LATE ECLIPSES open thread. Have a party.

I really liked the book; I just got into the series this Christmas, and I've been eagerly awaiting every new part with ravenous hunger. I have to wonder just how wrong the Queen of Mists is about Toby-- specifically, the fact that she believes Toby is the cause of the chaos in her realm. If she's been going insane, I wonder if she's actually CAUSING the chaos to swirl in-- the Fisher King principle for knowes might be affecting all of the demenses that owe fealty to her. Her madness might be feeding on it.

Worse, I wonder how much the Faerie Courts are tied to (Fae-twisty, of course) sense of rightness from their rulers. Again, looking at the Fisher King effect... the Queen didn't just use loopholes, or so it seemed; she utterly refused to use the truth, relied on witnesses that were almost certainly kknown to her to be biased and vengeful (including insanity). Then she ignored the principles of defense, the feudal obligations, etc. Effectively, at the end, she pronounced torture most vile, and terrible death... and her words to Toby seem to outright indicate that she did so knowing that Toby was probably innocent, and everything she was stating, lies. Given the FKE... it makes me wonder if there'll be kharmic retribution on her or her realm as a result.

I may be reading too much into things, though; I tend to.

My one worry out of reading it is Oleander's last words, which feel like death prophecy-- or an interpretation of prophecy. I really hope that that Toby doesn't end up causing a The Magic Goes Away scenario. Even finding the original home of the Fae and sealing them off there would seem to rob the world of its wonder to me (and the possibility of more books in a world I love.) Dunno, though; again, I tend to overthink, especially with books I adore.

That's about all I expected, ma'am. The rest increases my eagerness and impatience for the books. :)