Beneath the Sugar Sky

I received a galley of this book from Tor Publishing via NetGalley. This has not impacted my thoughts or opinions about this book.

This was my first time reading a book in the Wayward Children series, and while I may have been slightly disadvantaged by not having a strong sense of the backstory, I easily fell into the world McGuire built. The book is mostly told from the point of view of a new character, Cora, who tries to make sense of the newcomers, the worlds, and the dangers at hand. The Wayward Children series seems to blend together the mystical worlds of Narnia with the complex dangers of Labyrinth Lost.

Bonus points for a beautiful cover and boatloads of diverse characters represented across sexual orientations, body sizes, and more.