Week 31 Review: Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear

From Goodreads:

Giant turtles, impossible ships, and tidal rivers ridden by a Drowned girl in search of a family in the latest in the bestselling Hugo and Nebula Award-Winning Wayward Children series from Seanan McGuire.

Nadya had three mothers: the one who bore her, the country that poisoned her, and the one who adopted her.

Nadya never considered herself less than whole, not until her adoptive parents fitted her with a prosthetic arm against her will, seeking to replace the one she'd been missing from birth.

It was cumbersome; it was uncomfortable; it was wrong.

It wasn't her.

Frustrated and unable to express why, Nadya began to wander, until the day she fell through a door into Belyrreka, the Land Beneath the Lake--and found herself in a world of water, filled with child-eating amphibians, majestic giant turtles, and impossible ships that sailed as happily beneath the surface as on top. In Belyrreka, she found herself understood for who she was: a Drowned Girl, who had made her way to her real home, accepted by the river and its people.

But even in Belyrreka, there are dangers, and trials, and Nadya would soon find herself fighting to keep hold of everything she had come to treasure.

My Review:
Oh, I loved reading this book! I love Seanan McGuire's writing and this world so much, and this latest story, another one with the kid first coming to a new world, was great, I really enjoyed getting to Nadya and the world that fits her! 

Nadya was born without one arm, and was raised in an orphanage, before a couple from America adopt her. She's strong and resilient, and being forced to wear a prosthetic, without being asked if she wanted to, yeah. Her thoughts about her adoptive parents, about how they treat her like a thing and not a child, felt very true! 

The world of Belyrreka, of the drowned and all the water, and the turtles, I really enjoyed watching Nadya learn and explore it as a scout, with Burian. The understanding this world has of the doors and the children that find themselves in different world was really well done!

Of course, this is an even book in the series, meaning that this is a story of a child's time in their true world, meaning that they eventually end up back in our world, no matter how much they don't want to. Nadya's future, back with her adoptive parents, well, I really hope she's going to be able to get back to Belyrreka and the life that she built there! 

Loved reading this book and I can't wait to read more by Seanan McGuire! 

Author: Seanan McGuire
Series: Wayward Children #10
Read: August 2nd, 2024
Source: NetGalley  
Reason Why: Love her writing and this world, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Tordotcom
Expected Publication: January 7th 2025

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars