- Status
- Ongoing series
- Published books
- 2
- Commitment
- Short series
- Audience
- Adult / Crossover
A hopeful fantasy series about magical children, found family, prejudice, and the adults who protect them.
The books are adult crossover fantasy despite centering magical children. Their audience is not middle grade.
Best if you want
- Warm found-family fantasy with a clear moral center.
- Queer romance and institutional change without grim cynicism.
Think twice if you need
- Dense worldbuilding or morally ambiguous conflict.
- High-intensity action and complex magic rules.
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Reader context
Series information guides suitability and commitment. Matrix scores remain attached to individual books.
Reader advisories
- Child peril
- Grief and loss
Books in this series
Compare the individual volumes.
1 of 2 published books currently have a full Matrix profile.
The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune
Linus Baker arrives at Marsyas Island to assess six supposedly dangerous children, their protective caretaker, and the institution judging them.