Today's post is on In An Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire. It is 203 pages long and is published by TOR. The cover is a tree with a door in the middle. The intended reader is someone who has read the first three novels in this series. There is no foul language, no sex, and no violence in this book. The story is told from third person close of the characters moving as the story does. There Be Spoilers Ahead.
From the back of the book- This fourth entry and prequel tells the story of Lundy, a very serious young girl who would rather study and dream than become a respectable housewife and live up to the expectations of the world around her. As well she should.
When she finds a doorway to a world founded on logic and reason, riddles and lies, she thinks she's found her paradise. Alas, everything costs at the goblin market, and when her time there is drawing to a close, she makes the kind of bargain that never plays out well.
Review- We hop back to the past in this volume with Lundy's story about how she came to the at the Home for Wayward Children. It is a sad story but because I knew what was coming, it did not hit me as hard. I knew what Lundy was going to do, that she was going to try and cheat the system in the Goblin Market and lose everything that she truly loved in the process. The writing was excellent, as per usual, the characters were interesting, and the plot was tight. If you loved the first three novels then you will enjoy seeing into the past with Lundy and learning her tragic past.
I give this book a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for this review and I was given this book as a gift.
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