Every Heart a Doorway

The first book of the multi-award-winning series, features an imaginative crossroads of different worlds: a boarding school where special children and young people are “safe” until they can return to the place they long for—or learn to adapt if they cannot. The story features intriguing fantasy elements, for which the author deserves credit. The characters, on the other hand, are fairly typical YA characters with their typical struggles. None of them sparked any particular interest. It follows in the footsteps of, say, Narnia and Alice in Wonderland, and I hope that the story and world will develop in a more multidimensional direction in the sequels.