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A review by songwind
The Winter Long by Seanan McGuire
3.0
The lastest October Daye book was enjoyable but felt a bit rushed in many places.
We learn more about the background of faerie, the Firstborn and Toby's life. All quite good. The characters have noticed something I had been wondering about, neatly taking it from the realm of "scope creep" and into "planned event." A conspiracy of sorts of uncovered - I look forward to seeing what, if anything, comes of it.
On the downside, major changes took place in interpersonal relationships that felt rushed, forced or out of character to me. There were major plot elements that got touched in passing, lending the book an eclectic, "checklist" feel.
All in all, I enjoyed it and I like where the overall arc of Toby and the San Francisco faerie is going. However, this book should probably have been longer, or been two different stories of about the same length.
We learn more about the background of faerie, the Firstborn and Toby's life. All quite good. The characters have noticed something I had been wondering about, neatly taking it from the realm of "scope creep" and into "planned event." A conspiracy of sorts of uncovered - I look forward to seeing what, if anything, comes of it.
On the downside, major changes took place in interpersonal relationships that felt rushed, forced or out of character to me. There were major plot elements that got touched in passing, lending the book an eclectic, "checklist" feel.
All in all, I enjoyed it and I like where the overall arc of Toby and the San Francisco faerie is going. However, this book should probably have been longer, or been two different stories of about the same length.