And these two hes will join forces in their fairy tale to actually fast burn the reader grandma towards the end with all their (beep. There’s Talia the garden gnome; Chauncey the tentacle ‘monster’; Sal the were-Pomeranian; Theodore the wyvern; Phee the forest sprite; and Lucy, the son of Satan. so you know part of an actual genocide), and then acted like it was all figured out after a settlement.

It’s a sweet, smart, entertaining and also heartwarming story hooks you from the first chapter, makes you giggle, smile, sigh.But when Linus is assigned to investigate an island orphanage for magical children deemed especially dangerous, his world unlocks. Linus must live with them for a month, reporting back to DICOMY, and decide if the orphanage should stay open.

What I mean by this was that for all the neat or quirky ideas in the book there was little to no exploration of them. I love that TJ Klune has developed these characters really well and given them characteristics that we as readers can relate to. Every day he looks at a mousepad covered with a faded image of a white sandy beach and a blue ocean and the tagline “don’t you wish you were here?

I’m not a professional book reviewer who has a broader job to review books, and liking or disliking a book is less central to how she goes about it. Love and kindness virtually radiate from Klune’s words and ever so tenderly spiral around you like a soft, warm blanket. Check out my YouTube channel where I show my instant reactions upon finishing reading fantasy books. I’m a cis white dude, so I can’t ever really go through something like what those children had to go through. At this point it is confirmed that the main theme is “even if you are unusual/a bit fat/everyone thinks you’re evil, you are a good person, accept yourself as you are.

This story is heartwarming with undertones of the underdog rising up and believing that they are enough. I am also passionate about mental health so occasionally talk about my personal experiences over the last 30+ years of my life since I became more aware of the fact that talking about them could help me to process them and aid in my ability to cope with them. I completely get the hype around the book, and have to say it is one of my favorite reads of the year so far. He is conscious of his differences, but in this home by the sea, under the care of Arthur, he is thriving.

This contemporary fantasy can satisfy any sweet tooth with its found family story and its gentle queer romance. even had i not been informed of the at-least-partial inspiration behind this, there's no way this would have been higher than a 3 star read to me. He is a dedicated caseworker for the Department in Charge of Magical Youth; he knows every word of its RULES AND REGULATIONS by heart.

This book is gentle and kind, full of faith in humanity's better nature despite all the ugliness and cruelty that tears us apart. But I came across something known as the Sixties Scoop, which was in Canada during the fifties and sixties, where indigenous children were taken from their homes and put into government sanctioned orphanages, for lack of a better word. At the beliefs he’d held close to his chest, and the rules he’d dutifully obeyed but never looked directly in the eyes. However, disregarding that, it was a beautiful fantasy tale pushing the merits of accepting people who are different for who they are.

The House in the Cerulean Sea” is a, it’s a bit of a quirky fantasy, but it deals with some very real, topical, specific issues. The children in this story are all heart-breaking, and funny (the BEST parts of the story), and you'll fall in love with them all. Linus' internal voice is mostly observational, spending most of it's time observing his own feelings at that, and not particularly introspective or analytical. Linus has always had the best interests of the children he oversees in mind, even in the face of the de-attached bureaucracy he works for, however until he is sent to the House in the Cerulean Sea what he understands and what it is children truly need are completely different. An enchanting story, masterfully told, The House in the Cerulean Sea is about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place-and realizing that family is yours.