Loved itOne of my absolute favorites from 2016 is Every Heart Adore by Shaunie Magcguire. It's so crazy to think this came out 10 years ago and definitely holds up because the series is still being published to this day.
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Every Heart a Doorway (2016)
Others: Mostly positive Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere... else. But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children. Nancy tumbled once, but now she’s back. The things she’s experienced... they change a person. The children under Miss West’s care understand all too well. And each of them is seeking a way back to their own fantasy world. But Nancy’s arrival marks a change at the Home. There’s a darkness just around each corner, and when tragedy strikes, it’s up to Nancy and her new-found schoolmates to get to the heart of the matter. No matter the cost.
- ISBN:
- 9780765383877
- Length:
- 175 pages
Genres: fantasy, mystery, young adult
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Loved it
Loved itthis is a novella that I read many years ago and I fully admit that it wasn't a favorite the year that I read it because I didn't quite understand what the author was doing rereading it now it has absolutely become a favorite
Mixedit didn't make my list because I don't really like seanannMcGuire's characters for some reason I'm really having a hard time connecting to them this is a fun read and should be something that's up my alley however I just can't get into it
Not a fanI'm going to put in the bad tier as well. I do continue with this series cuz they're really short and they boost up my goodreads goal and also, I'm so in love with the concept and I just want it to turn around, but we're five books in and it's not happening for me.
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Mixedthere are some books in that series that I worship and other books in that series that I'm like you know some good [ __ ] but I'm okay
MixedI actually really like some of the books that I've read in this series
Loved itIf you want to dip your toe in with something that's maybe shorter than some of these longer series, I would recommend Every Heart a Doorway or the Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire.
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Loved itthis book is extremely short but it tells a complete story in this tiny space which is so hard to do and require so much skill and is one of the main reasons that it's on my favorites list it was so good
Loved itevery heart a doorway by require four to five stars
Loved iti think one of the great things about these books is that although they are really short in size i don't think the length of them is at any detriment to the story itself the only problem that i had with the size of these books is that i really enjoyed these so i wanted more
Loved itCynthia Hopkins I thought did a wonderful job. Her voicing just like really suited the tone and the setting of that first book.
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MixedI love the writing and the ideas in these books, but they're they're a little bit on the short side. There's just not quite enough oomph there for me.
Loved itthis book is my book like this book touched my soul it was one of the first books that I read this year in like January and it changed the game for me
Loved itwriting of this book is just really lush and fantastical and it feels almost like a dark fairy tale it's just so good
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Loved itthe theme resonates with a lot of people it really resonated with me about not belonging finding that place where you do belong and then realizing that in the normal world you're not really supposed to be there anymore
Mixedthe plot and the story were just too underdeveloped and that might have that might have something to do with the length and in fact I think that has a lot to do with the length where ultimately I just couldn't get invested in the story or the characters enough