Why did this book have to end? I feel like a disappointed child when bedtime comes too soon. It was so good. 
 Eleanor West runs a school for kids who have retuned from visits through doors to other worlds. The problem is that most people never find their door again. For many it's like leaving a vibrant world of sparkling color and returning to a dull mundane life of trivial tasks and requirements. For others it's the opposite. Whichever it is though. It's never the same again and no one who hasn't gone through a door understands. The worlds beyond the doors feel like home. 
 Just as Nancy arrives at the school a string of murders takes place causing the schools occupants to become suspicious of her and go into a paranoid state of panic. It's up to her and her new friends to figure out who's committing the murders at the same time as they each continue their personal quests for their own way home. 
 For a book so short, the characters are extremely well developed. Also the author does not shy away from topics such as gender identification, sexuality and masturbation. These topics are not just brought up but discussed with such acceptance and nonchalance by the characters that it is more than refreshing to read. I'd like to see more books with these topics so forwardly addressed. Acceptance was a theme overall throughout the book regardless of the topic or issue. The school basically went by the "to each his own" theory. 
 Overall the pace was quick, the plot was well thought out and the characters were solid. It's one of the few times that I didn't want things to be wrapped up so quickly so that the story wouldn't end. I wished it would just go on forever. I enjoyed it so much. I see that there is another book coming out about the sisters from this book but I'm not sure it will have the same impact. I don't know if it will have the same diversity of characters as this book did. I guess I'll just have to wait and see.