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1/18/2017
A dark, bittersweet story about fantasy-world heroes returned to reality
Synopsis: This is a dark, bittersweet story about the children who fall into fantasy worlds where they become heroes, and then find themselves lost and unable to cope when they are returned to the "real" world. An adult who was one of those children brings as many troubled children as she can find and save to her boarding house, an environment where they can be among others who understand and empathize with their pain.
What I thought: Damn that Seanan McGuire, damn her! Every time I read the backcover synopsis for one of her stories, I think, "Well, that doesn't sound as though I'd much enjoy it"--and then I read it and enjoy it immensely. Trigger warning for graphic mutilation scenes. A prequel, Down Among the Sticks and Bones, will be published in June 2017.