Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuireMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Seanan McGuire is a seriously prolific author, and I kind of thought with the first book in this series (Every Heart a Doorway) that that showed a bit. The Wayward Children universe is a rather structured set of alternate universes, in the way that YA fiction often works. But in this prequel covering the story of Jack and Jill, McGuire spends only a little time toward the end explicating the doors to these places and their themes. Most of it digs into the character of the Moors (the place), and how the characters of the girls fit the place (or have their corners rounded off or sharpened to fit). The Moors itself is an archetype, but the girls get fully fleshed out, and a lot of their behavior in the previous book becomes easier to understand (Ms. Wilson hints at it). I think the series is growing, and I'll be reasonably happy reading the next one.
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