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This review is for Such Dangerous Seas, a novella bundled with Be the Serpent that tells the backstory of the sea-witch Luidaeg. Recommended for fans of the October Daye series.

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A good installment in the October Daye series with a lot of unexpected revelations and the usual amount of faerie chaos.

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Not surprisingly given the title, we are given a retelling of Dicken‘s A Tale of Two Cities. More surprising, however, is that there are vengeful fairies, changlings, goblins, and a plot involving power within the Fairy Realm. All set first in London, and then largely during the madness of the bloody Paris guillotine era.The Defarges are there. Our doomed hero, the changing Sydney Carton, risks all for those he loves. It sounds mad, but it works.

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#CharacterCharm #FairyElfPixie I‘ve held on to this one for a long time ! It‘s cute!

This is the first book published by author Seanan Mcguire. I felt a lot of time was spent introducing the reader to new locales and characters. As this series has made it to 19 books, that has probably paid off by now. But at the time, it felt like too much to keep track of. I liked the main character, Toby, and enjoyed her snark level. This is a murder mystery with fairies, and ultimately the mystery is solved. This was fun.

Did I immediately start reading this after finishing Sleep No More? Of course I did, (actually I had the sense to sleep in between, even I have to sleep occasionally) and I spent the day telling the six children I‘m currently responsible for that actually what I wanted to do was read one more chapter 😆 I am genuinely thrilled to have been able to read a story from Tybalt‘s pov as I‘ve spent many of Toby‘s recent adventures wanting just that.

Not sure this series needed 15+ books. A lot of this felt like filler. There are only so many times we need to be told that Toby bleeds a lot, her fiancé doesn't like it, she used to be so sad & lonely but she's built her own family. By book 15 it doesn't need to be rehashed YET again. Also, the High King is unrealistically incompetent. Plus, it feels like the ensemble cast has gotten too big. I just don't care about a lot of the side characters.

🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑I finished this one a while ago but totally forgot to post it. It was actually quite good, and it exceeded my expectations. It had complex character interactions and a lot of interesting lore.

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