Review: Through Gates of Garnet and Gold by Seanan McGuire

Through Gates of Garnet and Gold by Seanan McGuire
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I received an ALC and an ARC of this book via Netgalley, all opinions are my own.  The audio was amazing, the narrator had a different voice for each character which adds a different experience to the novellas.  McGuire's writing is so rich and descriptive that you can't go wrong with listening or reading these.

This is book 11 of the Wayward Children's series, and while some of these stories can be read as standalones, I wouldn't recommend reading them that way.  This one in particular is interconnected beginning with the very first story as well as many others in between and won't make sense if you haven't read the others.  It has been a very long time since I've read Nancy's original story and I feel like a re-read of the whole series may be in order after reading this one.

Nancy has been happily serving in the Halls of the Dead after spending some time at Eleanor West's School for the Wayward Children years ago.  She once again must return to the school and enlist the help of her friends as the living statues are being attacked and the Lord and Lady of the Halls are helpless to stop it.  We are reunited with Kade, Christopher, Sumi, and others from the previous books as they return to the Halls of the Dead to help Nancy figure out why the dead are killing the living statues.  They quickly uncover the source and an old foe.  To say more would spoil the rest.

I have grown to love this series and look forward to each new quest.  I love when we meet an entirely new character or when we tag along with those we already know.  This particular installment is more plot focused as we have already met most of the characters and know their stories already, hence the reason you need to read all of the prior installments.  As with all of the stories in this series it questions "Are you sure?" to the main character to ensure that they are sure if they want to stay within or return to the world of their door or return to the "real" world.  As always I look forward to seeing who the author decides is worthy of the next quest or what interesting new character we get to meet next.

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