Wayward Children, tome 2, Down Among the Sticks and Bones de Seanan McGuire

Twin sisters Jack and Jill were seventeen when they found their way home and were packed off to Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children.
This is the story of what happened first…
Jacqueline was her mother’s perfect daughter—polite and quiet, always dressed as a princess. If her mother was sometimes a little strict, it’s because crafting the perfect daughter takes discipline.
Jillian was her father’s perfect daughter—adventurous, thrill-seeking, and a bit of a tom-boy. He really would have preferred a son, but you work with what you've got.
They were five when they learned that grown-ups can’t be trusted.
They were twelve when they walked down the impossible staircase and discovered that the pretense of love can never be enough to prepare you a life filled with magic in a land filled with mad scientists and death and choices.

Il y a quelques semaines j'ai lu Every Heart a Doorway, le premier tome de Wayward Children. L'ayant bien aimé, c'est tout naturellement que j'ai voulu continuer la série.

"She had tried to make sure they knew that there were a hundred, a thousand, a million different ways to be a girl, and that all of them were valid, and that neither of them was doing anything wrong."

Down Among the Sticks and Bones raconte l'histoire de Jack et Jill, les jumelles rencontrées dans le tome 1, leur enfance avec des parents qui voulaient des filles parfaites à leur image et enfin la découverte de la fameuse porte qui les emmènera dans un nouveau monde. Un monde magique et dangereux qui va les changer profondément jusqu'à ce qu'elles deviennent les jeunes femmes qu'on a connu dans Every Heart a Doorway.

J'ai encore passé un très bon moment dans l'univers de Seanan McGuire. Je dirais même que j'ai préféré ce second tome au premier et il me tarde de lire la suite !

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