This is another book in the series that to Every Heart a Doorway is in, which I read and absolutely loved, so I was really excited to pick up another book in the series. This book is very different, it is more of a prequel to the other book, and it follows Jack and Jill and their experiences within the Moors.
It starts with Jacqueline and Jillian as kids and describes how their parents wanted them to be perfect kids, and set them against each other. When a stairway appears in their attic, they head down together and run into the castle of the Master. Jill stays with him to be a pretty princess, and Jack heads off with the local mad scientist to learn science. Jack gets close to people in the village, gets a girlfriend, while Jill dreams of becoming a vampire herself. They are forced to leave when Jill kills Jack’s girlfriend before becoming a vampire and the mad scientist sends them back to their world to escape an angry mob. It ends with them reappearing in their parents’ house.
This was a very different book from the first one. The narration style is similar of course, but it is more an in depth look at these specific two characters and what makes them tick, while I liked the color of all the different worlds in the first book. I do think the book does a lot to help make you understand the events of the previous book, but I didn’t enjoy the experience as much as the first one.
So it was a good read if you are like me and are invested in
this universe already, but wouldn’t say that it added much beyond my
understanding of these characters. I hope that the mad scientist’s tech with
the doors comes back later, but I’m hoping for a more expansive look in the
next novel I pick up in the series.
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