• Mood: sleepy
• Music: Traffic starting up on the streets outside.

Toby reviews. Because I can.

So it's the day after the official release of A Local Habitation [Amazon]|[Mysterious Galaxy, and that means it's time to do a big ol' review roundup. A lot of new reviews of Rosemary and Rue [Amazon]|[Mysterious Galaxy] have been cropping up as people realize the series exists, so today's roundup is a mixture of the first two books.

Melancholy Musings has a short, sweet Rosemary and Rue review—short enough that I don't really have any pull quotes, but it's still a nice review, and I really appreciate it. Yolanda also has a short Rosemary and Rue review, and what it lacks in quotes, it makes up for in awesome. Hooray for reviewers!

Speaking of reviews it's difficult to quote, the_wanlorn has posted a review of Rosemary and Rue that is a) absolutely hysterical, and b) not exactly linear in that way which lends itself easily to quotations. But there's lots of caps-lock, and it nearly made me snort soda out my nose, which is sort of an endorsement.

Meanwhile, over at Horror Web, Penny Dreadful has posted a review of A Local Habitation. She says "This is a world worth diving headlong into, a story with depth and detail you can lose yourself in and you might not want to ever get found. The characters are emotionally riveting; you feel for them, especially October. Sure, sometimes you might want to slap her around a little bit—that's ok, so do a lot of the other characters." Also "Horror fans will not be disappointed. Mystery fans will be kept on their toes. October’s world is well worth visiting, time and time again. Good thing McGuire isn't thinking of leaving it anytime soon." (I'll be doing an Interview at Horror Web soon. Watch this space for details.)

Heather at Darkly Reading has posted a review of Rosemary and Rue, and says "This book is a 4 out of 5 stars for me, the book is a great introduction to a new heroine Toby in one of my favorite locations—San Francisco." Works for me!

To bring the balance back into favor of the new book, here's a review of A Local Habitation from The Book Pushers. They say "Ms. McGuire's October Daye series does not shy away from showing how the Sidhe have a very different viewpoint on life and what death really means. I also got to see the manifestation of power and what it means to have and control that power." Also "I enjoyed reading it and look forward to the next installment in October Daye's life, An Artificial Night." (Warning: review contains mild spoilers for Rosemary and Rue.)

The Bibliomaniac has posted a lengthy review of A Local Habitation at The Discriminating Fangirl. She says "To be fair, I admit to being a sucker for all things Fae. This doesn’t mean that any book set in Faerie or with Fae characters gets a free pass from me; on the contrary, it means I hold them to a much higher standard. Not once does the writing here rely on stereotypes, clichés, or lazy plotting, putting her in the company of such writers as Melissa Marr, Holly Black, and yes, Neil Gaiman. I predict that, before very much more time passes, McGuire will be known as well as any of them."

On that note, I am done with today's roundup, and will now go in pursuit of sweet caffeine. Mmmmm, caffeine. Savior of blonde girls everywhere...