Beneath the Sugar Sky

Today’s post is on Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire. It is the third book in her Wayward Children series. It is 174 pages long and is published by TOR Books. The intended reader is someone who has read the first books, and looked for their own door to fall in. There is mild foul language, talk of sex, and mild violence it this book. The story is told from third person god perspective. There Be Spoilers Ahead.

From the dust jacket- Beneath the Sugar Sky returns to Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children. At this magical boarding school, children who have experienced fantasy adventures are reintroduced to the "real" world.
Sumi died years before her prophesied daughter Rini could be born. Rini was born anyway, and now she’s trying to bring her mother back from a world without magic.

Review- The third novel takes place sometime after the first one with some new characters from different worlds. The action gets going very quickly unlike in Down among the Sticks and Bones with the first chapter ending as Rini falls from the sky and the plot is very fast. We get to see more of Confection and see more about the characters we have met before like Kade and we get to see Nancy again in her home this time. Confection is an interesting place that was made by the Travelers who were called there. Every Traveler, until Sumi, was building in Confection then the cycle was broken and that is why Sumi, not a builder, was called there. This is the first novel in the series that has a ticking clock with Rumi disappearing slowly over the course of the story. I love this books and I wish they were longer but this volume is another excellent addition to the series and I cannot wait to get my hands on the next volume.

I give this volume a Five out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I bought this book with my own money.