I know a lot of people are talking about Amandine finally hitting the scene, but it was Simon who really shown for me and had me wrestling with some serious feels. Oh how I’ve hated him since Rosemary and Rue. But this book – to use a horrible analogy, it picks up threads from several previous books and then knits the most freaking amazing scarf ever. Really enjoyable detours, but still, not quite the same feel as the earlier books that captivated me. While I’ve immensely enjoyed the past few novels in the series, a lot of the plot lines have felt like detours to me. It’s really hard to review this while staying spoiler-free, but this is the 11th book in the series, so, while I’m going to try to stay spoiler-free for this book, it’s going to be basically impossible to be spoiler-free for the series. Third, it means a new Seanan McGuire October Day novel is coming out! And this book, oh this book… Second, it’s the weekend of the Disneyland Half Marathon. First, it’s a day off work (and school!). I adore Labor Day weekend for several reasons. Then Amandine starts taking hostages, and refusal ceases to be an option.

And Toby really doesn’t owe her mother any favors. But August has been missing for over a hundred years and there are no leads to follow. Maybe things are getting better.īecause suddenly Toby’s mother, Amandine the Liar, appears on her doorstep and demands that Toby find her missing sister, August. There have been no murders or declarations of war for her to deal with, and apart from the looming specter of her Fetch planning her bachelorette party, she’s had no real problems for days.

Also in this series: Night and Silence, A Killing Frostįor once, everything in October “Toby” Daye’s life seems to be going right.

The brightest fell by seanan mcguire