The Winter Long

, #8

eBook, 358 pages

English language

Published Sept. 4, 2014 by DAW.

ISBN:
978-0-7564-0808-4
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OCLC Number:
870919654

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(24 reviews)

Toby thought she understood her own past; she thought she knew the score. She was wrong. It's time to learn the truth.

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reviewed The Winter Long by Seanan McGuire (October Daye, #8)

Review of 'The winter long' on 'Goodreads'

This is one of those books I wish goodreads used a 10-star scale for, so that most of my normal 5-star books are actually 9 stars and the truly excellent, absolute favorite are 10-star. This is a 10-star book! Despite it taking 5 days for me to read this (because, life) I stayed up just a little later when I neared the end to finish it.

Obviously, if I'm at book 8 of this series, I love Seanan McGuire's story-telling and writing. This book is the culmination point of the previous seven books. She started the foundation right at the beginning of book 1 and has been fore-shadowing and laying hints about the plot, characters, and action in this book in all the previous books.

You can bolster your enjoyment of this book by also reading McGuire's available short stories at her website and joining her Patreon to get the …

reviewed The Winter Long by Seanan McGuire (October Daye, #8)

Review of 'The Winter Long' on 'Goodreads'

I liked the ways this installment added some further variation to the series' formula. I still wish that there were a little more exploration of the deeper themes of power and control, but there's enough to at least keep me thinking about these ideas, and occasionally something profound is hidden somewhere unexpected.

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Subjects

  • October Daye (Fictitious character)
  • Fiction
  • Faerie