Come Tumbling Down (Wayward Children, #5)

by Seanan McGuire

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I honestly can’t seem to read any other book before I read the latest installment in the Wayward Children. So far, the years where that happened, ended up beginning on a VERY high note :)

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This is the second novella in the series where you will surely need to read a previous installment before you venture in it, best thing about this? It ended up tying one plotline for good. It may be revisited of course, but there is a definite lack of need for that. Therefore, and as always, release order is the best order to go with for everything.

As usual of Ms. McGuire, the book doesn’t just deal with this grand quest and that’s it, the reason I love this series as much as I do; is for the messages it tries to bring across. The main and most important one for me is that every single one of them is searching for their rightful place, the journey to that is what makes Wayward Children as fun as it is. Although, Come Tumbling Down brought a bit of a different twist to the series, the concept of “Choice” was something we’re previously seen in the series, especially in book 4, In An Absent Dream. But, in this book, the choices to make doesn’t just concern Jack or Jill, our accompanying heroes get to make some as well.

The Moors is a very gory world, and that only got amplified with this second visit to it. I enjoyed getting a closer look on the other entities in that world, wished for more of course (I’m way too greedy in fantasy), but I will try to be content with what we got. That aside, this book is a finale to the Wolcott sisters’ tale, and the final confrontation was interesting to see. I was excited to see how the supernatural will go against science, and although I expected this huge Boku no Hero Academia style of fighting, I will still say that the confrontation was satisfying when taking the sisters as my main element. Other entities left something more to be desired given the reputation, but let’s consider it a win for now.

I do like the fact that there are no forced feelings in this series, nobody HAS TO LIKE SOMEONE TO BE RELEVANT and they can just focus on what really matters to me in fantasy, adventure. Hence, why I definitely hope that the sequel/s will be taking new stuff into consideration. I do not want to see a previously mentioned/seen location in this series make a reappearance, there are so many things to explore. Cora, Christopher, Kade and most importantly, Eleanor. Each one of them has a story to tell and I want to hear all of them. So it’s only right to end this thought collection with a quote from the book:

“New things are the best kind of magic there is.”

Final rating: 5/5