pickThe giant turtles, tidal rivers and a drowned girl are the main characters in this fun addition to the series. The characters are interesting. The plot takes Nadya on a trip through in her life with the three different mothers she has experienced. 4.5/5⭐️
pickI love when McGuire gives us the in-depth dive into characters we've already been introduced too.
She not only writes epic adventures with well love characters, but she so fluently adds such hard topics that I'm always amazed by her brilliance.
Another dazzling addition to the series.
I feel like I need to re-read them all... again.
pickOne of my favorite in the series, with a well realized world and characters you grow attached to in a short time. A sad ending as the portal books tend to be though. 4.5⭐️
#doublespin and another #roll100 pick done! I‘m now caught up with this series too.
Can‘t wait to read
panOkay, did anybody else feel like they read half a book?
I'm used to a fairly handy feature of this series of novels/novellas being time jumps, but there was something that felt particularly rote about this entry's skipping along the plot beats. There were certainly aspects of the world hinted at that I'd like to know a lot more of, there seems to be the regular hint of something sinister that might lead to discontent with the formerly 1/?
pickI love the Wayward Children series so much, and this latest book didn‘t disappoint. I ached over Nadya‘s our-world story and loved her underwater portal world (and ached again over the ending). I‘m constantly impressed by how deftly McGuire weaves into her fantasy worlds huge topics like adoption and ableism, in ways that illuminate and universalize the experiences of diverse characters.
This was my 2025 pick for #192025.
pickAnother enjoyable book in this series
Read for reading challenges
4/5
pickThis is now in my top three Wayward Children books. This one was delightful and sad, like most of this series. I 🥰🥰🥰 this series do much.
Check out these novellas, you won‘t regret it. McGuire/Grant is a must buy author for me.🥰
My only complaint is that they are so short.
I like the way this #grannysquare came out for my #bookblanket #readingblanket2025 #crochet
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4. Hell Followed With Us and 10. Recursion are my picks this month.
pickDamn, Seanan, the ending on this one was just brutal! Brilliant, vivid world building, as always. Follows the resent trend of dropping major hints about the doors 🚪 but still not giving any details. What is your game here, Seanan?!
pickI really loved Mcguire's newest addition to the Wayward Children series. I absolutely adored Nadya's character when we first met her in Book 3 of this series. Getting to learn more about her background, and her first journey to Belyyreka was everything I wanted it to be, and more. 😍 This book also did an excellent job of dealing with themes of adoption and disabilities.
I can't wait for the next book in this series.
pickI‘ve never been happier to be in a world with talking foxes, & turtles the size of ships, of houses, of islands.
This is far from my favorite volume of The Wayward Children series, however. It‘s not due to the story but the execution. When a book is so small, it needs to be flawlessly crafted. This has inconsistencies (like when the fox calls Nadya by her nickname, though she‘s never spoken it to him) & careless repetition (see comments👇🏻).
Finally used that Christmas Barnes and Noble gift card! ❤️🎁❤️
pickLoved the disability representation and the interrogation of views about disability, as well as the world-building, but it was over way too soon! I hope Nadya ends up at the school for wayward children in the next book rather than back with her adoptive parents.
I forgot to share another preorder that got delivered!
Ive been reading the Wayward Children series for years so i was excited to see a new one being released.
pickWe‘re having a snow day in Western North Carolina, and Sietje is rocking her new hoodie.
I‘ve mostly been staying bundled up indoors and reading this latest Wayward Children book. It‘s a stand alone about a water world and Nadya, a Russian orphan who was adopted by an American couple and never felt quite like she had control of her own life until she fell through a pond into another world. SMcG delivers another great novella.
The newest installment in the Wayward Children series, and immediately up in my top three favorites of the whole series!
#12BooksOf2024 Thanks for hosting such a fun way to share and reminisce about my favorite reads over the last year! Here‘s to many more amazing books in 2025! @Andrew65
pickNadya, born in Russia, adopted to Colorado, falls into a pond & discovers a city beneath The Lake of giant turtles, river songs, talking foxes, & love.
I haven‘t fallen in love w/ a character this quickly in this series since Lundy. I loved Nadya‘s curiosity, her determination, her comfort in her own body even w/ the lack of an arm. & the world! I wanted to sink down into this Drowned World. Immediately want to reread the whole series! 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
This is the book I‘m most excited to get to in December! It‘s an arc that will be published the first week of January!
I‘m trying to be patient and finish at least two of my December arcs first, but we‘ll see how long that lasts. 😅
#WinterGames2024 #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks
Oh! 🥰 I so rarely get Tor books on NetGalley. It feels so comforting to get the next Wayward Children book. #NetGalley #ARC
pickAnother Wayward Children adventure? Reader, I couldn‘t wait to take the plunge! This time, a door of pussy willows and pond ripples leads to Belyrekka, a Russian water-lore world full of fearsome frogs and courageous turtles, an underwater home that calls to Nadya, a Drowned Girl with a limb difference you may remember from the quest to The Halls of the Dead in Beneath the Sugar Sky. I loved exploring Belyrekka and can‘t wait for the next quest!
pickAnother great world and addition to the Wayward Children series. Wish it was longer.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the advance copy. Pub date: January 7, 2025
Oh this looks so lovely! #CoverReveal
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