In an Absent Dream

Hardcover, 208 pages

English language

Published Jan. 8, 2019 by Tor.com.

ISBN:
978-0-7653-9929-8
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5 stars (2 reviews)

This fourth entry and prequel tells the story of Lundy, a very serious young girl who would rather study and dream than become a respectable housewife and live up to the expectations of the world around her. As well she should.

When she finds a doorway to a world founded on logic and reason, riddles and lies, she thinks she's found her paradise. Alas, everything costs at the goblin market, and when her time there is drawing to a close, she makes the kind of bargain that never plays out well.

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5 stars

Seanan McGuire is doing amazing things with the concept of magical worlds that children go off to. In this one she creates a fascinating world based on fair bartering.

I particularly like how she skips over the "adventures" that most of these stories dwell on and gets right to the real drama for her character.