THE WINTER LONG open thread!: seanan

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.

herefox

September 5 2014, 17:15:34 UTC 2 years ago

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This was amazing. I did not see Evening coming back from the dead coming at all! I had sort of guessed from one of other books that Simon was Toby's step father by something Sylvester had said in passing along with Arden being surprised that Amandine had married twice but almost all the other revelations knocked me for a loop.

I was, however, terrified that Evening had actually permanently killed the Luidaeg and may have clutched the book in thanksgiving when Toby brought her back. I had a feeling that something's changed with some of the restrictions on the Luidaeg due to dying as well, it seems like she was ecstatic about it in some ways and she was more free with information afterwards.

August as a sister Toby didn't know about...I vaguely remember that Sylvester had a relative named September? But I could be wrong, I need to reread.

I'm a bit sad that Luna seems so bitter with Toby. I liked her in the first books and while I can see why she might have issues with someone of the things that have happened since then she's also had her life saved by her, even if it wasn't in time to save her kitsune skin as well.

angelamaria

September 6 2014, 01:42:12 UTC 2 years ago

I vaguely remember that Sylvester had a relative named September?

Yep! Funnily enough, she was linked to Tybalt at some point. (Simon also alludes to it in-book.)