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Victorian Gothic and Lovecraft Mashup

Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire

June 5, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I liked Come Tumbling Down better than the previous installment of the Wayward Children series in terms of story, but I do think there was an over-emphasis on the concept of who’s the monster. Jack is back at the school but there’s something very wrong with her which if not fixed will definitely destroy her. This was the premise in the previews I’d seen and I have to admit I didn’t see that problem itself coming, although in hindsight it does suit their folkloric homeland […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Horror Tagged With: Come Tumbling Down, fairy tale retelling, Seanan McGuire, Wayward Children

CoffeeShopReader's CBR12 Review No:44 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror · Tags: Come Tumbling Down, fairy tale retelling, Seanan McGuire, Wayward Children ·
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You Had One Rule, Just the One

Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire

January 18, 2020 by Jen K 1 Comment

This is the latest of the Wayward Children novellas, and it returns the reader to the world of the Moors – the home that Jack and Jill found when they went through their door.  McGuire’s second novella explored Jack and Jill’s life before they attended the Home for Wayward Children.  I actually hadn’t expected her to return the Moors, but Jack and Jill’s return at the end of the Every Heart a Doorway had certainly left the potential to explore more of their story. The […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Come Tumbling Down, mad scientist, Seanan McGuire, the Moors, Wayward Children

Jen K's CBR12 Review No:7 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Come Tumbling Down, mad scientist, Seanan McGuire, the Moors, Wayward Children ·
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