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“Your life is the biggest bargaining chip you have. Before you choose where to spend it, be sure you understand what you’re getting in return.”

In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire

November 10, 2024 by Ellesfena 2 Comments

This is the 4th book in the Wayward Children series. Last year, I read the first several books in the series. These are all so short, which is nice for the ones you don’t like as well but makes the ones you DO like a bit disappointing as it leaves you wanting more. I read these while on a trip, and intended to continue reading them once I was home but I never did. But, In an Absent Dream just stuck with me. In an Absent […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: in an absent dream, Seanan McGuire, Wayward Children, young adult fantasy

Ellesfena's CBR16 Review No:9 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: in an absent dream, Seanan McGuire, Wayward Children, young adult fantasy ·
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Something missing in Lundy and her Market

In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire

February 18, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

The biggest thing for me here was I had trouble really feeling the motivation. Lundy’s attachment to the Goblin Market is clearly based a little in her friends but one of them is hardly mentioned except that they died (?) and the other one and Lundy don’t really seem to have any kind of emotional attachment. But then again maybe that’s the point? Lundy’s character from her childhood is presented as a rather detached bookworm who doesn’t seem to mind that she doesn’t have a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, dark fairy tale, fairy tale adaptation, in an absent dream, Seanan McGuire, the goblin market, Wayward Children

CoffeeShopReader's CBR12 Review No:16 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, dark fairy tale, fairy tale adaptation, in an absent dream, Seanan McGuire, the goblin market, Wayward Children ·
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