Actual rating: 3.5 
 First line: "The girls were never present for the entrance interviews." 
 The premise is what really drew me to Every Heart a Doorway. I loved the idea about the aftermath of the children who return from magical worlds and how much it changes them. 
 I think this little book definitely got the feeling I was looking for down pat, and it was looking to pack a punch with the short page count, but it just didn't blow me away like I had hoped. I won't say I wanted more to the story, because there are going to be a couple of sequels, but I think I wanted more feeling or impact than what I got. The mystery also fell super flat and muddled the ending for me. 
 Enjoyed the diversity (there is an asexual character and trans boy!) and atmosphere, but a few things lowered my overall enjoyment of the story. Still would recommend, especially as it only clocks in under 200 pages.