Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“Living my life to disappoint my father had been something to aspire to.”

The Innocent Sleep (October Daye #18) by Seanan McGuire

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And at last, we come to an end of the books out so far, and Seanan McGuire thankfully ends it on an upbeat note. I vastly preferred Tybalt’s point of view of the events that happened in Sleep No More; not only was there more action, but there was a narrator I want to hug, not slap. For a man who’s philosophy has to be “when this is all said and done, I will definitely have that nervous breakdown I’ve scheduled because I certainly deserve […]

“Courage isn’t knowing everything will be fine. It’s knowing everything might not be, and doing what needs to be done anyway, because someone has to.”

Sleep No More (Ocotber Daye #17) by Seanan McGuire

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Where do I begin? Especially as seeing as I can’t even give a synopsis of the plot because if you haven’t read the series yet (or haven’t gotten this far), the plot of this book is just one large, glaring spoiler. The ending of this book is great(ish); the majority of the book though I want to shake Toby so hard her teeth rattle. Just shake her, and then keep shaking her, and then maybe slap her upside the head. Yes, I know it’s not […]

“I was born and raised in San Francisco, which explains my willingness to stay in a city that’s historically been full of people who insist on trying to kill me at the slightest provocation.”

Once Broken Faith (October Daye #10) by Seanan McGuire

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Having survived the events of the last book, Toby decides a relaxing night is in order, or as relaxing of a night one can have hosting a sleepover for a bunch of Fae teenagers. All’s well and good until Arden comes over asking for a favor: the conclave to discuss whether or not the Elf-shot cure Walther invented in the last book is approaching, and High King Aethlin has forbidden the use of the cure until after the decision is made. Arden doesn’t want to […]

“Be sure you include a gift card for Tim Hortons,” he said. “That’s how we say ‘sorry for killing your firstborn son’ in Canada.”

A Red-Rose Chain (October Daye #9) by Seanan McGuire

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I appreciate any book that starts out with teleporting Manx hounds, which is how this one starts out. Toby, Tybalt, Quentin, and Danny (the troll cab driver that has been assisting and ferrying Toby around since Rosemary and Rue) are sent to subdue a pack of Mauthe Doog that have been attacking mortals in Muir Woods, close to Arden’s knowe. (Seeing as my first cat was a Manx, I have a soft spot for anything from the Isle of Man, including their teleporting answer to […]

To family and Faerieland and pizza and stories and new beginnings and scheming great schemes. I can toast to that.”

The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black

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I love when a trilogy is a banger from start to finish. Exiled at the end of the last book, Jude is out for either self-pitying or revenge, mostly self-pitying. Running errands for a local Fae in Maine, riding a dinky bike squatting in the spare room of her older half-sister’s ex-girlfriend’s apartment is not the way she thought her reign would go. I feel like a constellation of wounds, held together with string and stubbornness. Of course that changes when Taryn shows up because […]

“Once upon a time, there was a human girl stolen away by faeries, and because of that, she swore to destroy them.”

The Wicked King by Holly Black

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And the hits keep coming and they don’t stop coming. Jude has succeeded in her plans; her brother Oak, heir to the throne of Faerie is safe; Cardan sits on the throne in his stead, with Jude as the power behind the throne. If only Cardan wasn’t trying to thwart her at every turn, enemies weren’t behind every corner, someone close to her wasn’t planning to betray her, and Jude hadn’t accidentally caught the feels for Cardan. As the promised year of Cardan’s semi-obedience to […]



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