A review by emilyhays
Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire

adventurous hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

5.0

First of all, I loved that this novella features an intersex main character. While I'm sure there are many other books with intersex characters out there, this was my first and I'm not intersex myself, so I can't speak on the representation, but I thought it was pretty well done. 
This one is for the stereotyped "horse girls" as it follows Reagan as she finds herself in the Hooflands, a mystical land made up of, you guessed it, hoofed creatures. 
I thought this could have been like a whole 400 page book on its own, following the entire journey of Reagan as we expect it to be in the Wayward Children series. Part of me is disappointed we didn't get that, but part of me wondering if we might have though it too predictable had it been that. Alas, we shan't know, but I did still absolutely love this nonetheless. The development of the world and its characters, the mystery of a human in the Hooflands, and the background commentary on the functionings of society and its communities. Overall well done, and even more, I really enjoyed it!