Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
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THE WINTER LONG open thread!

To celebrate the release of The Winter Long, here. Have an open thread to discuss the book. Judging by the comments I'm seeing, some of you have had time, and I'd really, really rather book discussion (sometimes including spoilers) didn't crop up on other posts.

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: discussion post, the winter long, toby daye
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jenk

September 2 2014, 17:59:15 UTC 2 years ago

SPOILERS. REALLY REALLY SPOILERS.
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...Simon wasn't the one behind the enfishening. Simon was hired to kill Toby, and actually chose "tranformed" over "dead".

But WHY did Evening want Toby dead? Speculation: Concern that Toby couldn't be controlled and was too loyal to Sylvester?

I also note that according to Rosemary & Rue, Evening supported the pretender Queen. Wonder if Queen Arden threw a wrinkle in Evening's plans in The Winter Long....

seanan_mcguire

September 4 2014, 10:21:45 UTC 2 years ago

When one of my proofers said Amandine didn't deserve Simon, I knew I'd gotten it right.

marziek

September 8 2014, 00:36:34 UTC 2 years ago

I loved this book. It was really a masterful story arc. Simon was wonderfully wrought.

I haven't had time to read all of it the second time yet so I bought the audiobook to listen when I drive.