Jack, it turns out, isn’t….quite herself, and in order to restore balance to the Moors, Alexis needs help seeking revenge on The Master, a powerful vampire who has Jill in his thrall. Alexis is Jack’s girlfriend and she’s come back carrying Jack to ask for help.

It doesn’t take long before Christopher and his friends Kade, Sumi and Cora figure out the identities of the two girls. The last time anyone from the Home saw them, Jack had just killed her sister Jill and was taking her back to the Moors. Christopher immediate recognizes Jill-or is it Jack?-one of the twin sisters who lived in the dark and dangerous land of the Moors. A stranger emerges from the door carrying the limp body of someone very familiar. One night he’s startled by a lightning storm that appears inside his room, and when the lightning stops, Christopher is amazed-but not completely surprised-to see a door in the middle of his room. Christopher, a boy who can revive the skeletons of dead creatures by playing his bone flute, lives in the basement of the Home. The story opens at Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children, the setting of this series where Eleanor has created a safe haven for children who have found doors to other worlds, but for whatever reason they have been kicked out of those worlds and now are between lives, so to speak. Still, it’s a fantastic entry into the series and should not be missed if you’re a fan!Īnd please beware of spoilers if you are not reading this series yet, especially spoilers for Down Among the Sticks and Bones. Down Among the Sticks and Bones is still my very favorite of the five books, and I really enjoyed Come Tumbling Down, but for me, it didn’t have quite the focus or emotional impact that I was hoping for. Seanan McGuire continues her magical portal series with this fifth novella which is more or less a direct sequel to Down Among the Sticks and Bones, so if you aren’t caught up with that book in particular, you should not dive into Come Tumbling Down first. This is the awful sprinkles on the sundae of doom.” “I mean, we knew it was going to be terrible when we followed a mad scientist and her dead girlfriend to a horrifying murder world, but this is bonus terrible. The nitty-gritty: Fans of Down Among the Sticks and Bones will love this follow-up, as we get to go back “home” to the Moors, a world where death and murder are everyday occurrences. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received this book for free from the Publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire