast. She releases, it seems, every couple of months. She has a series that drops in the fall and one that drops in the Spring. In between she releases stand alone novels or she releases books as Mira Grant. She dumps poetry and short fiction on her Patreon page every week. it's impressive.
Then there is the Wayward Children series of novellas of which Across the Green Grass Fields is the lates installment. The book's basis is what happens to children when they enter the magic doors that lead to fairytale realms. And also what happens when they come back.
In ATGGF, Regan enters one of these doors after a traumatic experience at school. Her parents have informed her that despite presenting as a girl she actually has XY chormosomes. Her best friend at school treats her horribly and she runs off. She enters a realm populated by centaurs and other animal hybrids. Regan is treated as something special because she is the only human around. And a human portends mighty things are about to happen. Adventures ensue.
She eventually gets kicked back to our world. I wanted to know what happens then but unfortunately that is all for this chapter. It was understandable place to stop but also very unsatisfactory.
And I don't if this intentional or not, but if you follow Maguire on Twitter, you soon find out she has a tremendous love for the My Little Pony series of toys. She spends a lot of money buying every Pony she can find from all over the world. I got the feeling that Hoofland, the magical realm in the story, was just a place to put all her Pony Love into book form.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm