Leanne Olson

by Seanan McGuire

Wayward Children series, book 9

Published January 9, 2024 by Tordorcom

I was especially excited to read the newest book in Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children series because of the dinosaurs on the cover.  I was hoping for a whole novella about a child going through a door to a dinosaur world.

This book is *not* that story, which disappointed me a bit.  Instead, we catch up with a number of characters from previous novellas, especially Antsy, who has a skill that lets her find lost things.

This was a pleasant read but didn’t have a very firm plotline or urgency to it.  Things just kind of … happened.  I realized I connect more with the novellas in this series that work as standalones and follow one or two main characters

I still enjoyed it, and if you’re a Wayward Children completist, it’s worth the read, but I didn’t love it as much as some of the others.  And I needed more dinosaurs!

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Thank you to Netgalley and Tordotcom for my review copy of this book.