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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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Toby is this close to her due date when Queen Arden comes to her requesting her help to hunt down the stolen magical treasures of the realm. Everything should go super smoothly, right?

This whole series continues to amaze me! I love the world, I love Toby‘s tenacity, the relationship w/ Tybalt, & we get cameos from some of my favorite side characters! Unfortunately, there was a bit too much info dumping of summarizing the past 18 books.🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

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 wanted to like this. It draws extensively & specifically from (mostly) Celtic folklore about the fae. I forgive a lot with a 1st book in a fantasy series because we have to build out a whole world but my issue was:
I was taken out of the plot so many times by a characters behavior:
-Why is Toby kissing this guy? Why do we like him?
-why is this character mad at Toby?
-Why doesn‘t Toby just tell the truth?
Etc
Also ..not what a hope chest is.

I just did my best impression of a tea kettle just now. I was so sure I wasn‘t going to get this, but I did! #NetGalley #ARC

This was so wonderful to see after the day I‘ve had.

*takes deep breath* AAAAAAHHHHHH!

It‘s so pretty! And it‘s going to be released on my birthday! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 September 30th can‘t come fast enough. #CoverReveal

Another good installment in the October Daye series, but I did find one thing disappointing. I was excited that this book was set in Toronto (close to where I live) but almost all the action happened in the hidden faerie realm. The only Toronto references were the overused Tim Hortons jokes. We really do have more than Tim Hortons here in Canada! 😄