Come Tumbling Down, Seanan McGuire
Come Tumbling Down, Seanan McGuire
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Come Tumbling Down

Author: Seanan McGuire

Narrator: Seanan McGuire

Unabridged: 3 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/07/2020

Synopsis

The fifth installment in New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire's award-winning Wayward Children series, Come Tumbling Down picks up the threads left dangling by Every Heart a Doorway and Down Among the Sticks and Bones.

When Jack left Eleanor West's School for Wayward Children she was carrying the body of her deliciously deranged sister—whom she had recently murdered in a fit of righteous justice—back to their home on the Moors.

But death in their adopted world isn't always as permanent as it is here, and when Jack is herself carried back into the school, it becomes clear that something has happened to her. Something terrible. Something of which only the maddest of scientists could conceive. Something only her friends are equipped to help her overcome.

Eleanor West's "No Quests" rule is about to be broken.

Again.

The Wayward Children Series
Book 1: Every Heart a Doorway
Book 2: Down Among the Sticks and Bones
Book 3: Beneath the Sugar Sky
Book 4: In an Absent Dream
Book 5: Come Tumbling Down

About Seanan McGuire

SEANAN McGUIRE is the author of the Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award–winning Wayward Children series, the October Daye series, the InCryptid series, and other works. She also writes darker fiction as Mira Grant. Seanan lives in Seattle with her cats, a vast collection of creepy dolls, horror movies, and sufficient books to qualify her as a fire hazard. She won the 2010 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and in 2013 became the first person to appear five times on the same Hugo ballot. In 2022 she managed the same feat, again!

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily on January 13, 2020

(3.5) Let's state the obvious: The fourth book was the best one and nothing will ever compare... Now. I've been having mixed feelings about this series. I enjoy the ideas, the writing, how diverse the characters are but I always feel like "something is missing". Probably because the books are so shor......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on July 25, 2020

1.) Every Heart a Doorway ★★★★★ 2.) Down Among the Sticks and Bones ★★★★★ 3.) Beneath the Sugar Sky ★★★★ 4.) In an Absent Dream ★★★★★ "Hope is a vicious beast. It sinks in its claws and it doesn't let go." I’ll be honest, I am still so extremely surprised to be giving a Wayward Childre......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea on January 05, 2022

Re-read 1/5/22: I loved this even more the second time around. This series is just my favorite thing!!!! Original read 1/6/20: This is probably my favorite addition to the series since Down Among the Sticks and Bones and my heart is SO FULL. I love these characters so much and it was especially grati......more

Goodreads review by Maria on March 19, 2020

3.7/5 Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “New things are the best kind of magic there is.” This was a nice addition to the Wayward Children universe. But it felt somewhat... repetitive to me? Like we have seen some of these things before? Let me explain. These are 200 page books, more like novellas. They explore very uniq......more

Goodreads review by Elena on February 10, 2020

Oh, lookie, we’re back at the Moors! Maybe I’m biased because of the whole vampire business, but the Moors have been my favorite of all the portal worlds in this series. Not that I’d live there! Oh no, I’m perfectly happy observing them from the safety of my couch. Well, to be honest, this book is no......more

Quotes

"[Come Tumbling Down is] Grotesque, haunting, lovely." — Kirkus (starred review)


Praise for Every Heart a Doorway

"With Every Heart a Doorway, McGuire has created her own mini-masterpiece of portal fantasy — a jewel of a book that deserves to be shelved with Lewis Carroll's and C. S. Lewis' classics, even as it carves its own precocious space between them." — NPR

"Seanan McGuire has long been one of the smartest writers around, and with this novella we can easily see that her heart is as big as her brain." —Charlaine Harris

"One of the most extraordinary stories I've ever read." —V. E. Schwab

"This is a gorgeous story: sometimes mean, sometimes angry, and always exciting." —Cory Doctorow for BoingBoing

"So mindblowingly good, it hurts." —io9

"McGuire's lyrical prose makes this novella a rich experience." —Library Journal starred review

"This gothic charmer is a love letter to anyone who's ever felt out of place." — Publishers Weekly

"Seanan McGuire once again demonstrates her intimate knowledge of the human heart in a powerful fable of loss, yearning and damaged children." — Paul Cornell, author of London Falling and Witches of Lychford

Awards

  • Locus Awards - Nominee
  • Hugo Award - Nominee
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