Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire
Title: Where the Drowned Girls Go (Wayward Children #7)
Author: Seanan McGuire
Publisher: Tor 2022
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 150
Rating: 5/5 stars
Reading Challenges: Winter TBR
"Welcome to the Whitethorn Institute. The first step is always admitting you need help, and you’ve already taken that step by requesting a transfer into our company."
There is another school for children who fall through doors and fall back out again.
It isn't as friendly as Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children.
And it isn't as safe.
When Eleanor West decided to open her school, her sanctuary, her "Home for Wayward Children," she knew from the beginning that there would be children she couldn’t save; when Cora decides she needs a different direction, a different fate, a different prophecy, Miss West reluctantly agrees to transfer her to the other school, where things are run very differently by Whitethorn, the Headmaster.
She will soon discover that not all doors are welcoming...
Thankful that this series returned to its roots with this volume. I wasn’t really a fan of the last volume, but Cora pulled me back into the world of the Wayward Children. Cora was a bit of a side character in a previous adventure, but this is her book. We follow her as she deals with the disappointment of her circumstance and decision to leave the Home for Wayward Children. I found the Whitethorn Institute to be a fascinating counterpoint to Miss West’s school. Of course, there is a mystery to solved and familiar faces that pop up in the story. I sped through this one, reading it in only 24 hours. Love this series of vignettes.
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