Book Review
May. 25th, 2026 01:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariThrough Gates of Garnet and Gold
by Seanan McGuire
This is the 11th Wayward Children book. Nancy, a former student at Eleanor West's School for Wayward Children, returns from the Halls of the Dead looking for help in saving her world. The unquiet dead have turned on the living denizens of the Hall of the Dead, killing and devouring them. The Lord and Lady of the Halls are unable to stop the onslaught, so Nancy turns to her former classmates. A handful of them answer her call for help and go with her to the Halls of the Dead to find out why the dead are destroying the living.
I enjoyed the story, which is a fairly straightforward quest. It was great to spend time with characters from earlier books. Nancy's arc in this book is really interesting. I also liked the themes around belonging, obedience vs. questioning, the different ways people find peace, and what happens when guardians fail to properly protect or care for their charges.
by Seanan McGuire
This is the 11th Wayward Children book. Nancy, a former student at Eleanor West's School for Wayward Children, returns from the Halls of the Dead looking for help in saving her world. The unquiet dead have turned on the living denizens of the Hall of the Dead, killing and devouring them. The Lord and Lady of the Halls are unable to stop the onslaught, so Nancy turns to her former classmates. A handful of them answer her call for help and go with her to the Halls of the Dead to find out why the dead are destroying the living.
I enjoyed the story, which is a fairly straightforward quest. It was great to spend time with characters from earlier books. Nancy's arc in this book is really interesting. I also liked the themes around belonging, obedience vs. questioning, the different ways people find peace, and what happens when guardians fail to properly protect or care for their charges.
