Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“Now, it sounded almost like coming home. What a difference a few years can make.”

Silver and Lead: An October Daye Novel (#19) by Seanan McGuire

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Four months after the events of Sleep No More, Toby is 8 1/2 months pregnant and going stir crazy. When Arden announces several important and dangerous artifacts have been stolen from the armory, she sends Toby on the case. Can Toby find them, all while dealing with a increasingly upset husband, a miserable member of Fae nobility, and her aunt the sea witch wanting to stand in as Godmother to her unborn child? And what happens when Toby realizes that what’s been lost can be […]

“If I ever find a therapist who works with changelings, I’m going to send Mom the bill.”

A Killing Frost (October Daye #14) by Seanan McGuire

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Toby and Tybalt are still planning on getting married someday (the stick, get on it), but while Toby keeps Tybalt waiting they do manage to get to romantic dinners in between Toby’s needing to bleed to save Faerie. He had never been more handsome. This was the man I was going to marry. This was the man I was going to spend the rest of my life with, and raise my children alongside, whenever we decided it was safe enough for us to risk having […]

“You lost a great deal of blood.” “I didn’t lose it,” I said. “I know exactly where it is.”

Night and Silence (October Daye #12) by Seanan McGuire

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And another down. After being kicked in the teeth in the last book, Toby starts out this one in probably an even worse place. Jazz has PTSD, Tybalt is avoiding her, and neither she or May knows how to fix anything. Seriously, is this ‘gang up on Toby’ night? Can you let me know when you schedule these, so I can arrange to be somewhere else? Like, I don’t know, another Kingdom?” “Most other Kingdoms won’t let you in,” said Danny, almost reasonably. “You keep […]

“It was possible she’d been too focused on her need for another cocktail to realize we were witnessing one of the portents of the apocalypse. ”The Luidaeg is singing Disney songs.”

The Brightest Fell (October Daye #11) by Seanan McGuire

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Boy, does this book start out on such a high note and then crash shortly thereafter. I absolutely loved Toby’s “Party With Friends to Celebrate Her Engagement to Tybalt” (I hate both the terms “bachelorette party” and “hen party”) at the local bar, especially when it entails the Luidheag singing Disney at the karoake machine. The music started. I felt the blood run out of my face, leaving me cold. “Oh, oak and ash,” I said. “This isn’t happening.” I wasn’t the only to have […]

“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 […]



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