Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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ASHES OF HONOR open thread!

To celebrate the release of Ashes of Honor, here. Have an open thread to discuss the book. Judging by the comments I'm seeing, you've had time.

THERE WILL BE SPOILERS.

Seriously. If anyone comments here at all, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. So please don't read and then yell at me because you encountered spoilers. You were warned. (I will not reply to every comment; I call partial comment amnesty. But I may well join some of the discussion, or answer questions or whatnot.) I will be DELETING all comments containing spoilers which have been left on other posts. No one gets to spoil people here without a label.

You can also start a discussion at my website forums, with less need to be concerned that I will see everything you say! In case you wanted, you know, discussion free of authorial influence, since I always wind up getting involved in these things.

Have fun, and try not to bleed on the carpet.
Tags: ashes of honor, geekiness, open thread, toby daye
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effervescent

September 5 2012, 17:33:10 UTC 4 years ago

:D :D

I loved seeing more of the character of Etienne, that he got more depth. And I ship Quentin and Raj. :D (Hoping the next book goes more in to Quentin's story? Yes? :D) I loved seeing more of the places that were locked away, too... fascinating. I love that sort of thing. This felt like it was much more of a character driven book - exploring Toby's relationships to the people around her and her changing view of herself, which was nice to see. It was nice to have the world continue to develop and build around her, and the depth being added to even people she started off disliking.

The only thing that bugged me was the wish we hadn't skipped forward in time so immediately - I'd have liked to see maybe even just a chapter dedicated to the year that had past and Toby's journey through it - but that was my only nitpick, really. Mainly because I'd known for about four books that Tybalt/Toby was going to happen, and having the year missing meant it felt a bit too soon.

I love the world. Is it next September yet?



seanan_mcguire

September 10 2012, 17:41:02 UTC 4 years ago

Honestly, the problem with that would be a) except for book one, we've had no time skips, so we'd have been locked in that time period, and b) Toby was SHATTERED. It would have been a very slow, draggy, depressing book, and my publisher would have rejected it.

Sadly.

effervescent

September 10 2012, 18:19:43 UTC 4 years ago

Yeah, I figured reasons like that were behind it. It's the sort of thing that readers like me (who want mooooore about the character) would love, but it's not necessarily easy to read.

Still a fabulous book either way :D