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reviewed One Salt Sea by Seanan McGuire (October Daye, #5)

Seanan McGuire: One Salt Sea (2011, DAW Books) 5 stars

October "Toby" Daye is now the Countess of Goldengreen. To prevent war between land and …

Review of 'One Salt Sea' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

First read: April 2021
Second read: March 2023

I like this series. The writing improves with every book (as does the narration). I still have a problem with her use of unnecessary crutch-words: starting, beginning to, etc. because I expect the action to be broken when you do that. It's exhausting to read a book written like that, but she's improving. But I wish an editor would hit her on the head (virtually) with a writing guide. It's sloppy writing and it shouldn't be in a finished book.

But, that criticisim aside: I like the books. I like the series, despite October Daye, who is very annoying and frustrating. As main characters go, she isn't well-written. But she's is way better than any of the female YA UF protagonists that are popular at the moment, so I'm not complaining too much.