Book 10 of Wayward Children series
by Seanan McGuire
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
For my final read of 2025 this little novella was a real treat. I always love visiting the lands of Wayward with McGuire and this tenth instalment is no less a joy than most. While perhaps not the best of the series, it’s certainly a strong story and learning the background of one of our original members of the school is a real treat!
While many of these stories can be read out of order; I would recommend reading book 1 prior to this one, if only so you have some reference for the main character we follow. She’s a unique little girl, as are all the children, and understanding how long she lived in her special water world is important to the overall arc that her characters undergoes each time she surfaces in the series. As no one character is in each book you can skip around a lot, if desired, but I do think learning her story later on does add to some of the excitement and appeal of learning this water sunken story now.
I hope McGuire has lots more instalments planned for our Wayward Children and the doors to their unique worlds. I can’t help but hope we return to Confection at some point. This watery world I could do without revisiting (as I have some intense hydrophobia, lol) but I’ll read any and all of these stories every time because they never disappoint and are great bookends or breaks to longer, more epic reading stints.
Please note: I received an eARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. This is an honest and unbiased review.
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My rating: 4 of 5 stars
For my final read of 2025 this little novella was a real treat. I always love visiting the lands of Wayward with McGuire and this tenth instalment is no less a joy than most. While perhaps not the best of the series, it’s certainly a strong story and learning the background of one of our original members of the school is a real treat!
While many of these stories can be read out of order; I would recommend reading book 1 prior to this one, if only so you have some reference for the main character we follow. She’s a unique little girl, as are all the children, and understanding how long she lived in her special water world is important to the overall arc that her characters undergoes each time she surfaces in the series. As no one character is in each book you can skip around a lot, if desired, but I do think learning her story later on does add to some of the excitement and appeal of learning this water sunken story now.
I hope McGuire has lots more instalments planned for our Wayward Children and the doors to their unique worlds. I can’t help but hope we return to Confection at some point. This watery world I could do without revisiting (as I have some intense hydrophobia, lol) but I’ll read any and all of these stories every time because they never disappoint and are great bookends or breaks to longer, more epic reading stints.
Please note: I received an eARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. This is an honest and unbiased review.
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