Rosemary and Rue (October Daye #1)
The murder of Countess Evening Winterrose pulls Toby back into the fae world. Unable to resist Evening's dying curse, which binds her to investigate, Toby must resume her former position as knight errant and renew old alliances. As she steps back into fae society, dealing with a cast of characters not entirely good or evil, she realizes that more than her own life will be forfeited if she cannot find Evening's killer.
Buddy Read with the MacHalosMaybe Ilona Andrews' Kate Daniels has ruined me for all other UF series, but this was not an awesome book. This was like the Jerry Lewis version of KD. Let's go over the things that annoyed me:1. Tobey has almost no fighting skills and no weapons, yet she romps around getting into trouble. You think she'd take a self defense at the gym or something, because she desperately needs it. I don't care if they're magical beings, stronger than you magic wise, you could still
► BR with my MacHalo Freaks starting Oct 5, 2015.Welcome to the most uninspired review in the history of uninspired reviews!Why am I out of ideas, you ask? Because this book =It's a Bleh, Meh, Yawn and Blah Blah Blah Super Fest. And surprisingly enough, it seems that quite a few of my weird dear buddy reading accomplices agree with me here. Wow. It turns out they might not have such crappy book taste after all. Who would have thought?!► Okay, since I don't have much to say about this thrilling
3.5 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum http://bibliosanctum.com/2015/06/25/b...October Daye is one of those urban fantasy series Ive been meaning to read for a long time. And unless you count her novels written under the name Mira Grant, Ive never read anything by Seanan Mcguire before either, so this was a good opportunity to knock out two birds with one stone.The series eponymous protagonist is a half-human and half-fae changeling with an incredible and downright uncanny history. The books
Mmmhhmm debating between 4 stars and 3 stars. I liked it but I didn't really connect with Toby, and I was cursing her a few times for acting so dumbly. But, I've heard good things about this series and that it's going to get better. Often the first book in an UF series is the weakest so I'm not worried at all. I'm super excited about this series. I love everything Fae <3 I'm really interested in Tybalt. (was it Tybalt?? Wtf was his name again??) Anyway, fae guy with cat eyes ????
Okay this is one of those, "I've got good news and I've got bad news" situations. So what would you like first?I suppose you've already seen some of the "good" news in that I went all the way to a 4 star rating. For me that says a lot. I don't give a lot of 5s and I'm also careful with the 4s. We only have a 5 star system here so for a book to be rated 5 stars I figure it has to be excellent. A 4 can't be that far behind.This one held my interest, didn't fall into the things that have driven me
So, Steven recommended this to me, and since I've enjoyed his recommendations in the past...I snagged this one from my library the same day.Was it any good?Hmm. Kinda.I'm going to settle on 3 stars, because it wasn't bad, but I wasn't immediately sucked into the world, the plot, or any of the characters. I can see why a lot of my friends weren't all that impressed with it.BUT.I also remember that I 'liked' the 1st Mercy Thompson, and only felt a vague tingle when I read the 1st Kate Daniels. And
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Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 346 pages Rating: 3.75 | 30127 Users | 2779 Reviews
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Title | : | Rosemary and Rue (October Daye #1) |
Author | : | Seanan McGuire |
Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 346 pages |
Published | : | September 1st 2009 by DAW BOOKS Inc |
Categories | : | Fantasy. Urban Fantasy. Paranormal. Fairies. Fae. Mystery. Fiction |
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October "Toby" Daye, a changeling who is half human and half fae, has been an outsider from birth. After getting burned by both sides of her heritage, Toby has denied the Faerie world, retreating to a "normal" life. Unfortunately for her, the Faerie world has other ideas...The murder of Countess Evening Winterrose pulls Toby back into the fae world. Unable to resist Evening's dying curse, which binds her to investigate, Toby must resume her former position as knight errant and renew old alliances. As she steps back into fae society, dealing with a cast of characters not entirely good or evil, she realizes that more than her own life will be forfeited if she cannot find Evening's killer.
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Original Title: | Rosemary and Rue |
ISBN: | 0756405718 (ISBN13: 9780756405717) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | October Daye #1, October Daye Chronological Order #1 |
Characters: | October "Toby" Daye |
Setting: | San Francisco, California(United States) |
Rating Appertaining To Books Rosemary and Rue (October Daye #1)
Ratings: 3.75 From 30127 Users | 2779 ReviewsJudgment Appertaining To Books Rosemary and Rue (October Daye #1)
"It can't all be dreams because a broken dream will kill you as surely as a nightmare will, and with a lot less mercy. At least the nightmares don't smile while they take you down."This unusual Urban Fantasy series focuses on a changeling (half human, half fae) stuck between the politics of different fae branches while fitting in with the human world. Kind of. Toby used to be a private investigator for her leige, but she was almost killed and punished a severe way. When she recovered from thisBuddy Read with the MacHalosMaybe Ilona Andrews' Kate Daniels has ruined me for all other UF series, but this was not an awesome book. This was like the Jerry Lewis version of KD. Let's go over the things that annoyed me:1. Tobey has almost no fighting skills and no weapons, yet she romps around getting into trouble. You think she'd take a self defense at the gym or something, because she desperately needs it. I don't care if they're magical beings, stronger than you magic wise, you could still
► BR with my MacHalo Freaks starting Oct 5, 2015.Welcome to the most uninspired review in the history of uninspired reviews!Why am I out of ideas, you ask? Because this book =It's a Bleh, Meh, Yawn and Blah Blah Blah Super Fest. And surprisingly enough, it seems that quite a few of my weird dear buddy reading accomplices agree with me here. Wow. It turns out they might not have such crappy book taste after all. Who would have thought?!► Okay, since I don't have much to say about this thrilling
3.5 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum http://bibliosanctum.com/2015/06/25/b...October Daye is one of those urban fantasy series Ive been meaning to read for a long time. And unless you count her novels written under the name Mira Grant, Ive never read anything by Seanan Mcguire before either, so this was a good opportunity to knock out two birds with one stone.The series eponymous protagonist is a half-human and half-fae changeling with an incredible and downright uncanny history. The books
Mmmhhmm debating between 4 stars and 3 stars. I liked it but I didn't really connect with Toby, and I was cursing her a few times for acting so dumbly. But, I've heard good things about this series and that it's going to get better. Often the first book in an UF series is the weakest so I'm not worried at all. I'm super excited about this series. I love everything Fae <3 I'm really interested in Tybalt. (was it Tybalt?? Wtf was his name again??) Anyway, fae guy with cat eyes ????
Okay this is one of those, "I've got good news and I've got bad news" situations. So what would you like first?I suppose you've already seen some of the "good" news in that I went all the way to a 4 star rating. For me that says a lot. I don't give a lot of 5s and I'm also careful with the 4s. We only have a 5 star system here so for a book to be rated 5 stars I figure it has to be excellent. A 4 can't be that far behind.This one held my interest, didn't fall into the things that have driven me
So, Steven recommended this to me, and since I've enjoyed his recommendations in the past...I snagged this one from my library the same day.Was it any good?Hmm. Kinda.I'm going to settle on 3 stars, because it wasn't bad, but I wasn't immediately sucked into the world, the plot, or any of the characters. I can see why a lot of my friends weren't all that impressed with it.BUT.I also remember that I 'liked' the 1st Mercy Thompson, and only felt a vague tingle when I read the 1st Kate Daniels. And
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