Have you ever wanted to travel to a fairy land? To go to Narnia or the Shire or down Alice's rabbit hole to Wonderland? What if one day you went but then one day, months or years later, you opened a door or turned a corner and were back home again? Could you relearn how to live in this world or would you always be trying to get back to your fairy land? Coming back home, regardless of whether you want to stay or return, can be harsh and challenging and heartbreaking. Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children is intended to be a place of refuge for those children, where they can adjust away from the demands of their families and have the company of fellow travelers, if they choose. 
 "Every Heart A Doorway" was dark, disturbing, and often confusing. The dark and disturbing are classic McGuire though she kicked it up a few notches with this world and this book. I didn't love it but the more I read, the more I connected with the characters and enjoyed it. I did enjoy the mystery aspect of it but I'm a sucker for mysteries, always have been. I'm on the fence about reading future books. They won't be auto-buys or auto reads like her other series are but I may get them from the library.