Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire
In a true “We’re All Mad Here” scenario, Jill has switched bodies and wants to do terrible things with Jack.
More from the Wayward Children! In the fifth book of the wonderfully weird series, Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire, we meet up again with the twins Jack and Jill. Jack returns to Eleanor West’s school for Wayward Children, but in the wrong body! Despite the fact that most students have no control over their doors of the worlds they left, Jack always knew her door would open again when she wanted it to. It did; and she took her murderous sister back to The Moors where they were both able to live the life they wanted. Jack was a “mad scientist,” and Jill the devoted daughter of a vampire. In a true “We’re All Mad Here” scenario, Jill has switched bodies and wants to do terrible things with Jack. Jack must use all her cunning and that of her new and old school friends to right the wrongs that Jill is wreaking on their world. Another quest? Yes.
If you love stories about impossible worlds and the people who finally find where they belong, take a look at 10 Cozy Fantasy Books for Adults (That Aren’t Just Cute). The Wayward Children series earned a well-deserved place on the list, alongside other magical books full of heart and imagination.
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