The Corridor isn't a bad book, it's just remarkably boring. Considering how short it is - coming in at just over 200 pages - it was an absolute slog to try and soldier through, and I found myself getting mightily confused by all of the different worlds that the main character managed to explore in such a small amount of time (there are twelve in total, but only a few are actually relevant).

I probably should have reviewed this earlier, because I'm already having a hard time trying to remember what went on, but in Stel's world there's a big ol' portal between worlds that is a teeny tiny bit unstable. There's a big explosion, and next thing Stel has the ability to open mini portals and transport herself around to her heart's content.

Stel goes to another world and is discovered by a boy called Flinn who takes her home to his parents (his mother being a scientist who is very interested in other worlds) and his brother Cohl, who is a meanie bobeanie and follows Stel, discovering her ability to open portals and causing them to get trapped in another world! ...where they quickly develop feelings for each other - it's enemies to lovers on acid, because it all happens in the space of a couple of chapters.

The only reason I gave The Corridor an extra star is because I think it's brilliant that for once there's a YA dystopian where the teens can talk to their parents and let them in on all the wacky shit that they're experiencing. Flinn and Cohl's mother is an invaluable resource, and Stel's father is also a scientist, so they end up working together through Stel - it made for a much more interesting dynamic than the normal "we can't talk to adults because they won't believe us even with all this evidence".

I was tempted to carry on with this series because it is only a duology, but I feel like too much time has already passed for me to be able to read The Thirteenth World without rereading this first installment, so I think I'm just going to let it go.