Summary:
This is the 9th book in the ‘Wayward Children’ series. I strongly encourage having read the previous books before picking up this one as you will be missing out on a lot of information you have gained from the previous ones. Especially about the characters in relationship to each other and their pasts.

Positives:
+ The triggers in this audiobook are talked about before the story is even begun. I think this is a lovely detail to include.
+ Loved that we got to visit some places we had heard about from other characters. The portaling goes hard core portal all over the place in this book. Absolutely adored all the settings.

Final Thoughts:
I think I just love all the books that include Antsy in them. Perhaps she might even be my favorite wayward child. Really enjoyed that we got to see the kids all working together in this book and seeing multiple settings. As to the narrator, they did a fantastic job and I was absolutely captivated by the story. 10 of 10 would listen to again.

Another fantastic addition to the Wayward Children series. I love seeing Antsy's interactions with the characters we know from the previous books. I really enjoyed their travels through several different doors and the worlds they ended up in. The narration was wonderful as well.
Thank you NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for access to this title in exchange for an honest review.

Every January I look forward to reading the latest book in this series., and every year I’m never disappointed. I loved how this book brought back some characters from previous stories and show how they all care for and help each other. Getting to listen to the audiobook even before I received my preorder was a wonderful indulgence. The narrator just adds so much life to the story. Thank you to Macmillan Audio for allowing me to listen.

I love this series so I am super happy I got the latest installment as an ARC! I love how Seanan McQuire weaves all the different doors and characters together. And who doesn't love a good quest with friends!

I can't wait for the next one to come out!

I have eagerly awaited each installment in this series, with each one sparking a different emotion or reflection. This book, the ninth book in the series, is a bit of a quest. It continues the story of Antoinette, whose story we learn about in the previous book. This book starts with her heading to the School for Wayward Children, meeting the whole crew, and then heading out to solve a problem. These books are short but packed full of intense emotional commentary on the lives of children and the complex emotions they feel. I love how deeply Seanan McGuire dips into the pool of emotions, and how much credit she gives to children. The narration was lovely, as always, and the children have unique and different voices to help you tell them apart. The atmosphere is immersive and well done. I love this whole series.

This was another excellent instalment in the Home for Wayward Children series. While many of the books in the series can be read independently, this instalment takes place following the previous book, Lost in the Moment and Found. I would recommend reading the previous book before picking up this one. Antsy's story continues and it feels like we get closure for her story while also having some of the other favourite characters join her (such as Kade, Sumi, and Cora). Seannan McGuire has created a vibrant world but this book gives us more insight to the world building. These novellas are each so unique and interesting, I cannot wait for the next one.

The story is about Antsy, the new kid at Eleanor West's School for Wayward Children, and how she realizes that her gift of finding lost things might extend to the doors that open into other worlds. As part of an odd group of students (whom we've met in previous books), they set out on an unauthorized quest that leads them through other worlds on their way to the Shop Where the Lost Things Go.

Finding that sense of home is such an integral part of each story in the Wayward series, but none so much as this one. While all the books in the series explore what it really means to be human, and how adults see children, this one touches on a person's pure, honest desire to belong. Antsy can only return to the Shop Where the Lost Things Go if she is sure. Sumi knows she will go back to her lost world because she is and has always been sure. Kade is sure he will never go back to Prism.

As an installment of the Wayward Child series by Seanan McGuire, this book satisfies the curiosity in me to tie up all the loose ends of characters who already starred in their own books. While not every character gets a satisfying story conclusion in this book (leaving room for more to come!), the utterly fascinating storytelling kept me engaged with the narrator. Not my favorite in the series (I still love Jack and Jill so much!) but definitely one of the best.

I always lookforward to the beginning of the new year because it means getting to revisit these beautifully written characters and friendships. Seanan McGuire did not disappoint with this new installment of the wayward children series and the narrator did a fabulous job bringing the story to life.

Love, love, love this series and was so ecstatic to be back in their worlds again. Thank you so much Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for my review copy!

Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seenan McGuire is the latest book in the Wayward Children series. This is one of my favorite series, The plot points are magical, oftentimes frightening, and well crafted. I enjoyed this latest installment very much and the audio and narration were superb. This series is an auto-buy for me.

This was a very worthy entry into the Wayward Children series. I really enjoyed how different elements from previous books intertwined in this one. Because of that, however, this book is less of a stand-alone entry and really needs to be read in order. I listened to the audiobook and the narrator remains the same as from previous books, which made me happy. As with all the books in this series, there is an element of nostalgia and yearning for the place where one truly belongs - and how right it feels when we find that place!

Once again, I sound like a broken record but I am in love with the Wayward Children series and each novella is like a warm hug full of fantastic locations, a lot of trauma healing, and self-discovery. Mislaid in Parts Half-Known was no different. It was a perfect follow up to Lost in the Moment and Found and I didn't realize I needed this conclusion to that storyline. Seanan McGuire can still do no wrong. I'm already mad that I'm back to waiting of the next book in the series.

I'm crying. Mislaid in Parts Half-Known is a wonderful book, and I was lucky to gain access to a review copy. Hearing it in audio was a new experience. Before, I had read Every Heart a Doorway in print and finished it within a couple of hours.

Full disclosure that I have been on a panel with Seanan McGuire at WorldCon in 2022, and that was the reason why I got into Wayward Children, after hearing her speak. She is really funny and dry-witted, so I totally recommend attending any talks or panels featuring her.

Also note that this review does talk about the previous book series, so mind the continuity mentions.

In the latest installment of Wayward Children, new student Antsy has had trouble finding her place after her roommate Cora left for Whitethorn, and returned when Confection girl Sumi busted her out, along with a few other classmates. Cora seems to have reentered the teenager fold of misfits, and Antsy doesn't know how to enter it. She's mentally a child but physically a teen, which reminds her of the price that she paid in her world. Kids that are nine-years old would see her as weird for wanting to mingle with them, and she sees teenagers as adults. She hasn't even told Eleanor her full story, having been burned by the previous adult that took her in, the shopkeeper Vinita at the Shop of Lost Things.

Then word gets around that Antsy may be able to find Doors, including the Doors of the students that have been desperate to return. When queen bees Seraphina and Angela get wind of this, Seraphina tries using her impossible beauty to convince Antsy to open a Door for her, and refuses to take "no" for an answer or even give Antsy a chance to think about it. Antsy hesitates because she knows the price of Doors, and that Seraphina can get anything she wants. The teenage misfits have to save Antsy, and go on an adventure to avoid Seraphina's persuasive powers when Antsy opens a Door to save them all.

While we get an ending to Antsy's story, we get reminders of the ongoing storylines regarding Cora, Sumi, and Kade's journey. They've banded together as the survivors who understand each other and have lost friends. Some friends died, while others found their Doors. In some cases, they left their worlds behind to do what's right. When they realize Antsy is still a young child and doesn't know how teens act, they quickly adopt her as one of their own while helping her.

This book gives more focus on Kade and his role as the student assistant and administrator on Eleanor's behalf. We also find out more about Prism, the world that kicked him out when they realized he was a boy, and he found out he was trans. As Kade as my favorite, this broke my heart and delighted me at the same time.

The audiobook kept me on my toes, and I finished it in three days. We get a lovely narrator that transitions between adult and children voices, with Kade being given a nice low lilt to his anguish.

This is by far my favorite Wayward Children book. I so enjoyed the previous book and was delighted to continue on Antsy's journey. She is wise beyond her years in spite of having to grow up too quickly. I don't want to give anything away. Read this book and fall in love with the Wayward Children.

I absolutely loved this book. I always enjoy the Wayward Children books and it is a tradition that every January I listen to the audiobook. This book was very enjoyable and I was glad to be back in this world. The Wayward Children books are a comfort read to me. I love the characters and the story of this book.

This entry in Wayward Children had very little of the repetition that bothers me and moved the story forward. Antsy, the girl who can find lost things, including Doors, narrowly escapes being enslaved by another resident at the school. To escape, she and other usual suspects go through a different door, catch up with old acquaintances, and take some steps to make things better for future children.

I adore every book in this series. They are the best fantasy short stories. I wish there were more dinosaurs, but overall loved it! I liked the narrator! Thank you to the publisher and to NetGalley for the opportunity to listen in exchange for a review.

Phenomenal as always.
This made me feel so many things. I always connect to the wayward children but I think bringing a main character back really allowed the highs and lows to hit even harder.

This is such a lovely series with so many possibilities in front of it. I love the concept of a sort of never-ending series of stories set in this world full of doors to other dimensions, and I enjoyed this installment. Long series can sometimes get repetitive and tedious, and I didn't find myself feeling either of those things during Antsy's adventures. If anything, McGuire's world feels more interesting, mysterious, and comfortable the more I get to know it.

MISLAID IN PARTS HALF-KNOWN by @seananmcguire is book number 9 in this intricate portal fantasy novella series known as THE WAYWARD CHILDREN. If you are unfamiliar, these books all revolve around the concept that some children are called to a special portal world unique to them alone. Sometimes, for multiple reasons, these children somehow wind up being ejected from their portal world. Being one of these children once herself, Eleanor West opened up her SCHOOL FOR WAYWARD CHILDREN in which she tries to help the children adjust back into the "real world."

While all of the books are a continuing story, this one felt like an ACT II to Antsy's story in LOST IN THE MOMENT AND FOUND, book 8. While I wouldn't say this was my favorite of the series, I really love all of these and every one of them is at least solid 4 stars for me. In this installment, Antsy gets to confront the adults that she thought were protecting her when in truth, they were keeping a very important secret from her as well that will affect the rest of her life.

All of these books are at their core about the human yearning to belong while feeling like you don't quite fit into the world and if you have ever felt this way in your life due to being an outsider, being discriminated against, or even just feeling like the perpetually misunderstood or new person, these will tug at your heart strings. The worldbuilding of the individual portals and the character development are supurb in this series! My favorite part of these stories, though, are the found family aspects of these wayward children assisting, comforting and fighting for each other as they each hope to get back to their own personal wonderland.

Thank you to the author, @netgalley, and the publishers @macmillan.audio / @macmillanusa for the e/audio-ARCs and the finished copy. I can't get enough of this series and hope you enjoy it if you plan to dive in! Today is the day this one graces shelves.

If there was a portal world all for you, what do you think it would be like? Mine would most certainly be a gothic library full of books, cats and snacks. 🤓

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